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I wanted to talk to you today about an article in the Daily Catch. org. It was written by Scott Davis and full disclosure, I am quoted twice in the article. The article is about Milea Vineyard's plans with Clinton Vineyards. And if you're not already aware, Clinton Vineyards was purchased by Malaya in 2022.
And it was a great article, talks about Phyllis and Ben Feder,
how they started Clinton Vineyards, with the Seyval Grapes, because they knew
that the Save All Grapes grew well on that property. And they made Meth and
Champagnois, still wine. So what they plan on doing with the Clinton Vineyards
property is make it a sparkling wine house.
Now, I thought that was great when I first started to read it.
I'm like great because Long Island has Sparkling Point. They make sparkling
wines from grapes grown in Long Island and we have Hearts and Hands that
focuses on sparkling wines in the Finger Lakes. So why not in the Hudson
Valley? Well, as I read deeper, here's what I don't agree with.
They are going to create a label called Hudson Valley
Vineyards. And in that label, you're going to have the left bank and the right
bank. So I thought, oh, that's great! They're going to designate grapes from
the right side of the river and the left side of the river. Because the Hudson
River can be a great divide.
But no. The right bank is going to be the focus of sparkling
wines made with New York grapes. The left bank is going to be sparkling wines
coming from Oregon. Don't know if they're coming already made or if they're
coming and going to be finished at Clinton Vineyards. Honestly, I am unclear on
that.
However, when people go out wine tasting in the Hudson Valley,
they want to taste wines made in the Hudson Valley. They want to taste wines
that the winemaker can speak to, the tasting room staff can speak to, that have
the terroir of the Hudson Valley and when you're bringing in grapes from
Oregon, you know, or already finished sparkling wine from Oregon.
You're messing with the integrity of Hudson
Valley wines and Hudson Valley wine region. And if people want to go and taste
Oregon sparkling wine. They're going to do one of two things. They're either
going to go out to Oregon and go wine tasting and purchase sparkling wines and
bring them home or they're going to go to the liquor store and they're going to
purchase a sparkling wine from Oregon.
Um, I disagree with that. The Hudson Valley is viticulture.
We have wonderful winemakers. We have wonderful vineyards and Why bring Oregon
wine into the Hudson Valley to sell? There are so many opportunities to purchase grapes from New York State and making sparkling wine and even just
purchasing grapes within the Hudson Valley and making wonderful sparkling wines
with them
Why are you going to bring Oregon sparkling wine to the Hudson
Valley, include it in some type of wine tasting, and put it on a label that
says Hudson Valley Vineyards. The grapes are coming from Oregon. So, like I
said, I don't usually get my point of view known because I keep to
myself.
But this really got my panties in a bunch because I love the
Hudson Valley. It's my baby. The wine region is wonderful. There are new
wineries. There are younger winemakers. They're experimenting with different
varietals. , and it's just a wonderful place for wine tasting. Bringing Oregon wine into the Hudson Valley to sell out of a tasting room messes with the whole integrity of our region that we have spent a long time building up.
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