In honor of both biddies being on the east coast – even if this pandemic has the recording apart – they touch base on the best known wine region out here, New York. New York is unique in the way that it can grow vitis vinifera grapes despite it’s colder climate, humid summers, and harsh winters but also the biddies get to introduce you to the world of cold hardy hybrid grapes. 

Wine Featured:

Kara: Millbrook Winery Pinot Noir & Millbrook Winery Tokai

Calla: Dr. Konstantin Frank Semi-Dry Riesling

Listen:

Sources

• Wine Enthusiast, A Beginner’s Guide to Hybrid Grapes
• The Grapevine Magazine, Here Come the Hybrids
• Wine Folly, Say Hello to Cold-Climate Wines from Chambourcin to Vidal Blanc
• The Society of Wine Educators, Certified Specialist of Wine Study Guide
• Wine Folly, Inside New York Wine Country
• Hudson Valley Wine Growers Association, Hudson Heritage Wines
• Brotherhood Winery, History
• World Wine Tours, History of Wine in New York
• Wine Searcher, Friulano Wine

Intro Song by TV Girl