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'Wine with Me Wednesdays': Benmarl Winery

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    Mathew Spaccarelli on running a New York based wine company

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Now that they worked -- about -- about wind -- its wine with me Wednesday's.

Because the wine industry is taking over in this country and people are making it could billion dollars -- -- these days and as we all know Americans -- the French.

In the amount of -- that we drink.

We drink a lot more wind probably because we're in a really big recession and -- we -- bus line at the end them.

-- that's a spark a rally is with us right now general manager of Ben Marat winery.

Which is -- family owned operated business.

And there's a history -- that I just wanna ever going to understand core.

Quickly.

Before we talk about what's going on one -- these days but.

So.

Mark Miller was an illustrator this is like thirty some odd years ago he bought an existing vineyard -- over sixty years okay six years ago purchase what.

It's considered the oldest continuously producing vineyard -- country.

But let the people should note too that it is in Newark.

Yes I think value.

Hudson River region which is that kind of the roots American that a culture that's where the French came over.

If you do not settled the valley and brought with them all that great.

So cool -- -- -- so many people think that.

It it's all that California Napa Valley but really it originated -- here and that's about.

Yes that's I mean.

Again closest to Europe that shouldn't you know it was able -- -- hello there I'm planted.

Then the trend in in my announced big -- and and California does that New York.

Even though -- in the new world we tend to make older world style lines something lighter more balanced for more delicate line so.

But he is sold it right let's get to -- -- because so Mark Miller sold it to.

To our families I -- -- having sex and near Powell what what's the generations.

From what it was sold.

There is Mark Miller right and then it was his son Eric.

I pray for a couple years owned it and then from there it went my -- purchase -- costs and -- -- ever since it.

You know from anyone seen here you -- to do this it was just like by the way we of his business you're doing it nine nose on its given to.

When -- yards or.

Also that agriculture somehow on this is kind of a perfect blend of both those things slamming people realizes you know running -- vineyard.

You know what do they say if you want to.

Make a million in the online business invest two billion and I fat.

-- -- -- People don't realize it's it's an agricultural.

Product right so there's there's a lot of farming -- it goes into -- people lastly what do you do the rest of the year when you know making line.

-- -- -- and fixing your chosen liars and think you're literally out Canada yes.

It's it's a hands on -- -- -- outfield so to speak all leg yet and I think that goes for most of that the New York wineries were were small whiners.

So you know you're -- makers also running your vineyards and he's also.

And the fact in the books sometimes to a very -- it's it's a nice.

Kind of industry to be in because.

Every time he he had meetings with the with the -- community.

Everyone's kind of on the same page which is nice it's really cool actually and it what's really interesting to me is how New York has taken off as -- with the wine.

I don't know up and comer is at a rate yes I mean they've been around for -- well I had it is.

The New -- -- community is is fantastic.

Again it's a lot of small producers and we're all working together.

Tended to kind of promote.

The winds the biggest problem with -- state -- not consistency of quality it's just awareness.

And it's slowly slowly getting there.

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