Winemaker Notes
Enjoy as an aperitif with your favorite nibbles or as a lovely companion to scallop ceviche, brunch fare or a spring picnic.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2023 RGNY Sparkling Riesling is slightly cloudy and yellow in hue, revealing aromas of rustic earth and green olives. On the palate, it carries a textured, earthy character balanced by lively bubbles and a savory edge. Pair this distinctive sparkling wine with Ikura sushi topped with yuzu zest and a touch of shiso, where the wine’s umami depth and effervescence play beautifully against the briny pop of salmon roe and the citrusy lift of yuzu. (Tasted: October 31, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
From Mexico to New York: Started in 2019, RG | NY is a new brand from the Rivero González family who have cultivated the land of their vineyards in Parras, Coahulia Mexico –the oldest winegrowing region in the Americas - for 25 years. The González family is characterized by being true to their values excellence, heritage, craft, innovation, sustainability, and community. They aim to continue their family’s winemaking tradition and legacy on the North Fork. Bright, expressive, young, and fruit-forward. These are wines that perfectly represent North Fork region; well-balanced acidity and freshness with a lingering finish that seamlessly makes them the perfect wines for year-round consumption. Comprised of complex wines from special vineyard blocks with smaller productions; wines that require greater attention, as there’s more challenge in finding the perfect balance and expression, to harvest at the right time, and to respect what the fruit has to give us. RG | NY is a member of Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing (LISW); not-for-profit organization that provides education and certification for Long Island vineyards in order to reduce the environmental impact.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
A far-reaching peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the city of New York, the Long Island appellation includes The Hamptons and North Fork AVAs. With a maritime climate and conditions not unlike that in Bordeaux, the region excels in the production of Bordeaux varieties, namely Merlot and Cabernet Franc.