Shout Out to Brooklyn
By James Christopher Tracy It was a beautiful, sunny Tuesday in May as I sat at a sidewalk table outside Prime Meats on Court…
Winemaker’s Wonderings
Containers, Vessels and Kegs
By James Christopher Tracy Throughout history, winemakers and wine drinkers have used animal skins, earthenware jars, pottery amphorae, stoneware, wood, concrete, glass, stainless steel…
A WINEMAKER’S WONDERINGS: To Be Ripe
If ever there was a year to ripen cabernet sauvignon grapes on the East End of Long Island, it was this past 2010 vintage….
A WINEMAKER’S WONDERINGS: Don’t Count Your Chickens
Don’t Count Your Chickens By James Christopher Tracy I try to avoid making judgments about the quality of a vintage until all the fruit…
A WINEMAKER’S WANDERINGS: All the World’s a Stage
Allison, the general manager of Channing Daughters, my wife and my partner in past theatrical pursuits, likes to say, “The curtain goes up when…
A WINEMAKER’S WONDERINGS: Pursuing Mastery
There are masters of everything these days: master gardeners, master electricians, master plumbers, master chefs and, yes, masters of wine. Since its inception in…
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