WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 5/1/2026

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 5/1/2026

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

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In This Issue:

Pleasant Valley Wine Co. is for sale for $4.9 million

Distillery in the Finger Lakes for sale for $4.9 million

Boundary Breaks Winery assesses vineyard frost damage

John Pulos gives a Wagner Vineyard frost damage update and a pruning lesson

Rock Stream Vineyards hosts Dos de Mayo Fest, with music by the Stream Rockers and Mexican food by My Eva, from 1-4pm tomorrow Sat. May 2nd

Evan Dawson discusses with 3 Finger Lakes wineries how the drop in Canadian tourism and sales is affecting the Finger Lakes wine industry

Lakewood Vineyards is looking for food trucks for this summer

Food and Wine includes Hermann Wiemer Vineyard in their list of Top 11 Sustainable Wineries in the U.S.

Hosmer Winery adds winemaker Taylor Stember to its winemaking team

Will Cleveland discusses new beer releases from Finger Lakes breweries

New York Rieslings that made VinePairs list of 30 Best Rieslings of 2026 are highlighted

Fox Run Vineyards unveils new website and 3 new wine releases

The FLX Morning podcast discusses May events in the Finger Lakes

3 Finger Lakes Rieslings make Forbes list of Top American Rieslings

Keuka Roots discusses the history of innovation in Hammondsport

The Tap and Craft Festival, featuring over 20 craft beverage brands, is tomorrow Sat. May 2nd at Iron Smoke Distillery in Fairport

Either Oar is hosting blind wine or whiskey tastings every Friday starting May 8th, win a prize if you can name them all

The Seneca Lake Wine Trail Sip Into Spring tasting pass is good from May 10th to May 21st

Wagner Vineyards Sunset Music Series starts on May 22nd

Six Eighty Cellars presents a Walk Around Wine and Food Pairing event on May 29th

New York Kitchen in Canandaigua announces May food and beverage classes

See SommCon DC conference recap

Montezuma Audubon Center pairs birding with wineries and breweries in spring series

FLX Weekly discusses the upcoming Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Wag Your Tail on the Wine Trail event

The Geneva Music Festival runs from May 19th to June 14th

Earliest Harmful Algal Bloom on Record Confirmed on Cayuga Lake

Author releases mystery novel based in the Finger Lakes

Finger Lakes Sweet Treat Trail returns in May for 13th season

FFC releases their travel guide to Skaneateles