WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 4/10/2026

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 4/10/2026

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

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In This Issue:

The Syracuse Wine Festival is on April 18th

Visit your favorite Finger Lakes Brewery on NY Craft Beer Day tomorrow April 11th

Will Cleveland discusses why NY Craft Beer Day is important

Melissa Etheridge is added to the Point of the Bluff concert schedule

Damiani Wine Cellars offers discounted shipping offer during April

Red Tail Ridge Winery releases 2025 Good Karma semi-sweet Riesling, with 10% of profits going to food banks

Hazlitt winemaker discusses the process for their new Rose' wine

Hermann Wiemer Vineyards releases two new Rose' wines

Drinks Insider discusses why Americans have stopped drinking alcohol at restaurants

Scott Uncorked discusses how Rose' wines are made

Nice aerial video of McGregor Vineyard

Grist Iron Brewing hosts their Big Easy Sunday this Sunday April 12th, with Jazz and New Orleans inspired food and drink

See the latest Toast videocast here, with announcement of the new Mimosa Bar at Cane and Vine Winery, featuring over 20 types of Mimosas, and the unique wine and pickle pairings are back at Toast Winery

Hazlitt Winery presents a blind tasting of 12 wines from the Finger Lakes region on April 18th

Keuka Spring Vineyards hosts a 5 course food and wine pairing dinner at The Main Deck Restaurant in Penn Yan on April 30th

John Kucko shares 60 seconds of serenity video in the Finger Lakes

The Ithaca DIY Indie Music Fest, featuring over 80 Indie music artists, is this weekend April 10-12

The Smith Center for the Arts in Geneva announces Spring event schedule

FLX Weekly discusses the upcoming Right To Run event in Seneca Falls on May 9th

Ithaca Farmers Market opens with new parking lot and walkways

World Atlas lists 7 Friendliest Towns To Retire In The Finger Lakes

How harmful algae blooms have changed life on Cayuga Lake

The 3 Root causes causing harmful algae blooms in the Finger Lakes

Dangerous high water advisory issued for Seneca and Cayuga lakes

The former Seneca Lake Country Club property is now West and Lake wedding venue

Haki Life shares video of their Ithaca trip

The NY Post tells the story of a Finger Lakes tiny home community