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  September 2009

  Bully Hill Vineyards Ravat 51 NV

  Snoothrank: Starting at $7^.99

  I'm no snob like some....this wine is fantastic if you're just an amateur drinker like me. A DELICIOUS sweet wine from my home state!

  Wine review by Solomon261

  
  
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  February 2009

  Bully Hill Vineyards Ravat 51 NV

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  No written review

  Wine review by wine27rookie

  
  

• August 2008

  Ravat 51! Also known as Vignols, but Ravat 51 is the cooler name of the two... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignoles_(grape) I've actually tried it, its fairly common in the Finger Lakes region of NY Wikipedia entry: "Vignoles (aka Ravat 51) is a complex hybrid wine grape variety... Read moreRavat 51! Also known as Vignols, but Ravat 51 is the cooler name of the two... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignoles_(grape) I've actually tried it, its fairly common in the Finger Lakes region of NY Wikipedia entry: "Vignoles (aka Ravat 51) is a complex hybrid wine grape variety produced from a cross made by J.F. Ravat of two grapes, Seibel 8665 and Pinot de corton. In New York state's Finger Lakes region, and along the Missouri River near Augusta, Missouri, it makes a wine with a sweet and flowery bouquet with a clean crisp sweet pineapple flavor balanced with agreeable acidity."    (hide)

  Forum post in the topic A Varietal (or at least an... by Philip

  
  

• October 2007

  A few months ago, I wrote about the blight of students behaving badly during ... Niagra, Diamond, Isabella, Ravat 51 amongst others. In fact, during a long day of tasting I tried almost 10 new varieties of grapes, which allowed me to finally gain access to the Wine Century club... Read moreA few months ago, I wrote about the blight of students behaving badly during ... Niagra, Diamond, Isabella, Ravat 51 amongst others. In fact, during a long day of tasting I tried almost 10 new varieties of grapes, which allowed me to finally gain access to the Wine Century club (which i've written about before, here). While I was there I visited Lamoreaux Landing, Chateau Lafayette, Atwater and Bloomer Creek amongst others. Most wineries still produce several cheaper sweet wines, however, I was very excited by the drier wines (particularly those of Bloomer Creek), usually French varietals. The Finger Lakes has some similarities with other budding wine regions, and I felt there were some similarities with the Loire Valley in terms of experimentation. Atwater Estates, for example, grows 16 different varieties on their 60 acres of land. Bloomer has 10+ on just 10 acres of land. In all I tried about 60 wines and will be writing each up on my profile, for those interested. Finally, I was lucky enough to go during harvest season and spent some time watching grapes being destemmed, crushed or tried those that were being fermented (the juice here ranged from wonderfully sweet when fresh, to painfully effervescent mid fermentation). Here's a video taken at Lamoreaux Landing showing them crushing some Pinot Noir: iS0N3AnYEx    (hide)

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