Classic Wines

Picking grapes for wine is the first step a winemaker must do to make delicious wine. The timing is crucial for picking grapes with the correct sugar content since this is so important in making the wine. It goes beyond this one fact though, so join us at Bedell Cellars as we learn more about fine wine making.

One of the important steps in making wine comes before the grapes are even picked. The winemakers job is to determine the correct time to pick the chardonnay, or viogneir grapes for optimal flavor. Classic Wines interviews the winemaker at Bedell Cellars, John Levenberg, in Long Island to find out the many determinations that a winemaker will make to bring you that wonderful glass of wine.

There are many wine tours along the North Fork of Long Island. Bedell Cellars, known for producing a high quality Merlot, has redesigned their tasting room into a beautiful state of the art facility. Join us next week for more in a series on the Long Island wineries, where we visit the vineyards, taste some wine and meet some of the winemakers themselves.

Bedell Cellars in Long Island makes terrific wines, but how do they know when it's time to make the wine? Today "The Classic Wines Minute" visits Bedell's vineyard looking for the perfect ripened Chardonnay grape. Joining us, once again, is Louisa Hargrave who will get hands-on with helping us select the perfect Chardonnay grape. Join Brian Freedman to learn more about the steps taken by wineries to determine the perfect harvest time.