In Season 09.02.10

• Wine grape harvest is underway at New Yorks' Paumanok Vineyards on the North Fork where winemaker Kareem Massoud reports 2.67 tons of chardonnay hand picked for sparkling wine on August 28. Brix came in just right for bubbly: 18.5, with a pH at 3.07. Acid was good for bubbly at 10.2 g/l. [New York Cork Report]