Ep 476: Ben Riccardi, Osmote, New York Winemaker Special, 1/8

I'm Lawrence Francis, Host of Interpreting Wine, welcoming you to the New York Winemaker Special series. Across these 8 episodes recorded in December 2022 we'll be exploring the New York wine scene in the company of 8 different winemakers. Covering The Finger Lakes in the first 6 episodes and Long Island in the last 2.  We kick things off in the company of Ben Riccardi of Osmote. Ben owns 30 acres on Seneca Lake he's in the process of cover cropping on the path to planting vines. While making wine from locally sourced fruit in his own winery.   (00:00:08) Intro (00:01:18) Origin Story (00:06:32) International Winemaker Influences (00:10:03) The Finger Lakes virtual tour (00:18:50) Winemaking community in the region (00:23:29) Osmote winemaking projects (00:31:24) The history of sparkling wine in the Finger Lakes If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/476 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Intro and outro musicThe New Investorshttp://newinvestors.dk/Contact: [email protected] GUEST CONTACT: Ben Riccardi, Osmote www.osmotewine.com Instagram @osmotewine Date recorded: 15 Dec 2022 Listen and subscribe: www.interpretingwine.com  CONTACT ME: Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.interpretingwine.com/instagram Facebook: https://www.interpretingwine.com/facebook Twitter: https://www.interpretingwine.com/twitter Linkedin: https://www.interpretingwine.com/linkedin Clubhouse: https://www.interpretingwine.com/clubhouse Youtube: www.interpretingwine.com/youtube   New York Winemaker Special series direct links Ben Riccardi, Osmote www.interpretingwine.com/476 Julia Hoyle, Hosmer Estate Winery www.interpretingwine.com/477 Bruce Murray, Boundary Breaks​ www.interpretingwine.com/478 Kelby James Russell, Red Newt​ www.interpretingwine.com/479 Oskar Bynke & Fred Merwarth, Hermann J. Wiemer ​www.interpretingwine.com/480 Christopher Bates, Element Winery ​www.interpretingwine.com/481 Kareem Massoud, Paumanok/Palmer ​www.interpretingwine.com/482 Roman Roth, Wölffer Estate ​www.interpretingwine.com/483