Hudson-Chatham Winery Seeks Assistant Vineyard Manager/Assistant Winemaker

Hudson-Chatham Winery Seeks Assistant Vineyard Manager/Assistant Winemaker

The Hudson-Chatham Winery is a small but growing winery in Ghent, NY, in Columbia County, just south of Albany and east of the Berkshires in a beautiful and distinctive area. Now in its 6th year, the winery is looking to hire an important addition to our team. Those interested in being part of our growing operation are encouraged to apply. Candidates can email a statement of interest along with a resume to info@hudson-chathamwinery.com or dominique.devito@gmail.com, or send it to Carlo & Dominique DeVito, Hudson-Chatham Winery, 1900 Rte 66, Ghent, NY 12075. All applications must be received by March 15, 2013.

Job posting date: 4/28/13

Job Title: Assistant Vineyard Manager/Assistant Winemaker
Hours: 20+ hrs. per week, year-round position
Wages: commensurate with experience and education
Start date: ASAP
 

Job Description:

The Asst Vineyard Manager/Asst Winemaker will work under the supervision of the General Manager and Winemaker to care for the 5-acre vineyard and assist with wine production. Job duties include:     
·  pruning and tying
·  shoot thinning, leaf pulling, shoot positioning
·  weeding, mowing, transplanting, seasonal care
·  sampling for nutrient levels
·  integrated pest management-- scouting, making recommendations, spraying and maintaining spray schedule
·  keeping detailed vineyard records
·  maintaining vineyard-related equipment
·  overseeing barrel room and winery production area, assisting with wine operation duties, including bottling, wine transfers, filtration, additions, winery sanitation, etc.
·  performing laboratory analysis as needed in the winery
·  assisting with tasting room sales, festivals, etc.

 

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:
·  1 or more years experience in vineyard and winery operations
·  2 or more years formal education or training in viticulture and enology
·  willingness to learn new equipment and techniques
·  ability to work unsupervised
·  excellent organizational skills
·  ability to lift 50 lbs.

Hudson-Chatham Wines Now Available At Astor Wines & Spirits In NYC

 

Voted "Best Liquor Store" 2011 by The Village Voice

The wine selection at Astor Wines & Spirits rivals any in the country, and the store houses the most comprehensive collection of spirits in New York City. Located in a landmarked historical building, Astor is a family-owned, family-operated, multi-generational business. Astor has been a fixture in the community since the 1940s, and remains committed to reflecting and upholding the values of the neighborhood.

Astor Wines & Spirits has been a Greenwich Village fixture since 1946. When we decided to move to bigger digs recently, we thought it was only fitting that we'd end up in a New York City Landmark, the De Vinne Press Building. A charming and formidable structure, it has stood on the corner of Fourth and Lafayette Streets in Manhattan since 1885. Its façade has been carefully maintained, leaving its... charming period-specific features intact. We aren't just interested in preserving great wines; we want to keep the rich history of our neighborhood alive as well, so the building is a perfect home for our new space. Whether you're a longtime Village denizen or just a passer-by, you'll appreciate the 50% larger sales floor and incredible new amenities at our new location, which is just a two-minute walk south of our old one.

 

Astor Wines & Spirits

399 Lafayette St.

New York, New York 10003

 

Closed until tomorrow 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

Phone	(212) 674-7500
Email	customer-service1@astorwines.com
Website	http://www.astorwines.com http://www.twitter.com/astorwines http://tastingnotesnyc.com/

Hudson-Chatham Wines Now Available at The Wine Hut, in NYC!

 

The Wine Hut has a simple approach: authentic wines made by small passionate producers often using biodynamic or organic methods We have an approach that seeks out honest wine from growers who work with passion, individuality and zest.

 

The Wine Hut

213b, 6th Ave (Avenue of Americas)

New York, New York 10014

 

Phone	(212) 229-2409
Email	info@thewinehutnyc.com
Website	http://thewinehutnyc.com/

Hudson-Chatham Winery Moving Into May

 

 

This photo was taken last year on May 9, when growth in the vineyard was much farther along due to the very warm spring. Not this year!! But we know we're getting there, and hopefully we won't have a late frost like we did last year, which wiped out our primary bud growth. Mother Nature does what she wants to do! May is always a month of wonder, though, as things blossom and grow and the days get warmer and warmer. We're looking forward to the new growing season in the vineyard (and the raspberry and blueberry bushes), and our line-up of activities in the tasting room, including the Wine & Cheese Pairing classes, our Mother's Day weekend celebration, the Gourmet Gardening evening with Cornell Cooperative Extension (May 15), and the month's crowning event, the Hudson Berkshire Wine & Food Festival! We'll also be at the Rip Van Winkle Wine & Cheese Festival at the Catskill Point on May 11, as well as Foodstock in Callicoon, NY, on May 11.   

Hudson Berkshire Wine & Food Festival - May 25 & 26, 2013

 

  

 

Save the Date for the inaugural Hudson Berkshire Wine & Food Festival! The festival is being held at the beautiful, historic Columbia County Fairgrounds in Chatham, NY, and is the first "interstate" festival where you can sample wine, beer, spirits, ciders, and of course lots of local foods from producers and farmers from the Hudson Valley AND the Berkshires. The festival will also feature cooking demonstrations by top area chefs and talks on everything from cheesemaking to home brewing. Learn more and buy tickets at www.hudsonberkshirewinefestival.com. Check out the SweetJack offer for 50% off tickets for a limited time:
http://www.sweetjack.com/local/deal/albany-schenectady-troy

ALSO AT EVENTBRITE!
http://hudsonberkshirewinefestival.eventbrite.com/#

Hudson-Chatham Wine & Cheese Tasting Classes with Peter Kindel

 

     We are very excited to be doing wine and cheese pairing classes with our esteemed neighbor - cheesemaker and sommelier, Peter Kindel. Peter is currently the cheesemaker at Hawthorne Valley Farm, where he is turning the milk from biodynamically raised cows into a variety of heavenly cheeses. Peter will be pairing some Hawthorne Valley and other artisanal Hudson Valley cheeses with Hudson-Chatham wines to showcase and explain how and why certain wines pair so beautifully with certain cheeses.

The classes are:

FRIDAY, 4-26, 6 to 8 pm: white wines & cheese

FRIDAY, 5-17, 6 to 8 pm: red wines & cheese

FRIDAY, 5-31, 6 to 8 pm: dessert and "other" wines & cheese

 

Each class will taste and review 3 wines and 6 cheeses.

Classes are $40/person or $75/couple. Attend all three classes for $100/person or $200/couple. (Hudson-Chatham case club members get 10% off.)

 

Classes are limited to 20 people, so make your reservations now by emailing to info@hudson-chathamwinery.com.   

"Mac Attack" on the Beverage Trail - Saturday, April 20, 2013

 

It's our spring Passport weekend on the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail, and we'll be warming things up with our own versions of macaroni and cheese at each venue. Your purchase of a Trail Passport ($20/$5 for designated driver) gets you a tasting at each location on the Trail, plus a tasting of the mac-n-cheese. When you've visited and tasted at all the locales, vote for your favorite. You'll be automatically entered to win a Trail basket valued at $100. Trail members are Hudson-Chatham, Brookview Station and Furnace Brook Wineries, Harvest Spirits Distillery, and Chatham Brewing. You can start at any of the locations. Saturday, April 20, 12 to 5 pm.  

Brownies and Wine Divine April 6, 2013

No Gut Glutton Loves Hudson-Chatham Baco Noir

 

 

2 Hour Review: NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting

was a Wine Lover’s Paradise

March 19th, 2013By Jen Balisi
No Gut Glutton

 

NY DRINKS NY

In case it hasn’t been clear yet, let the record stand: I LOVE wine. Love it. It pairs amazingly with my favorite indulgence, cheese, while also providing surprising and complex flavors that a Diet Coke would just never be able to impart. As such, if there’s a wine tasting going on at a reasonable price, you can basically expect me to be there. So when HowAboutWe for Couples was offering admission to the NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting for a mere 30 bucks per couple, you know that I was one of the first to sign up.

 

NY Drinks NY is a great event that takes the locavore craze to the wine scene, highlighting only wines that were made from grapes grown in NY State. With everything from cabernet francs to dry and semi-dry Rieslings to even an American-grown Malbec, the Grand Tasting event offered wine lovers a sampling of over 200 kinds of wine from the great New York state.

 

In addition to the variety of wines came a buffet of cheeses, fruit, and other charcuterie that paired wonderfully with the liquid supplements. My personal favorite was a fennel salad on baguette toast that paired deliciously with the variety of sweet Rieslings offered by the wineries at the event.

 

 

 

In terms of the actual wine, the standouts for me include...from Hudson-Chatham Winery...the Baco Noir and basically every Cabernet Franc from the participating wineries. I found the Cabernet Francs of most of the participating wineries to be a fantastic complement to any kind of food, as the blend of reds made a great pairing to everything from creamy to hard cheeses to salamis to pork. Overall, thanks to the NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting, I was able to find a variety of ~$15 bottles that I will definitely be purchasing in the near future. It certainly made for a perfect antithesis to the snowy weather going on outside, and a reasonable excuse for skipping the gym. Check out the NY Drinks NY website for more tasting events going on through the end of March – you’ll be sure to find your next favorite bottle of wine.

 

Read the whole thing at:

http://nogutglutton.com/12-hour-review-ny-drinks-ny-grand-tasting-was-a-wine-lovers-paradise/#.UVV53U7D-M-

VILLAGE VOICE NAMES HUDSON-CHATHAM EMPIRE TO FAVORITE TOP TEN NY WINES!

 

Recently, the Village Voice made a list of the Top Ten NY wines tasted at the recent NY Drinks NY grand tasting at the Astor Wines and Spirits in New York City. No.10 on the list was Hudson-Chatham Empire!!!

Unscrewed

Empire State of Wine: 10 Great Bottles from the Finger Lakes and Niagara Escarpment

By Lauren Mowery Wed., Mar. 27 2013 at 1:00 PM

Village Voice

As spring continued dragging her feet last week, New Yorkers traipsed through snow flurries to drink wine. Nothing new there, except that the second annual NY Drinks NY was in town, offering imbibers a taste of local wines. I focused my efforts on the Finger Lakes and Niagara Escarpment, two regions I hadn't visited and don't regularly have a chance to taste.

Aside from the joy of discovering more great New York wine to drink, I am happy to report that bottle prices are remarkably affordable. Land in the Finger Lakes costs significantly less than in the North Fork, so vintners can sell wines at prices equivalent to the spare change in your pocket (plus a few singles). The majority of bottles were priced in the low $20s, while many hovered between $12-$16. So if you like to drink good wine at low prices, look for your New York neighbors on the shelves.

If you're a data lover, here are some regional statistics: New York is third in nationwide wine production, with 316 wineries and nine American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). There are 115 juice producers in the Finger Lakes and 17 in the Niagara Escarpment. Annually, 180,000 million bottles are produced, though can any of us really envision what that looks like? Bern's Steak House in Tampa, Fla., claims to have the largest restaurant collection in the world at 600,000 bottles. (Yes, Tampa, home of Magic Mike, has the largest wine collection, and I hear it is a damn fine one.)

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At NY Drinks NY, I tasted the offerings of nearly 20 wineries....The wines had a surprising sturdiness and weight, no doubt from the warmth of the micro-climate.

Here are 10 bottles to try (including one cider!):

Red Newt Cellars, Gewürztraminer 2011, Finger Lakes, $15

Sheldrake Point, Gewürztraminer 2011, Finger Lakes, $18

Lamoreaux Landing, Dry Riesling 2011, Finger Lakes, $14

Arrowhead Spring Vineyards, Syrah 2010, Niagara Escarpment, $35

Freedom Run Winery, Cabernet Franc 2011, Niagara Escarpment, $22

Standing Stone Vineyards, Gewürztraminer 2010, Finger Lakes, $14

Anthony Road, Riesling "Art Series" 2010, Finger Lakes, $28

Sheldrake Point, Riesling Ice Wine, Finger Lakes, $65

Leonard Oakes Estate, SteamPunk Cider, Niagara, $11

Hudson-Chatham Winery, Empire Reserve 2007, Hudson River Region, $22 (A blend of Finger Lakes, Long Island and Hudson Valley wines)

Lauren Mowery writes the Unscrewed column for Fork in the Road and blogs at Chasing the Vine.

Read more at:

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Hudson-Chatham Winery Releases 2011 Chelois

Hudson-Chatham Winery Launches

2011 Chelois

Casscles Vineyard  

We invite you to celebrate the release of this very special wine with us on Saturday, March 23. We opened a bottle a week ago for ourselves and were very happy. At a tasting of NY wines in New York City this past week, it received rave reviews. Helping us celebrate will be Lisa from Block Factory Tamales in Germantown. Her fresh tamales made with local ingredients are amazing, and will pair perfectly with the Chelois.

We look forward to seeing you at the winery, 12 to 5 pm.