Comments on: Hudson Valley Wine–or Hungary?

By: Matthew Scott

Matthew Scott — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:31:53 +0000

funny thing is that the Brotherhood cellars which look very similar where all built by Hungarian immigrants. Owner Cezar shared this story with me a long time ago and there are alot of cellars there that are closed off and extend down under the old manor house. There is millions of dollars being poured into that place and it is pretty cool to see the rebirth of America’s oldest winery.

By: hvwinegoddess

hvwinegoddess — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:19:08 +0000

Brotherhood’s website is in transition. Here is a link that should view their cellar

http://www.brotherhoodwinery.net/bro_winery.html

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:16:44 +0000

Tyler, HVwinegoddess:

The photo that started this discussion is in fact from istockphoto.com. It was put up by someone in Europe. Red paint on the metal bands on barrels seems to be be quite unique to that part of Europe: Hungary, Slovakia, etc. It may be rooted in esthetic traditions or in practicality: paint prevents corrosion and those barrels look very old.

The barrels in the caves at BW are very different.

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:07:57 +0000

Hi HVwinegoddess,

No, I haven’t been to Brotherhood. Is this photo from there? The link you provide doesn’t have a photo that exactly resembles the location in the image on the HV wine site. If it is there, then I look forward to checking it out myself!

Cheers,

By: hvwingoddess

hvwingoddess — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:11:04 +0000

You obviously have never been to Brotherhood Winery.

http://www.brotherhoodwinery.net/pages/photogallery.asp

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:27:23 +0000

Wow, great eye Tyler and great detective work Arthur. It’s the exact same picture. I don’t understand it. Why would they use a stock photo on their site instead of the real deal?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:17:53 +0000

Tyler,

I think you called it.

As I suspected: it’s a stock image: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/concepts-and-ideas/time/3339754-barrels-in-a-wine-cellar.php?id=3339754

By: Tish

Tish — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:44:46 +0000

Nice to see the nod to the local region. If anyone is a fan of the Hudson River school of painting, you must drop by Benmarl soemtime forthe view alone. Long live, Seyval Blanc!