With a rich history dating back hundreds of years and home to the first winery in the United State, New York and its wines are worthy of all the attention they receive. The growers and winemakers of the region have both the skill and the passion to produce top quality wines with the unique varietals and diverse climates synonymous with New York. Explore with host Carlo DeVito, author and publisher, as he dives into what makes New York stand out amongst the world’s leaders in winemaking … today and in the future.

Featured Wineries: 

• Glenora Wine Cellars
• Buttonwood Grove
• Black Willow Winery 
• Fulkerson Winery
• Suhru Wines

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About the Moderator:

Carlo DeVito is a lifelong publishing executive with more than 20 years of experience. He has written more than 20 books. He has published many books with Edible Communities magazines; with numerous brands at Hearst magazines including Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Esquire, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan, House Beautiful and others; as well as working with M. Shanken Communications wherein he published books with Wine Spectator and Cigar Aficionado. His authors include Kevin Zraly, Matt Kramer, Oz Clarke, Tom Stevenson, Clay Risen, Jim Meehan, Michael Jackson, Stephen Beaumont, Joshua M. Bernstein, and many others.

He is the editor of East Coast Wineries blog which has more than 1.3 million individual page views, and has published more than half a dozen books on wine, beers, and spirits, including East Coast Wineries, Big Whiskey, The New Single Malt Whiskey, The Wine Notebook, and many others.

He was also the co-founder of Hudson-Chatham Winery, the first winery to achieve a score of 90 points or more for a red hybrid wine. The high acclaimed Baco Noir was the highest rated red hybrid varietal wine in North America.

Carlo he has appeared on television dozens of times including multiple times as guests on CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX morning shows in New York, as well as throughout the eastern seaboard. He has been a featured guest on WFAN (both TV and Radio), ESPN radio, WCBS and WABC radio, WAMC, and more than 60 radio stations nationwide. He has been featured in such newspapers as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, the Hartford Courant, The Tampa Bay Tribune, and other national newspapers.