Kinds of Light 2026 Releases

Our natural wine project, Kinds Of Light, returns with three fresh releases.

This season, we're thrilled to introduce three new wines that capture everything we love about drinking New York State wine in the warmer months: our 2025 Rosé Blend, Merlot, and Pink Blend.

The Hudson Valley is one of the oldest wine regions in the United States. With grapes sourced from across New York State, including Long Island's North Fork and the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley wineries are known for crafting approachable, food-friendly wines that reflect the diversity of New York terroir.

Whether you're planning a backyard barbecue or just looking for something easy to sip on a warm evening, these bottles were made with exactly that in mind.

Our latest releases from Kinds Of Light.

Kinds Of Light Rose 2025

This Rose is a blend of Seyval Blanc, grown in the Finger Lakes, Chardonnay and Merlot, both grown on Long Island. Seyval Blanc makes up the majority of the blend and creates a zippy, citrus-forward wine with some lovely summer fruit notes from the young Merlot. We fermented all of these grapes in stainless steel and blended them to create a breezy, zesty summer sipper. We taste slightly under-ripe strawberries, lemon peel, and red ruby grapefruit.

Kinds Of Light MERLOT 2025

Our Merlot 2025 was grown and on the North Fork of Long Island and we pressed it as soon as we got the grapes back to the Hudson Valley. With just a few hours of skin contact, the wine is a beautiful light purple in color, and is wonderfully light and fruity. We made this Merlot in the spirit of young French Beaujolais Nouveau wine, which is typically young, fresh, and very fruit-forward. It's a jammy, brambly wine that we like to drink chilled down to just about cellar temp, or even colder on a hot day. We taste blackberry jam, fresh figs, wild blueberries.

Kinds Of Light Pink Blend 2025

A sparkling blend of Seyval Blanc and Merlot. Harvested from the Finger Lakes and Long Island regions of New York and naturally fermented. Both of these grapes were fermented in stainless steel, blended, and allowed to finish their fermentation in the bottle for a natural, Pet-Nat-like carbonation. Cold, pink, and bubbly, this is a playful and dangerously drinkable wine. We taste pink starbursts, cantaloupe, and sourdough bread.

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Harry ManningJuly 23, 2026Comment