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In the latest WXXI Business Report, Forge Cellars on Seneca Lake was honored with a spot on Wine Spectator Magazine’s Top 100 Wines in the World list.
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A Finger Lakes winery has landed on the coveted Top 100 Wines of the Year list from Wine Spectator magazine. It’s an honor for Forge Cellars, and it’s a nice ending to what has been a difficult year. Wine store sales are up, but not everyone benefits equally.
We talk about the business of wine and the effects of the pandemic on the Finger Lakes industry with Rick Rainey, co-owner of Forge cellars. Our guest:
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Second hour: Rochester PAB members on recommendations for public safety reforms
A Finger Lakes winery has landed on the coveted Top 100 Wines of the Year list from Wine Spectator magazine. It’s an honor for Forge Cellars, and it’s a nice ending to what has been a difficult year. Wine store sales are up, but not everyone benefits equally. We talk about the business of wine and the effects of the pandemic on the Finger Lakes industry with Rick Rainey, co-owner of Forge cellars. Our guest:
Rick Rainey, co-owner of Forge Cellars
Then in our second hour, in October, the Rochester Police Accountability Board joined a city working group on police reform and reinvention. The PAB members were given some homework: to answer questions about the city’s policing practices and if public safety reforms are needed. The Board has drafted its recommendations, and now, it’s asking for community input. We talk to PAB members about those recommendations and about the state of policing in Ro
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Case in point: Finger Lakes winery Forge Cellars is ranked on
Wine Spectator s Top 100 List of 2020. The prestigious list, announced Monday, features the most exciting wines from regions around the world. It is not meant to be a shopping list, but rather a guide to wineries to watch in the future.
Forge s 2018 Classique Dry Riesling was ranked 31st, which is interesting for several reasons. First, it is the winery s workhorse wine, made from grapes from several vineyards and priced at under $20 a bottle. Second, the 2015 Classique achieved the same rank in 2017.
Finally, by many accounts, 2018 was not a good vintage for the Finger Lakes. Eighteen was horrific, said Rick Rainey, who co-owns Forge Cellars along with French winemaker-grower Louis Barruol. Local guys will get tears in their eyes talking about how brutal 2018 was.