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Best Pink Wine: Fulkerson 2023 Estate Syrah Rosé, Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes Best Red Wine: Raphael 2019 Reserve Cabernet Franc, North Fork, Long Island Best Dessert Wine: Weis Vineyard 2018 ...
The Finger Lakes AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Upstate New York, south of Lake Ontario. It was established in 1982 [ 4 ] and encompasses the eleven Finger Lakes , but the area around Canandaigua , Keuka , Seneca , and Cayuga Lakes contain the vast majority of vineyard plantings in the AVA.
In 2011, the New York wineries were given another boost when Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Fine Winery Law (S.4143-a/A.7828-a) into law, allowing each farm winery to operate up to 5 tasting rooms as a single entity, rather than requiring a separate license for each. The act also streamlined the paperwork involved in direct shipping wine to ...
The winery planted 100 acres (40.5 ha) of grapes. At the time, it was the largest vineyard in the state. By 1869 they were producing 14,000 US gallons (53,000 L) of Seneca Lake's first commercial wine. Then, in 1882, New York State opened its Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York located at the north end of Seneca Lake. Its grape ...
Wine has long been used to commemorate major celestial events, and some Finger Lakes wineries are hosting events for the upcoming total solar eclipse.
The Schaertl hobby farm is just outside the village of Shortsville heading from the west on Shortsville Road. You can’t see it from the road – nor the reindeer – but the “Reindeer Dr ...
In 1958, Greyton H. Taylor and Walter S. Taylor bought back the property from Sprague and established Bully Hill Farms. Greyton and Walter began converting the native American grapes on the land to French-American hybrid grapes, pioneering those varieties in New York State. Over the next 12 years, Walter and Greyton slowly built a winery on ...
Hunt Country Vineyards current experimental agricultural techniques include English ground ivy (partly funded by the USDA SARE program, planted under and between rows of grapes to reduce the need for herbicides and mowing), biodiesel from waste grease (to power tractors), along with a small wind turbine for producing electricity, and bat houses to encourage natural insect predators.