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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...