Winery Part II – Kelby’s story
The Winery Part II – Kelby’s Story In 2012, Kelby James Russell joined the Red Newt Team as an assistant winemaker. He brought with him a distinct passion for Riesling, […]
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
Dave’s Story “The story really begins in the early eighties. I had graduated from SUNY Binghamton armed with a freshly minted BS in biology. I had not intentions at the […]
Opening Day at Red Newt!
Wow, what a party!! So how did this ever happen? Well, it was a whirlwind to get ready for opening on June 27th in 1999. We had made the wine, […]
The Bistro Part I – Deb’s Story
Debra Whiting was a visionary FLX chef … …and was a pioneering localvore chef before it was cool. During the 12 years that Debra led the culinary team at Red […]
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 […]
