The Debra Whiting Foundation Dinner
Support the Debra Whiting Foundation and Celebrate our Finger Lakes Community at the Wine & Food Event of the Season HECTOR, NEW YORK – May 22, 2013 – Red Newt Cellars Winery & Bistro is slated to host an elegant dinner on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 6:30pm with one hundred precent of the Read More…
Finger Lakes Bubbles
We were thrilled to see Eric Asimov of the New York Times include Lamoreaux Landing’s 2006 Blanc de Blanc Reserve Brut, one of our favorite Finger Lakes sparkling wines, in his latest column. No newcomers to the joys of drinking local sparkling wines, we’ve been trying to convert the masses about great Finger Lakes bubbly Read More…
Coq au Riesling, Finger Lakes Style
Coq Au Riesling By Jennifer Baskerville Burrows (adapted from Jamie Oliver Magazine) Serves 4 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces 1 750ml bottle of dry Riesling 1 bouquet garni (celery stem, bay leaf, and a sprig each of flat-leaf parsley and thyme, tied with kitchen string) Olive oil 3-4 slices of thick bacon, cubed Read More…
Cider Week FLX To Kick Off This Weekend
Nothing really says fall quite like raking up the leaves in the yard and then relaxing with a hard cider, right? Especially in the Finger Lakes, where there are a multitude of different local venues where you can get your cider fix. The inaugural Finger Lakes Cider Week will kick off this weekend for 10 Read More…
Kudos to Lamoreaux Landing & Hermann J Wiemer for being in the Top 100
Congratulations to our friends at Lamoreaux Landing and Hermann J Wiemer wineries for being included in the Wine & Spirits magazine Top 100 Wineries of the Year! We’re glad to see Finger Lakes wineries getting this kind of recognition from the large wine media outlets. We hope there’s some serious celebrating over there on Seneca Read More…
The Hardworking Harvest
The Hardworking Harvest All Romance Aside By Shannon Brock “Sometimes the best part about being a winemaker is telling people you’re a winemaker,” says Aaron Roisen, who holds that post at Hosmer Winery on Route 89 near Cayuga Lake. The not-so-best parts might include the work involved this time of year when over 40,000 Read More…
On the Road to World-Class Rieslings
This video, produced by The Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, is a finalist in Wine Spectator’s 2012 video contest. Our favorite quote from the video comes from the ever-so-charming Aaron Roisen, winemaker at Hosmer Winery on Cayuga Lake. “The real reason we grow Riesling,” he says “is because we are the best at it.” Visit this Read More…
On Seneca, who gets the best sun? And what the heck is a Banana Belt?
Finger Lakes winemakers are a friendly group. Especially with each other. They’ve even created a mashup of two words to describe how they work together: Cooperatition. They know they’re competing for customers but they also know the industry does best when they cooperate as a unified winemaking region. So they share resources, create events Read More…
Results from the Governor’s Cup
The results of the annual New York Wine and Grape Foundation’s New York Wine and Food Classic are in! Congratulations to all of our winery partners (listed in bold) in the Finger Lakes who came home winners. And special congratulations to Dr. Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars for their major accomplishment! 50 years and going strong. Read More…
Summer Succotash
There’s been a lot of talk about corn lately. Most of the concern is how the drought is going to affect the massive amounts of industrial corn being grown for everything but eating. Our local farms are just about to pop with fresh ears that only need a little steam and a slick of Read More…
