Hudson River Valley Wineries: Kristop Brown Leaving Hudson Valley

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Kristop Brown Leaving Hudson Valley

As reported by the Hudson Valley Wine Goddess, Kristop Brown, one of the best, young winemakers in the valley, or in New York state for that matter, is leaving Benmarl to seek his fortunes in Washington State.

I am sure Matt Specarelli will gamely carry on the duties of winemaker at Benmarl, but Kristop is a singular talent, and one always hopes that a person with that much to offer, doesn't leave their region. His exit from the valley will be sorely felt. And he's a good guy, so we shall miss him.

And we will expect great things from him.

Read the whole story at Debbie's blog (The Hudson Valley Wine Goddess):
http://hvwinegoddess.blogspot.com/2010/02/farewell-kristop-good-luck.html

1 Comments:

colaseadamian said...: My name is Damian Garrod I have been in the restaurant business for over 20 years . Most recently the Wine Director for the Brasserie here in NYC( Patina Group) Kristop used to be my roommate and really good friend it is great to see him doing well and I would love to find out how to correspond with him please call me at 803-673-7863 or email me at colaseadamian@gmail.com; 2:21 PM