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Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 3/31/2023

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 3/31/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News The Keuka Lake Wine Trail presents their Tasting Passport, featuring tastings and discounts at 5 Keuka Lake wineries Cornell Agritech announces new grape variety, Aravelle, that took 42 years to develop Press Fraction reviews Keuka Lake Vineyards 2019 Blaufrankisch wine McGregor Winery presents special tastings of their newly released 2022 Chardonnay and Riesling Kesana visits Quarry Ridge Winery and Heart and Hands Winery Point of the Bluff Winery announces The Bacon Brothers will perform on June 4th, tickets on sale today March 31st Glenora Wine Cellars presents their 2023 Bridal Show this Sat. April 1st WeBe Brewing Company in Geneva celebrates their 5th Anniversary this Sat. April 1st, featuring brews, food, and live music Cayuga Health System...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 3/24/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 3/24/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Montezuma Winery breaks ground on new Tasting Room expansion Damiani Winery releases their new 2021 Saperavi wine Finger Lakes businessman launches new Hinny Hard Seltzer products Lamoreaux Landing 2021 Chardonnay (91 points) makes Wine Enthusiast list of Best Chardonnays under $20 Finger Lakes Explorers reviews 3 breweries on Conesus Lake Atwater Winery presents an educational tasting on Orange Wine tomorrow, Sat. March 25th The 2nd Annual Saperavi Festival will be at Dr. Frank Winery on May 13th Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield, associate director of Cornell AgriTech, has been named as the American Society for Enology and Viticulture 2023 Extension Distinction Award recipient FLX Beer Reviews reviews Frequentem Brewing's Peach Sour IPA ...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 3/17/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 3/17/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Fox Run Vineyards presents their Burning of the Canes event, featuring bonfire, food, wine, and music, tomorrow Sat. March 18th Interpreting Wine interviews Mike Colizzi of Kashong Glen Vineyards in Penn Yan FLX Beer Reviews reviews Pretty Insidious beer from Grow Brewing in Geneva Thomas Laszlo of Heron Hill Winery speaks about Terroir at wine symposium Lakewood Vineyards Library Tasting Series enters its final weeks Sheldrake Point Winery presents a Cooking and Wine Pairing event on Sunday, March 19th The BEV NY Wine Industry Conference takes place in Syracuse on March 28th to 30th Big Blend Radio explores travel and wineries in the Steuben County region of the Finger Lakes NY Times Wine Writer Eric Asimov will conduct a guided tasting of Finger L...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 3/10/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 3/10/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News The Oasis at Hazlitt Winery announces March and April music events For Womens History Month, Maiah Johnson Dunn shares the stories of Women in the Finger Lakes Wine Industry The Robb Report includes three Finger Lakes Rieslings in their list of Top 10 New World Rieslings The Finger Lakes Wine Festival is looking for a new Festival Manager Vine Pair lists their Top 10 Red Wines of the Finger Lakes Dr. Tim Martinson of Cornell University receives the ASEV Merit Award Lucky Hare Brewing is closing its Ithaca location and opening a new location in Owego Breaking Bourbon reviews Two Souls Bourbon, sourced from Finger Lakes Distilling Finger Lakes winemaker Ian Barry participates in discussion on Hybrid grapes on the Northern Wine Odyssey podcast...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 3/3/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 3/3/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Kathy Palokoff profiles Suzanne Hunt of Hunt Country Vineyards Atwater Vineyards presents Educational Wine Tasting Series McGregor Vineyard Saperavi Celebration starts this weekend March 3rd to 5th See the Event Lineup for this weekends Brave Brews Festival in Auburn, celebrating women in the NY craft beverage industry Wineries on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail will be including special Barrel and Tank samples with their wine tastings every Friday in March Cider Chat presents A History of New York Cider Penguin Bay Winery has 9 wines on sale this month for $9.99 Press Fraction reviews Goose Watch 2020 Zweigelt wine Wine Searcher reviews Hermann Wiemer 2015 Magdalena Riesling The NY Wine and Grape Foundation announces the Unity Aw...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 2/24/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 2/24/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail presents their Bacon on The Lakein event, featuring wine and bacon food pairings, on March 11th and 12th Vine Pair showcases six wines from the Finger Lakes that are not Riesling Kelli White explores the wines and winemakers of New York state Vine Path explores Blaufrankisch wine, including a review of Keuka Lake Vineyards Blaufrankisch The NY Dept of Labor sets the farm worker overtime threshold at 56 hours Chris Scholomiti explains how temperature swings in the Finger Lakes affect the grapevines Press Fraction reviews Anthony Road 2020 Lemberger wine See this list of Finger Lakes breweries, listed by county This Week In Wine Country visits The Finger Lakes House Wine Bar in Elmira The Finger Lakes Wel...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 2/17/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 2/17/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Terroir Sense asks Will Paul Hobbs be the Rocket that launches New York’s Finger Lakes region? Missick Cellars (formerly Villa Bellangelo Winery) is up for sale for $3.7 million as the owners transition operations to Texas. See Winery sale listing here The Canandaigua Fire and Ice Winter Festival is this weekend Feb. 18th and 19th Heron Hill Winery hosts their Flights and Bites wine and food event this Sat., Feb. 18th Other Half Brewing, with a location in The Finger Lakes, makes The Manual's list of Top 15 Breweries in the U.S. Keuka Spring Vineyard donates $15,000 to local food banks Cider Chat presents the Holistic Apple Growers discussion from Maine Apple Camp, featuring several New York apple growers and cideries Nathan Kendall crafts two ...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 2/10/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 2/10/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News McGregor Vineyard hosts their Saperavi Celebration, celebrating their signature Saperavi wines, on the first two weekends in March Scout Vineyards opens its tasting room for the 2023 season this Sat. Feb. 11th The Naples Vintage Valentines event, featuring tastings from 8 local craft beverage producers, is this Sat. Feb. 11th Villa Bellangelo Winery bookkeeper pleads guilty to theft of $228,000 The Corning Gaffer District announces their Winter Event series, beginning with the Love Your Downtown event, with over 20 downtown businesses offering specials and tastings, this Sat. Feb. 11th Lucky Hare Brewing presents Cupid Is Stupid event, for those not in love, featuring the release of their new Raspberry Hibiscus Pilsner and music, this Sat. Feb. 11th Uproxx lists Pur...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 2/3/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 2/3/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Keuka Spring Vineyard wins two Best of Class Medals, for its Vignoles and Gewurztraminer, at the 2023 San Francisco Wine Competition Irondequoit Beer Company in Rochester presents the 585 Stout Fest event, featuring 30 Finger Lakes breweries, food, and live music, this Sat. Feb. 4th Lakewood Vineyards presents special Library tastings of their vintage wines every week in February Six Eighty Cellars new tasting room will open this Spring Red Newt's winemakers discuss the making of their 2020 Glacier Ridge Pinot Noir Food and Wine magazine highlights 13 Finger Lakes wineries to visit Ventosa Vineyards releases its first Sparkling wine, made from Tocai Friulano grapes Hermann Wiemer 2017 Extra Brut included in list of Exceptional Sparkling Wines for Valentines Day ...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 1/27/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/27/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Upstate Brewing Company to open new location in Watkins Glen See the latest Wine Enthusiast wine reviews for Finger Lakes wines for the March issue, including wines rated 90 points or more from Buttonwood Grove, Living Roots, Goose Watch, Dr. Frank, Fox Run, and Hosmer wineries Edible Finger Lakes does Q&A with Jesse Alexander, winemaker at Lamoreaux Landing Winery FLX Weekly tastes sweet treat and wine pairings and gives info for the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Sweet Treats for Your Sweetheart event on Feb. 11th Hermann Wiemer winemaker Dillon Buckley discusses the new wine release of the 2021 Blaufrankisch wine Fox Run Winery presents 6-course wine and food Valentines Dinner on Feb. 14th Hopshire Brewery hosts a Special Local Songwriters Event on Feb. 4th ...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 1/20/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/20/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Frost Fest at 3 Brothers Winery, featuring ice sculptures, live music, and wine, beer, and cider specials, takes place Jan. 28th and 29th, with proceeds benefiting Geneva YMCA The Lakehouse on Canandaigua presents Wine University 101 wine education seminar on Jan. 25th The Seneca Lake Wine Trail Chocolate and Wine Event is taking place on Feb. 3rd to 5th New Finger Lakes Community College wine appreciation classes are open to the public Casa Larga winemaker Paige Vinson discusses the challenges of making ice wine this year Wine On The Dime reviews Wagner 2020 Cabernet Franc Boundary Breaks Winery Winter Wine Exploration Series presents two educational wine seminars per month in Jan., Feb., and March White Springs Winery continues with live music on Saturda...

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 1/13/2023

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 1/13/2023 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Peter Bell, retired winemaker of Fox Run Vineyards, makes list of Wine's Most Inspiring People Casa Larga Winery can't make an Ice Wine because of above average temps for first time in 25 years Tickets are selling fast for the Fire and Ice event in Watkins Glen, featuring ice sculptures, food, and music, on Jan. 26th to 28th Lakewood and Anthony Road wines make Paul Brady's list of Perfect Winter Sipping Wines Interpreting Wine interviews several Finger Lakes winemakers in his latest episodes Viticulture students at Finger Lakes Community College select wine label for new wine offering Caspernick reviews Nova Cadamatre 2021 Reserve Riesling Miles With McConkey lists 8 Amazing Keuka Lake Breweries to Visit in the Finger Lakes Ventosa Win...