>At 10:56 AM 4/23/98 -0400, Linda Reynolds wrote: >>.....Also, I read an article here at Cornell that indicated that NY State >>red wines have more of the ingredient (? whatever it is called), than other >>red wines from CA, and I believe even France. Something about the way the >>climate is here, and the grape provides more of this ingredient to keep >>itself from molding in the cold, damp climate that can occur near our >>Finger Lakes........ >> > >What about Long Island red wines? The vinyards there specialize in Merlots. > > > > =Mark Mark, I shouldn't have only specified the Finger Lakes as there are other winery areas as well. Your point is well taken and the 2 types of wine they honed in on were Merlots and Pinots (sp?). Linda