Welcome to the Vintology Blog! My name is Dean Morretta and I’m the owner of Vintology Wine & Spirits located in Scarsdale, NY. My team and I will be posting on all things relating to wine, spirits, food and travel! You will be hearing from us often so check back here regularly. I’m sure you will find ...
Perched 1000 feet above the Napa Valley floor is a mountainside winery, made of stone and redwood. This place, with breathtaking panoramic views from Calistoga and to the hills beyond, has been home to Burgess Cellars since 1972. The setting is so peaceful, so bucolic, that it belies the buoyant progress and innovations taking place ...
My family and I went to my mothers to have our annual Thanksgiving celebration. We know what that’s all about, non-stop food from beginning to end! It has always been a reason for us to enjoy some of our favorite wines too, but this year I forgot the wine! It was going to be Riesling! ...
“Nature seemed to have intended Texas for a vineyard to supply America with vines.” -Stephen F. Austin The “Father of Texas” saw the potential…. the future of Texas wine. Stephen F. Austin came to Texas with the first colonizing families in the early 1800s. When he made that statement, he likely didn’t expect two centuries ...
After many years in the fine wine business I have taken on an additional line of work: Product Marketing. My heightened awareness in this field has given me a new appreciation for the exceptional packaging of liquors, especially American Whiskey and Bourbons. The popularity of Bourbon and American Whiskey has steadily been on the rise, and besides ...
Earlier this week I was unpacking a case of Forge Cellars 2014 Riesling Classique, and was drawn to a promotional card that was enclosed. The card was about a half page size with information about their vineyards and wines – the other side was a wonderful topographical map of the Finger Lakes region; Cayuga, Seneca ...
Only a few wineries can can lay claim to a history of more than a century. Seghesio Family Vineyards can! The Sonoma County producer hit its 120th anniversary last year, and if you remember carefully the past century of American wine, you likely remember that big blip: Prohibition. Seghesio has always held a fascination for ...
We are plum crazy! Monte Jones of Mission Trail has just shared with Dean and I his Plum Jerkum Cider… tart, sparkling and delicious. I’m standing in Vintology Wine & Spirits, sipping, picturing the rolling foggy hills of Central Coast California where these plums grow, on an area that just a few years ago became ...
Riesling is King of the German wine industry. When anyone mentions “German wine,” it is the first grape that comes to mind. Riesling is planted in all thirteen official wine-growing regions of Germany (called Anbaugebiet). The wines that we mostly see here in the United States come from the regions of the Rheingau, Mosel and Pfalz. ...
We’re previewing the wines for the upcoming Go-Getter Girls & Grapes on October 20th! Go-Getter Girls & Grapes is a women’s professional networking and wine tasting evening, featuring global wines made by female winemakers and owners. Tickets are $15 and are available at http://www.elizabethmillerwine.com/gogettergirlsgrapes. ____________ For some, winemaking is a calling. Loredana Vivera realized hers ...
When winemaker Gilbert Gruet came from Champagne to New Mexico in the 1980s for a family vacation, he likely sought the scenic beauty that earned the state’s nickname “Land of Enchantment”. What they found, however, was great terroir and a burgeoning wine industry. The family planted roots, and their 30 year catapult to becoming one ...
