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Finger Lakes Tasting Tour Summer 2018: Keuka Lake
Hammondsport, the town in Steuben County on the southern edge of Keuka Lake, has a long-standing wine history. Gold Seal Vineyards (while it was still in business) proudly held the status “U.S. bonded winery #1” and posted this on the side of one of its buildings,...
Finger Lakes Tasting Tour 6/18: West Seneca Lake
The first major winery you reach when driving north on Rt. 14 on the west side of Seneca Lake is Lakewood Vineyards, a family operation of three generations of the Stamps. The original Stamp family moved to Lakewood Farm in 1951, and planted grapes for the large grape...
Virginia Wine Industry Celebrates Dennis Horton’s Legacy
On July 9th, winemakers, winery owners, media, and founders of the modern Virginia wine industry came to Horton Vineyards west of Gordonsville on Rt. 33 to celebrate his life and the immense impact of his research results on the Virginia and, indeed, eastern North...
Finger Lakes Tasting Tour: East Seneca Lake
East Seneca Lake is an exciting place in the Finger Lakes, especially the southeast corner, known locally as the "banana belt" due to the heat it accumulates during the growing season where the lake is deepest and the hillsides catch the reflected sun. Fine riesling...
Hudson Cattell, Chronicler of the Modern Eastern Wine Industry, Dies at 87
Hudson Cattell, a self-described "photo journalist" who co-founded Wine East with Linda Jones McKee in 1981 and painstaking documented the people and process of the post-Prohibition resurrection of the eastern North American wine industry, died on June 25th at the age...
Finger Lakes Tasting Report: Cayuga Lake part 2
Hosmer Vineyards and the Thristy Owl Wine Company are almost shouting distance from each other on Rt. 89 on west Cayuga Lake. Hosmer is a family farm 60 years old, and current owner Cameron Hosmer planted five acres of vines in 1973 on the property; today the vineyard...