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Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 10/28/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/28/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Three Heads Brewing partners with Dibella's Subs to make a new Chocolate Chip Cookie Stout beer, using Dibella's chocolate chip cookies FLX Weekly discusses the November Holiday Shopping Spree event on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail In honor of their 60th Anniversary, Dr. Frank Winery releases 5 new wines and a new documentary video Edible Finger Lakes interviews Shawn Kime, winemaker at Thirsty Owl Winery Wine Whoopee visits Red Tail Ridge Winery and Heart and Hands Winery Cornell Agritech grad student works on ways to improve wine flavors The Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble will perform works from Chopin and Schumann at Red Newt Winery this Sun. Oct. 30th Castel Grisch Winery presents Happy Hallowine event this Sat. Oct. 29th Reinvention

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 10/21/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/21/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News This week marks the 2nd Anniversary of the Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & 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 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. But when a Winery opportunity came along in 2009, I had no time to continue the pace of postings for that website. After we sold that Winery, then the pandemic hit, and 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 2 years later, with thousands of regular readers, I am happy to be able to present

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 10/14/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/14/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Sayre Fulkerson, owner of Fulkerson Winery, discusses how new Ukrainian immigrants traveled from South Carolina to the Finger Lakes to buy wine juice to keep their Ukrainian winemaking heritage alive in their new home Three Brothers Winery discusses the reopening of the fire-damaged Bagg Dare tasting room, insurance battles, and a new policy to limit buses and limos The Wall Street Journal's Lettie Teague makes new wine discoveries in the Finger Lakes Hermann Wiemer Winery and Ravines Winery make Wine and Spirits Magazine's Top 100 Wineries of 2022 list 2 wines from Hosmer Winery make Wine & Spirits Magazine's list of Top 100 Best Buys of 2022 Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association partners with Finger Lakes breweries, who will make new beers with Seneca Lake water as

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 10/7/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 10/7/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News This Week In Wine Country visits Finger Lakes Distilling And Finger Lakes Distilling presents their Highland Harvest Festival this Sun., Oct. 9th Hazlitt Winery winemaker Tim Benedict is presented the Governors Cup for the New York Wine Classic The 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Ingle Vineyard at Heron Hill Winery is this Sunday, Oct. 9th Edible Finger Lakes interviews Six Eighty Cellars winemaker Ian Barry Finger Lakes winemaker Nathan Kendall and sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier are creating a buzz with their native Pet Nat wines at their Chepika Wine project The Best of Ithaca Awards honor Six Mile Creek Winery and South Hill Cidery The Whiskey Wash highlights the new Pumpkin Pie Whiskey from Iron Smoke Distillery Wine Enthusiast magazine highligh

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 9/30/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/30/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Evan Dawson interviews Heron Hill Winery owner John Ingle, celebrating 50 years in the Finger Lakes wine industry Billsboro Winery celebrates their 15th Anniversary Wine Spectator's Kristin Bieler highlights Hermann Wiemer and Red Newt wines on the New York Living tv show 10 months after a fire destroyed it, Three Brothers Winery reopens their Bagg Dare tasting room This Week in Wine Country visits JR Dill Winery FLX Weekly discusses the current grape harvest in the Finger Lakes WENY reports on the 60th Anniversary Celebration at Dr. Frank Winery The Linden Wine Series in Geneva is a success Fulkerson Winery continues to sell grape juices to home winemakers through Oct. 16th The Seneca Lake Wine Trail Deck The Halls event is already

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 9/23/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/23/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Hermann Wiemer Winery and Ravines Winery are in Wine and Spirits Magazine's 2022 Top 100 Wineries in the World Paul Vigna interviews Paul and Shannon Brock, owners of Silver Thread Winery Here is the latest Cornell Grape Harvest Report Wine Business evaluates the current grape harvest in the Finger Lakes, commenting on higher grape prices and lower crop yields Oktoberfest Brewers Festival, featuring 11 breweries, is Oct. 1st at Young Lion Brewing Cornell Extension announces the creation of the Southern Tier Craft Beverage Trail How Three Brothers Winery uses social media to grow their brand Tastes and Tunes event raises record amount for local charities This Week in Wine Country visits Falling Waters Boat Tours, who provide an up close

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 9/16/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/16/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Trestle Thirty One Winery quietly making gains at their Geneva tasting room Hollerhorn Distillery, destroyed by fire in May, has purchased a property and building in Naples for their new tasting room Paul Hobbs is nominated for Winemaker of the Year in the Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards Cornell Extension issues their Grape Harvest Report Wine Folly issues their new New York Wine Guide And see the Wine Folly NY Video Wine Guide here 26 acres of vineyard land near Dundee has been listed for $399,000 And the former Varick Winery tasting room and property on Cayuga Lake is still available for $895,000 Chris Scholomiti gives an end of summer report on the Finger Lakes grape crop Cellar Chats discusses Finger Lakes wine with Thomas Pastuszak

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 9/9/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/9/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Everyday Drinking releases their new Finger Lakes Cider Guide in honor of New York Cider Week from Sept. 29th to Oct. 9th Finger Lakes 2020 vintage of Rieslings are being rated very highly by Wine Enthusiast magazine This Week in Wine Country visits Horseheads Brewery on Seneca Lake New York Kitchen announces Wine and Food classes for September Penguin Bay Winery is having their Fall Wine Sale The Naples Grape Festival, featuring music, food, beer and wine tastings and more is coming up on Sept. 24th and 25th Bacchus Bruce reviews Red Newt Circle Riesling The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival, celebrating the Ford Mustang this year, will be held this Friday, Sept. 9th The 37th annual TomatoFest will take place this Sat. Sept 10th in downtown Aub

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 9/2/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 9/2/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Forbes discusses Finger Lakes Riesling with famed French winemaker Louis Barruol, a partner at Forge Winery A fond farewell to the Finger Lakes Times Wine Ranger Dave Sit Erica Paolicelli of Three Brothers Winery is named 2022 Woman of Distinction Finger Lakes winemaker celebrates awards for his wines that benefit veterans charities Three Brothers Winery is having a Labor Day Sale, featuring 30% off on cases of wine 3 Finger Lakes grapevine nurseries to participate in New York's relaunch of its Grapevine Certification Program Make wine tasting reservations at multiple wineries in the Finger Lakes on the Tock website Cornell Agritech gets large grant to evaluate alternatives for controlling insect pests in NY specialty crops Judy Collins to perform at Point of the Bluff Wi

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 8/26/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 8/26/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Bagleys Winery on Seneca Lake is for sale for $1.9 million And here is a video tour of Bagleys Winery This Week in Wine Country visits Hillick and Hobbs Estate Winery New York state incentivizes locally grown ingredients in the craft beer industry New York Wine and Grape Foundation releases new edition of The New York Wine Reference Guide Barnstormer Winery celebrates its 9th Anniversary with live music, great food, and great wine on Sept. 6th The Uncork Your Mind podcast delves into the Delaware wine grape with winemaker Abby Wilkens of Lakewood Vineyards Jamie Drummond reviews Dr. Frank 2019 Gruner Veltliner How Pennsylvania wineries are dealing with the Spotted Lanternfly can help Finger Lakes wineries Missick Cellars presents a wine

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 8/19/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 8/19/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Fox Run Vineyards hires Craig Hosbach from Hunt Country Winery as their new head winemaker Living Roots Winery's companion winery in Australia wins Best New Winery in the Halliday Australian Wine Awards Chris Scholomiti gives a summer update on Finger Lakes grapevine status Wine Bible author Karen MacNeil discusses why New York wine is the best kept secret in wine Geneva's Linden Street shops, including Vinifera Wine Bar and Linden Social Club host a series of wine events focusing on Finger Lakes wine this summer An introduction to New York Cabernet Franc wines Paul Vigna interviews Heron Hill Winery winemaker Jordan Harris 'Experience The Finger Lakes' wine tour company rated among the 10 best U.S. wine tours in USA Today The story b

Weekly Finger Lakes Craft Beverage & News Roundup 8/12/2022

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WEEKLY FINGER LAKES CRAFT BEVERAGE & NEWS ROUNDUP 8/12/2022 Finger Lakes Craft Beverage, Arts, Food, Travel, & Tourism News Cornell Agritech celebrates its 140th Anniversary with an Open House Celebration this Saturday, Aug. 13th The Cayuga Lake Wine Trail celebrates Finger Lakes Wine Month Governors Cup winner Hazlitt Winery crafts award-winning Sherry from native grapes Finger Lakes wineries say some of the tasting room changes they made for the pandemic are likely here to stay Dan Belmont and Paul Brady discuss northeast U.S. wines with summer barbecue The Vino and The Beasts 5k Run through the vineyards at Three Brothers Winery is this Sat. Aug.13th The Pintcast discusses Brewfest 2022 at Lincoln Hill Farms this Sat., Aug. 13th, with over 60 breweries and cideries and performance by Tim Reynolds, guitarist for Dave Matthews Band The Finger Lakes Tasting and Tap Room in Cortland i