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Category Archives: Spirits + Cocktails
KAS Krupnikas: Baltic Spirit from the Hudson Valley
By Christopher Matthews Quality. Authenticity. Versatility. Highly desirable traits for most any product, not least spirituous beverages, but often elusive as a trifecta. One such excellent potation that I recently covered for Edible Hudson Valley Magazine is KAS Spirits’ Krupnikas, a … Continue reading
2015 Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition: Millbrook, Robibero Share Top Honor
By Christopher Matthews Stop the presses! For the first time since the award was originated four years ago, Millbrook Vineyard and Winery, the Hudson Valley’s perennial wine flagship, was not the sole Hudson Valley Winery of the Year winner at … Continue reading
Posted in NY craft beverages, NY wine, Spirits + Cocktails, Wine
Tagged 2015 Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition, Bashakill Vineyards, Benmarl Winery, Cabernet Franc, Clermont Vineyards, Clinton Vineyards, French-American hybrids, Hudson Valley Distillers, Hudson Valley Wine, Millbrook Vineyard and Winery, Robibero Family Vineyard, Victory View Vineyards
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Dutch’s Spirits Takes Shape in Pine Plains
By Christopher Matthews Dutch’s Spirit’s, a farm distillery in-the-making in Pine Plains, NY, located on the very same grounds where infamous mobster Dutch Schultz bankrolled an elaborate Prohibition-era bootlegging operation, is nearing (physical) completion. Last weekend, on the 82nd anniversary of the Federal raid that shut down Schultz’s illicit underground booze … Continue reading
2014 Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition: Millbrook, Clinton Vineyards Stand Out
By Christopher Matthews For the third year in a row, Millbrook Vineyard and Winery, the Hudson Valley’s perennial wine flagship, won the Hudson Valley Winery of the Year award at the 2014 Hudson Valley Wine and Spirits Competition. But it … Continue reading
Posted in Beer + Cider, Hudson Valley, Spirits + Cocktails, Wine
Tagged 2014 Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition, Baldwin Vineyards, Clinton Vineyards, Hudson Valley Wine, Hudson Valley Wine Goddess, Maganini Winery, Millbrook Vineyard and Winery, Naked Flock, Phyllis Feder, Robibero Family Vineyard
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Got Glögg? Hudson Valley has Hetta
By Christopher Matthews In the early part of this Interminable Winter of 2014, I received a fitting assignment for the season from Edible Hudson Valley: to write a piece on Hetta Glögg, a bottled mulled wine in the Nordic tradition, produced in … Continue reading
Gold Galore at 2013 Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition
By Christopher Matthews Last weekend I had the honor once again to be a judge at the Hudson Valley Wine and Spirits Competition. The tasting started early on a gorgeous September morning at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, where the golden sunshine outside was matched by … Continue reading
Hudson Valley Bootlegger Gone Straight
By Christopher Matthews October 17, 1932 was a bad day for Dutch Schultz, the legendary mobster, bootlegger and racketeer. After several attempts, Federal agents finally raided and shut down an elaborate bootlegging operation, bankrolled by Schultz, on a Pine Plains, … Continue reading
Manhattan Cocktail Classic 2013: In a New York State of Mind
By Christopher Matthews At the opening gala of the fourth annual Manhattan Cocktail Classic (MCC) last week, some 3,000 decked-out cocktail enthusiasts and bar professionals descended on the New York Public Library for four floors worth of creative libations (87 different cocktails in total, mixed by world-renowned bartenders), … Continue reading
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