New York - Seneca Lake (east) - Bloomer Creek Vineyard

Bloomer Creek Vineyard - Feb 2017 - We saw the Kimberton Inn had wine and food pairing dinners and decided to try this one with US wines. The first course was linguini with clam sauce and guanciale, cured pork cheek served with Bloomer Creek (NY) Pet Nat Chardonnay. Ah, what memories of the Finger Lakes - with honeysuckle and pineapple flavors.

August 2016 - This must be a good place if a you meet a former colleague here.There were two types of tasting - regular and reserve. We decided to split one of each. The winemaker suggested they do regular tasting first, then the reserve.

We started with the 2013 Tanzen Dame Edelzwicker, a blend of Riesling, gewürztraminer, and Cayuga. This German‐style wine had just the right hint of Cayuga sweetness, followed by the 2014 Tanzen Dame dry Riesling, with the right amount of tartness. The 2013 Tanzen Dame dry Gewürztraminer, with its two‐day skin contact was floral and hoppy. My wife thought of having gruyere cheese with it and the winemaker agreed. They finished the first tasting with the Café Red, a blend of cabernet franc, merlot and two hybrids, Corot noir and noiret. It had a fruity, berry forward, but high in tannins.

We started the second tasting with the 2014 Tanzen Dame Auten Vineyard dry Riesling. I picked up on the tart lime flavor. we were able to compare it to the 2013 Tanzen Dame dry Riesling, from the
second harvest; it was better than the first Riesling we tried. The 2012 pinot noir followed; it was light‐bodied with high tannins. We finished this tasting, with the 2012 White Horse, a cabernet franc and merlot blend. It was kept on the lees for over a year without stirring and its aroma, flavor and tannins were well‐balanced.