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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/29/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/29/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Hope all our Readers had a Great Thanksgiving! NYWGF spotlights Anthony Road Wine Company Remember to support your favorite Finger Lakes craft beverage producers tomorrow, Nov. 30th on Small Business Saturday, including over 30 local small business vendors at the Geneva Jingle Market at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center Heron Hill Winery releases new wine label and product line to appeal more to younger wine drinkers Three Brothers Wineries announces Black Friday and Holiday market events Finger Lakes Rieslings are featured at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter in London Lake Life Brewery opens in Penn Yan Finger Lakes author releases new book Fi...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/22/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/22/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Lakewood Vineyards, Boundary Breaks, and Dr. Frank make Wine Enthusiast's list of 2024 Top 100 Best Buy Wines Rock Stream Vineyards announces new wine and liqueur releases for the Holidays The Canandaigua Sip and Stroll event, featuring tastings of local wine, beer, and food is tomorrow, Nov. 23rd Tour Cayuga suggests a Beercation, featuring Cayuga County breweries Red Jacket Orchards reports record sales growth Damiani Wine Cellars gives their Harvest Wrap-up Report Hermann Wiemer winemaker Dillon Buckley discusses their new Blaufrankisch release Cayuga Lake Wine Trail's gnome-themed Holiday event begins this weekend Cornell helps New York state breweries w...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/15/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/15/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects The NY Times Eric Asimov includes Boundary Breaks and Eves Cidery on his list of recommended wines and ciders for Thanksgiving dinner The Finger Lakes lands an amazing 6 wines on VinePair's Top 50 Wines of 2024 List, including wines from Ravines, Lamoreaux Landing, Apollos Praise, Forge Cellars, Trestle Thirty One, and Hermann Wiemer The Finger Lakes Community College Viticulture and Wine Center will hold an open house for the general public, with tours and tastings, tomorrow Sat. Nov. 16th from Noon to 4pm Hermann Wiemer Winery is offering discounted shipping through the end of the year Fox Run Vineyards offers free shipping this weekend See the latest Toast Winery podcast here Fal...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/8/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/8/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects War Horse Brewing is offering free tastings for Veterans this weekend Locate FLX writes about Veteran-owned wineries in New York Silver Thread Winery will take over Dano's Heuriger restaurant location Will Cleveland tells how Three Heads Brewing is releasing a new Blueberry Belgian Waffle Cream Ale in honor of the 60th Anniversary of Rochester's House of Guitars Upstate Brewing hosts a Make Your Own Holiday Sign event tonight Friday, Nov. 8th The Holiday Market at Point of the Bluff Vineyards starts tomorrow, Sat. Nov. 9th and continues every Saturday thru Dec. 21st Stout Beard Brewing near Syracuse will be shutting down on Nov. 24th See Finger Lakes wine grapes, juice a...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/1/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 11/1/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Finger Lakes Beer Company 15th Anniversary Party is November 9th FLX Weekly talks with Chef Aaron Thomas of Thirsty Owl Bistro Fall Street Brewing celebrates grand reopening at new location Rock Stream Winery presents their Halloween Fest tomorrow, Sat., Nov. 2nd The Waterways and Wine event in Seneca Falls, featuring Finger Lakes wineries and benefiting the Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry, is tonight Friday, Nov. 1st See this weeks Toast Winery podcast here Three Brothers Wineries promotes the Finger Lakes region Unstoppable Stacey interviews Peter Weis of Weis Vineyards The Cornell Chronicle discusses what Climate Change means for Finger Lakes wineries S...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/25/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/25/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Embark Ciderworks hosts their CiderFest, featuring over 20 Cideries, tomorrow Sat. Oct. 26th Finger Lakes Beer Company in Hammondsport hosts their 15th Anniversary Party on November 9th BTN interviews Scott Osborn, new Board Chair of WineAmerica WHAM visits Dr. Frank Winery for post-Harvest visit The Beer Patrol reviews Steuben Brewing's Oktoberfest beer Vinography reviews Trestle Thirty One 2022 Riesling and 2023 Rose' NYWGF writes about CK Cellars and Inspire Moore Winery Finger Lakes Farm Bureaus letter to editor contradicts allegations that wineries are responsible for Harmful Algal Blooms on Seneca Lake Keuka Spring Vineyards releases new vintage of Crooked ...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/18/2024 ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/18/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects This week marks the 19th Anniversary of the Finger Lakes Weekend Wino Blog and the 4th Anniversary of the Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage and News Roundup and I want to Thank all of the readers for all of your support and kind words! I started the original Finger Lakes Weekend Wino website back in 2005, visiting, interviewing and writing articles on dozens of Finger Lakes wineries every year and tasting over 500 Finger Lakes wines per year and giving my thoughts on the best of those. When the pandemic hit in 2020, I felt that there was a need for a media source to pull together a roundup of what was happening on a weekly basis in the Finger Lakes in the areas of Craft Beverages, Arts, Travel, and Tourism news. Now 4 years l...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/11/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/11/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects New Wickham Farms Cidery opens in the Finger Lakes New York winemakers report on the 2024 Harvest Food and Wine reviews Finger Lakes Pet Nat wines Explore New York's CiderTrail with new app The Wine Coach interviews Jordan Harris of Heron Hill Winery Alfred University is working with Finger Lakes wineries to find ways to reuse wine bottles Sapalta Restaurant at Plum Point Lodge hosts Autumn Winemaker Dinners The Smith Center in Geneva hosts the Brews and Bluegrass event, featuring 10 Finger Lakes breweries, tomorrow Sat., Oct. 12th Will Cleveland reviews Frequentem Brewing lagers NYAC profiles Thirsty Owl Winery Read the latest Cornell Finger Lakes Gr...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/4/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/4/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects New York Cider Week is Oct. 5th thru 13th, featuring special tastings at many Finger Lakes cideries Ventosa Vineyards wins Gold in East Meets West Wine Competition , see results here Mountain Home Magazine article details Weis Vineyards' new facility opening in November Dave Desimone of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette tells the story of how he met Dr. Konstantin Frank See the latest Finger Lakes Grape Harvest Report from Cornell here Find Finger Lakes wine grapes for sale here The Cork Report gives Harvest Report from Swedish Hill Winery Forge Cellars opens their Harvest Bar through October NY Dept of Agriculture gives an update on the Spotted Lanternfly in the Finger Lak...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/27/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/27/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Food Truck Saturdays continue for 4 more weeks at Lakewood Vineyards The Finger Lakes Hot Air Balloon and Music Festival starts today at Castel Grisch Winery Wine and Pickle Pairings continue at Toast Winery The Naples Grape Festival is this weekend Fall Fest is this Sunday, Sept. 29th at Three Brothers Wineries Wine and Foccacia Bites Pairings continue at Lamoreaux Landing Winery Cider Fest at Blue Barn Cidery is Oct. 2nd to 6th Montour Falls Harvest Fest is on October 5th Tickets for the Seneca Lake Wine Trail Deck the Halls Holiday event are selling fast Finger Lakes wineries help each other during Harvest with Secret Cellar treats VinePair discusses ne...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/20/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/20/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Steuben Brewing celebrates 10th Anniversary McGregor Vineyard receives 14 awards at New York Wine Classic 3 Finger Lakes wines are in VinePair's List of Top 15 Cabernet Franc Wines WHCU discusses their Favorite Finger Lakes Seasonal Beers Wines and Ciders for Fall Read the latest Finger Lakes Grape Harvest Report from Cornell Food and Wine includes Finger Lakes' Eves Cidery in their list of Top 5 Must Visit Northeast Cideries for Fall The Toast Winery podcast discusses new wine release and Harvest update WIVT visits Pleasant Valley Winery LA Family Travel presents their Finger Lakes Wine Region Guide The Robb Report reports a decline in Craft Spirits sales...

WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/13/2024

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/13/2024 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Be sure to check Previous issues for more news and use the Search field to find specific subjects Read the latest Finger Lakes Grape Harvest Report from Cornell here See the latest Finger Lakes Grapes and Juice For Sale here Glenora Winery wins Best of Show at Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition Here's how to get 10% off tickets to the first Finger Lakes Hot Air Balloon and Music Festival at Castel Grisch Winery on Sept. 27th to 29th The New York Beer Project Oktoberfest Beer Festival is on October 13th in Victor NY Point of the Bluff Winery's Concert Series winds up it season with Garrison Keillor this Sunday, Sept. 15th and Todd Rundgren on Sept. 22nd Ithaca.com lists a dozen Fall events happening at wineries in the Finger Lakes Dr. Frank Winery makes Observer.com...