Wine of the Day: Keuka Lake Vineyards 2019 Dry Amber Vignoles
Nobody makes a more delicious and varied array of vignoles than KLV
Hybrid grapes have never been more popular, and one of my favorites in the Finger Lakes is vignoles — also known as Ravat 51 (because it was developed by J.F. Ravat). Ravat created vignoles in 1930 when he crossed another hybrid, Seibel 6905, with a clone of pinot noir known as pinot de cotton.
(This is a good time for me to talk about my friend Steve’s