Penn Yan, NY (May 28, 2013) – Mark your calendars for the highly anticipated launch of the 2011 Tierce Dry Riesling. Held at Fox Run Vineyards on July 6th, the celebration will highlight three cool-climate vineyards, three winemakers and one remarkable wine. Tierce Dry Riesling represents a unique collaboration between Anthony Road Wine Company, Fox Run Vineyards and Red Newt Cellars – integrating not only the varying vineyard expressions of Seneca Lake, but also the individual philosophies of the participating winemakers.
Starting at 7 PM, there will be three tasting courses presented. Guests will be welcomed with the 2010 Tierce that was served at the Presidential Inaugural Luncheon in Washington D.C. in January. The next course will revolve around an interesting tasting of the separate 2011 Tierce Dry Riesling varietal components. Only then will the 2011 Tierce be poured. The 2011 Tierce will be available to purchase and time will be reserved for the three winemakers to autograph bottles. Each tasting is being paired with a wonderful selection of hors d’oeuvres by Chef Samantha Buyskes. The event emcee is Evan Dawson, author of Summer in A Glass: The Coming of Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes. Tickets are $35 per person and available online at www.tierce.eventbrite.com.
Peter Bell (Fox Run), Johannes Reinhardt (Anthony Road) and David Whiting (Red Newt) have peered through the prism of cool-climate terroir to produce Tierce. Drawing from three distinct winegrowing subregions of Seneca Lake, this Riesling offers complexities and nuances that set it apart from all others – making it uniquely Finger Lakes. Says Bell, “It's a one-third each blend of lots from each winery. It's all done by a series of tastings where we do lots of trial blends, mostly based on hunches. Such as, what will this smoky-scented lot do to the wine in differing percentages? And ultimately we're looking for an austere style. We talk about minerality, electricity and tension. Can you quantify them? No, but we know what we're looking for.”
“What makes the Tierce Riesling slightly different from year to year is simply the diversity of each growing season. Each year’s unique ‘finger print’ is being captured in every bottle. It is important to allow the vintage to show its true face of its growing season,” continues Reinhardt.
"The Tierce project is not just about what comes from the vineyard and the cellar but rather it is an expression of collaboration, teamwork, and friendship,” added Dave Whiting, owner and winemaker at Red Newt Cellars.
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CONTACT: Marisa Indelicato, 315-536-4616, Marisa@foxrunvineyards.com.
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About Anthony Road Wine Company: Located along the upper-Western shores of Seneca Lake, 12 miles south of Geneva, in the heart of the Finger Lakes, Anthony Road Wine Company’s philosophy continues to be to produce excellent wines for "The Everyday Enjoyment of Life" from local quality fruit.
From vineyards planted in 1973, Anthony Road Wine Company (ARWC) began production with the help of family and friends in 1989 in a small barn owned by Ann and John Martini. Since then, ARWC has expanded significantly while still being family-owned and operated. In fact, the Martini’s children are involved in many significant aspects of the company from the grape growing to wine tastings. Today, using European techniques, ARWC is a grower and producer of fine, award winning wines. These wines include major vinifera varietals (Chardonnay, Riesling, and Cabernet Franc) French-American hybrid grapes (Vignoles), as well as several blended wines. The winery has a unique Tasting Room, a new, state-of the art wine processing facility and beautifully landscaped gardens. A true self-contained "grape-to-bottle" operation, all winemaking, bottling, labeling, and storage are handled on-site. www.anthonyroadwine.com
About Fox Run Vineyards: Fox Run Vineyards overlooks Seneca Lake in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes, one of the world’s premier cool-climate wine regions. For more than a century, Fox Run was a dairy farm until being restored and opened as a winery in 1990. Today Fox Run is one of the most-visited wineries in the Finger Lakes. With fifty acres of vineyards, the winery was one of the region’s first artisanal wine producers, creating a remarkable range of limited-production, site-expressive estate wines. Owner Scott Osborn and winemaker Peter Bell and his team are changing the perception of Finger Lakes wines with startling Rieslings and cool-climate Chardonnays. Regularly recognized in national wine publications, Fox Run Vineyards was named one of the top 100 wineries in the world by Wine & Spirits Magazine in 2008, and has been a multiple gold medal winner at the Riesling du Monde competition in Strasbourg, France. www.foxrunvineyards.com
About Red Newt Cellars: Red Newt Cellars Winery & Bistro is located just outside the bucolic hamlet of Hector on the east side of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes wine region of New York. As a recipient of Wine & Spirits Magazine's 2011 Winery of the Year, the message at Red Newt Cellars is simple: grown here, made here. With a collaborative team of winemakers and chefs, it is this combined effort between wine and cuisine that sets Red Newt apart. The winemakers craft award-winning, regionally expressive Finger Lakes wines with an emphasis on aromatic whites such as Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer. The chefs create a locally sourced menu that is ever changing, eclectic, and exciting - tailored to reflect the seasonal bounty of the Finger Lakes with a wine list representing 200+ selections from top producers in the region. www.rednewt.com
