Bistro Part II – Striving to redefine
Pushing the envelope After Chef Debra Whiting’s passing in 2011, the Bistro pushed forward to continue to raise the localvore bar even higher, with literally 99% of everything in the […]
Winning the Governor’s Cup
Wow. That was cool! I do remember pretty well… Just two years after we had opened up the doors to the Winery & Bistro we had entered a few wines […]
The Winery Part 1
During about a 6 month jaunt on the west coast squatting with parents and family, and travelling/living in my VW camper, I developed and returned to the Finger Lakes to […]
Opening Day at Red Newt!
It turned out to be quite a day. Hundreds of peeps, new and old. Lots of food, wine, music and cheer. Take a look at our album. Many of the […]
The Bistro Part I – Deb’s Story
…and was a pioneering localvore chef before it was cool. During the 12 years that Debra led the culinary team at Red Newt Bistro, she was a leader in the […]
Red Newt was founded in 1998
1998 – Seems like a lifetime ago. Time. It’s a funny thing. Just last year, it sometimes seems, I was working as a hired gun winemaker dreaming of starting something […]
Red Newt – Coming of Age in the FLX
So what does this mean? Well, it was 21 years ago that I, along with my late wife and partner Debra Whiting, founded Red Newt… actually our first crush was […]
