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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...