A Shout-Out to Roman



Very pleased to see that James Suckling, at his Winespectator.com blog (which I think may be the best wine blog going these days), is giving a shout-out to Roman Roth of Wölffer Estate, a winery on Long Island's South Fork. That's where the famous Hamptons are, by the way. I was always a big fan of Roman and his winemaking when I was covering the Long Island wine scene; and I included Wölffer in both my books. Plus, I used to play golf occasionally with RR, who was overall a very cool guy. And now he's big in Tuscany. Bravo!

As far the wines go, I haven't had any for a while (I don't live near the region anymore), but I do recall enjoying some older Chardonnays that I bought at of all places a yard sale somewhere in the Hamptons. I think they were slightly less than 10 years old and they had matured nicely. Mind you, yard sale wines are of course a crap shoot, but I thought it was testament to Roman's skill that he could build a wine to last.