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April 9, 2008
Closing Bell: Winery Opening in Red Hook
Dr. Vino reports that an urban winery is opening in Red Hook this summer:
Abe Schoener, excellent and unconventional winemaker from California, told DrVino.com yesterday that he will open the winery in a building on Beard Street sometime late in the summer 2008. Schoener’s partner will be his Brooklyn-based distributor for the NYC area, Mark Snyder of Angel’s Share. The wine-making facility represents a first for Schoener. Although the former Greek philosophy professor makes compelling and hugely serious wines under his Scholium Project label from California, he does not have a winery there. The Red Hook winery will make exclusively wines from New York State grapes, purchased from vineyards up the Hudson River Valley and from Long Island.
Abe tells us the winery will be in the Beard Street Piers Warehouse on the corner of Van Brunt "behind door number 15." In an email, Dr. Vino said that "Abe's California wines are very cool and very un-California. I wouldn't be surprised if these wines he'll be making in Brooklyn are soon to be among the best from NYS! Even more reason to drink local!"
A New Winery for Red Hook, Brooklyn [Dr. Vino]
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There is also Bridge Vineyards Urban Winery at 20 Broadway near Kent - really close to the water in south williamsburg. Their vineyard is in the North Fork. You can get flights and tastings from New York State wines and they have small plates of food.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 4:33 PM
Im rarely happy with the upstate wineries, but I love North fork wines. I hope this will be more like the north fork than the upstate.
Posted by: funstraw at April 9, 2008 4:37 PM
I think this blog's become a "whinery" for many.
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 9, 2008 4:57 PM
there's several at bridge - they have a cab reserve that i really liked. the whites were all good that i tried (IMHO). but, the great thing is, they are going to start actually making the wine there in williamsburg. they told me that they are waiting for the permit. (they already have the barrels). anyway, place looks great and the food was good - especially the cured meats. it's all pretty cool.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 5:02 PM
This is great i can not wait.
Posted by: ronman at April 9, 2008 5:02 PM
Biff is played.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 5:08 PM
Some great things are happening in Red Hook. I wish this winery was closer to me.
I'm getting Pinot envy!
Posted by: Biff Champion at April 9, 2008 5:08 PM
rim shot, please.
Posted by: guest at April 9, 2008 7:51 PM
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