Drinking On The Edge Podcast | Finger Lakes Cabernet Franc
No.59 | Regional Feature
As an exciting addition to my coverage of and reporting on Cabernet Franc this year, I have partnered with longtime friend, wine writer and industry veteran David Furer to collaborate on a miniseries on Cabernet Franc that I will co-host for his podcast Drinking On The Edge. The series will highlight important and emerging regions for Cabernet Franc around the world and feature enlightening roundtable discussions with some of each region’s most respected producers.
The first episode in our series features Cabernet Franc from the Finger Lakes in New York with an engaging conversation with five of the region’s leading producers:
Kelby James Russell of Apollo’s Praise
Bruce Murray of Boundary Breaks
Fred Merwarth of Hermann J Wiemer
Josh Wig of Lamoreaux Landing
Nova Cadamatre of Trestle Thirty-One
In the episode, we covered everything from the suitability of Cabernet Franc in the Finger Lakes, vintage variation, techniques in the vineyard to manage Cabernet Franc’s pyrzaines, consumer percep…