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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/30/2026

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/30/2026 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 21st Anniversary this year. Who is the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino? Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects In This Issue: Climbing Bines Brewery and Property is for sale for $1.8 million Shepherdess Cellars winery in Interlaken is for sale for $1.2 million SouthEast Seneca presents their Riddle Run in February and March, where you solve riddles at 25 businesses to win prizes Cornell's Julie Suarez testifies at Senate hearing about what Cornell is doing to address the Spotted Lanternfly issue in NY state 3 Finger Lakes wineries make VinePair's list of 30 Best White Wines for 2026 Beak and Skif...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/23/2026

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/23/2026 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 21st Anniversary this year. Who is the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino? Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects In This Issue: The Canandaigua Wine Trail 2026 Wine Tasting Passport is now available for discount price The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail adds 2 new events for February Keuka Springs Vineyards wins Double Gold for 2024 Late Harvest Riesling in San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Wineries Without Walls, a group of Finger Lakes wine producers who do not have tasting rooms, will present tastings of their wines at Seneca Brewing Company every Saturday in February and March NYWGF highlights New York's lig...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/16/2026

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/16/2026 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Who is the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino? Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects In This Issue: Red Newt Cellars is for sale for $3.1 million The Tin Barn Brewery property (formerly Starkeys Lookout) in Dundee is still for sale at $1.5 million The O'Begleys Distillery property in Dundee is still for sale at $375,000 Weis Vineyards purchases Caywood Vineyards, a 182 acre property on Seneca Lake originally planted in the 1970's by Charles Fournier Domaine LeSeurre Winery purchases vineyard on Seneca Lake James Suckling releases their new Finger Lakes wine report, tasti...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/9/2026

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/9/2026 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Who is the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino? Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR READERS!!! In This Issue: Cayuga Lake Wine Trail gains $64,000 grant for out of state tourism marketing Six wine experts pick their favorite New York wines Navinnus Forty Two Cellars discusses what makes the Finger Lakes wine region special Guided Wino releases their Finger Lakes Winter Wine Guide Wise releases their Winery Tasting Room Benchmark Report, with insights from 10 years of winery mystery shopping data Finger Lakes based Hinny Hard Seltzer expands distribu...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/2/2026

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/2/2026 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Who is the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino? Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR READERS!!! In This Issue: Hermann Wiemer Vineyard presents their 2025 Year In Review Fifth Frame Brewing in the Rochester area abruptly closes down Sample their food dishes and help Americana Winery on Cayuga Lake shape their new restaurant menu on Jan. 17th 4 Finger Lakes wines make The Cork Report's 13 Most Memorable Wines of 2025 Airy Acres Vineyard presents their 2025 Review FLX Weekly interviews the winemaker and the new owner of Sheldr...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/26/2025

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/26/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Who is the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino? Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR READERS!!! In This Issue: Lakewood Vineyards Cabernet Franc highlighted in Wine Enthusiast article These 8 Regions Are Proving Cabernet Franc’s Star Power Keuka Spring Vineyards expands its partnership with The Living Well Mission food pantry in Penn Yan Bet The Farm Winery contributes to The Food Bank of The Southern Tier Will Cleveland lists his Best Beers of 2025 Finger Lakes sacramental wine producer O-Neh-Da Vineyards works to get their wine to the new Pope FLX Beer Reviews review Strange...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/19/2025

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/19/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF OUR READERS!!! IN THIS ISSUE: Breaking Bourbon discusses 2 Whiskeys from Finger Lakes Distilling All Access with Andy Garcia visits the Finger Lakes Cider Chat goes through a Cider and Cheese Tasting with 4 Finger Lakes cideries JamesSuckling.com's Brian Freedman reviews Dr. Frank 2024 Eugenia Dry Riesling Carlo DeVito discusses whether the term "local wine" is a negative term for East Coast wines Meredith at Red Newt Cellars discusses wine tannins in their Wine In A Minute series Da...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/12/2025

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/12/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Hunt Country Winery's Tasting Room last day open is Dec. 20th (Editors Note: Had some great times and great wines there over the years, will be missed) Keuka Lake wineries harvest grapes for Ice Wine, and here New brewery DeWolf Brewing opens in Victor Back To Zero FLX interviews Finger Lakes biodynamic grape grower Cory Christie McGregor Winery offering wine discount and free shipping through Dec. 17th Geneva, Watkins Glen and Hammondsport named in World Atlas list of Top Craft Beer Towns in NY Hermann Wiemer puts out 3 new wine releases this month Brian Mc...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/5/2025

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 12/5/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects New York Wine and Grape Foundation celebrates 40th Anniversary Ria's, Red Tail Ridge, Osmote, and Ravines wines make the Wine Enthusiast list of Top 100 Wines of 2025 Former Glenora winemaker Steve DiFrancesco comments on the sale of Glenora Winery Prison City Brewing's Mass Riot IPA is rated one of the best by Beverage Testing Institute in their list of Top IPA's of 2025 Grist Iron Brewery hosts A Very Merry Gristmas Holiday Shopping Bazaar, featuring local vendors and artisans, tomorrow Sat. Dec. 6th The final weekend for the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Holiday Sh...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/28/2025

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/28/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Be sure to check Previous Issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Little Clover Winery and Apollos Praise Winery make VinePair's list of 50 Best Wines of 2025 Finger Lakes non-profits are helping feed those in need during the Holidays, please donate if you can And the Salvation Army kicks off their Holiday Red Kettle campaign in Geneva Remember to stop in at your local Finger Lakes winery, brewery, distillery, meadery and local stores for Small Business Saturday tomorrow, Sat. Dec. 29th Ravines 2022 Dry Riesling gets 36th place in Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2025 Fox Run Vineyards is offering 30% off on all white wines this Bl...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/21/2025

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/21/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Sorry, no issue this week due to Editor surgery. Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers! Please explore Previous Issues for news.

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/14/2025

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/14/2025 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Welcome to the Longest-Running online source for Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and Lifestyle News, since 2005, Celebrating our 20th Anniversary this year. Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Glenora Wine Cellars sold to owners of WENY-TV White Springs Winery in Geneva has announced that it has closed permanently Americana Winery in Interlaken has reopened under new ownership Fox Run Vineyards hires new National Sales Director Graft Wine + Cider Bar in Watkins Glen celebrates 6 Year Anniversary The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail presents its Pour One For The Brave event, with free tastings and discounts for Veterand and First Responders, through Nov. 16th Three Brothers Winery gives special extras with each wine delivery Mea...