The New York State Wine and Culinary Center is not just a gift shop or a tasting room. In addition to promoting New York produce and wine, it also conducts about 100 classes a quarter for about 6,500 people a year.
Escape to the Finger Lakes featuring Keuka Lake Wine Trail
Reported March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Viva Italia! March 31 — April 1
Join us for a salute to Italian cuisine with a focus on simple preparation and high quality ingredients. Wineries will prepare a great variety of specialties from different regions of Italy with rich flavors enhanced by superb, food-friendly wines produced from our vineyards. Don’t miss this inspiring and satisfying food and wine event.
The Finger Lakes of New York is the largest and most celebrated wine producing region in the Eastern United States. At its heart lies Keuka Lake, whose spectacular beauty and glacially-deposited soils inspired early grape cultivation and the birth of America’s wine industry in 1860. Today, Keuka Lake’s wineries craft some of the world’s most beautifully balanced and vibrant wines, and we take equal pride in the warmth of our hospitality.
Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars 50th Anniversary Video Trailer
Reported March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
2012 marks a huge milestone for Dr. Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars as well as the Finger Lakes wine industry, our 50th Anniversary. Fate has played a role in unearthing a tremoundous, rarely seen documentary of Dr. Konstantin Frank himself. Upon finding the documentary, we refurbished it and put it in digital format. The full documentary will not be available for the public to see until our formal 50th Anniversary event on July 1, 2012. So for now, enjoy this “preview”! “Meet” Konstantin Frank in this teaser trailer and visit us for our 50th Anniversary event to see the complete documentary!
50 Years of Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars
Reported January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
2012 marks the 50th Anniversary or Dr. Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars. We invite you to take a tour through our history in this video timeline. As our winery moves into its fourth generation, we are prouder than ever to celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2012.
Brian Murray performs at local Finger Lakes winery
Reported January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Excellent song by Brian Murray. Recorded at Hector Wine Company, in the Finger Lakes.
Red Newt Cellars introduces the Wine Salon!
Reported December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Red Newt Cellars would like to cordially invite everyone, wine novices and wine enthusiasts alike, to the Wine Salon: an unique concept in the Finger Lakes bridging the gap between food and wine tasting. The Wine Salon offers an intimate environment to enjoy small bites paired with a flight of Red New wine and tailored to your taste with guidance from your personal food and wine ambassador.
FLX Harvest: The Reds of Red Newt
Reported November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The 2011 Harvest at Red Newt Cellars started in late September and lasted for a little over one month. Diligence in the vineyard and in the cellar was essential! Here we have Winemaker Brandon Seager discussing what to expect from 2011 Finger Lakes Reds.
Learning in the digital age in the Finger Lakes region
Reported November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment
“I think it’s a very exciting time to use technology in the classroom,” said Rich Colosi, a first-grade teacher at Canandaigua Primary School. “It’s definitely good to start at a young age.”
Colosi — who has taught at Canandaigua for six years — is an advocate for utilizing technology and turning it from a potential distraction to an educational tool. He first started using an interactive whiteboard in December 2007. In 2009, he started a podcast with his students, an activity that he said was both educational and fun for students.
Neighbors Speak Passionately About Possible LPG Storage Facility in the Finger Lakes
Reported November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Watkins Glen, N.Y. – More than 100 neighbors turned out, in Schuyler County, for a second public hearing on a controversial project in the Town of Reading. Construction of a liquid propane gas facility is being proposed, next to Seneca Lake.
The energy company Inergy, based out of Missouri, wants to build a $40 million LPG Storage facility in empty salt caverns, next to Seneca Lake.
However, most of those in attendance, Thursday, were against this facility coming to the Finger Lakes region. Many neighbors told us this facility will act as a gateway for the natural gas industry to come to New York. They say it’ll ruin the Finger Lakes tourism and wine industries, as well as, damage the environment.
“In Your Shoes” – Harvest Time
Reported November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The fall weather is a sure sign of harvest season in the Finger Lakes. Local wine makers are working hard getting their grapes from the vine to the bottle.
It’s harvest time, and the constant year long battle against mother nature will finally pay off with a sweet reward, perfectly ripe grapes.
