Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 9/22/2023

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/22/2023

Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News

Ravines Wine Cellars is nominated for American Winery of the Year in the Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards

Deer Run Winery celebrates 20-year anniversary

Relative Risk Brewery celebrates 1-year anniversary

Lakewood Vineyards says that frost damage hasn't hampered visitors coming to the winery

FLX Gal tours the Fox Run Winery Food and Wine Experience

Del Lago Casino unveils its own Riesling wine

680 Cellars unveils scenic tasting room on Cayuga Lake

FLX Beer Reviews review Steuben Brewing Oktoberfest beer

Press Fraction reviews Knapp Winery 2022 Cayuga White

See the recent weekly Cornell Harvest Report, including reports of grape sunburn in Finger Lakes Riesling grapes

NY Wine and Grape Foundation unveils new logos and resources to promote New York's wine regions

Finger Lakes motorists reminded to use caution as farm machinery uses roads during harvest season

Kathleen Wilcox details her weekend of tasting wine on Seneca Lake

12 major trends in the current U.S.retail wine market

Wineries may need to prepare for increased French oak barrel prices as oak supply challenges emerge

Rock Stream Winery Fall Fest, featuring music by The Stream Rockers and The Finger Lakes Weekend Wino, is tomorrow, Sat. Sept. 23rd

The Naples Grape Festival is this weekend, Sept. 23rd and 24th

The Syracuse Food Truck Fest is at the State Fairgrounds tomorrow, Sept. 23rd

The Ithaca Porch Fest, featuring over 100 music performers, is this Sunday, Sept. 24th

The Hunt Country Winery Harvest Festival is Sat., Sept. 30th

The Finger Lakes Comedy Festival is Sept. 28th to 30th

The Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival is Sept. 29th to Oct. 1st

New York Cider Week is Oct. 6th to 15th See Cider Week events here

LocalSYR lists over 40 Fall and Halloween events in the Finger Lakes

The amazing story of the Dundee Central School District Steel Drum Band that has traveled the world over the last 49 years

Seneca County is offering $10,000 grants to small businesses in the county with less than 25 employees, application deadline is Nov. 22nd

Schuyler County IDA accepting proposals to lease Seneca Harbor restaurant

An Amish-Chinese partnership in Ovid yields a booming mushroom business

Tim's Pumpkin Patch says pumpkins will be plentiful

The Village Store in Geneva closes after over 50 years in business

William Ramsey reports on fall foliage conditions in the Finger Lakes

See the official Fall Foliage Map and Report for NY here

20 finalists are announced in the Grow NY business competition, that will award $3 million to 7 winners

Vee Cipperman lists Ithaca's Best Brunch Eateries

Seneca County asks county residents to complete survey on tourism impacts in the region

Visitors to Corning Museum of Glass can create their own glass pumpkins through Nov. 20th

The Getaway Guy does a day trip to Hammondsport

NY Upstate lists the 10 Most Romantic Restaurants in the Finger Lakes