As the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun (and busy).
The last update I posted/emailed was on July 3, the day before the new tasting room officially opened. Since then it continues to be a whirlwind of activity … shifting slowly from tasting room renovation/construction to various activities to expand the wine selling while also caring for our 21 acres of vines. This is all only possible because son-in-law Nate is now our full time vineyard manager, and son Noah the full time tasting room manager and more. Noah’s new wife Katie, and our daughter Adele help in the tasting room on busier days (as do Pam and I) or if Noah needs to be elsewhere – such as promoting the wines at area restaurants/stores and more.
So here’s an overview of the last 2 months.
We had an official grand opening on July 20, well attended by friends and even local politicians. Here’s some pictures.
We’re now open Thursday thru Monday. 11-6 except 1-5 on Sunday.
We’ve had music and some hot food on Saturday’s in July, August and will in September. Music on Saturday’s 2:30-5:30.
Wines are selling well … sales increasing slowly but steadily. Up to 127 wine club members. We continue to be blessed by new customers who say ‘we like all your wines’. You can see the wines for sale here, and if you click on an image you’ll get some description of each. The tasting room basement will be full of cased wine soon, when the 2023 reds are bottled over the next few weeks.
We entered 7 wines in the annual NY Wine Classic Competition and earned 2 gold metals and 5 silvers.
The vineyard is growing well .. it’s looking to be a good year for wine. In general the Finger Lakes are seeing above average harvest quantities, making it a bit challenging finding buyers for our grapes (we sell about half the harvest, keep the rest of our wines).
Harvest will be starting soon … maybe even week of Sept 9 as an early harvest for some true sparkling Chardonnay and or Riesling, and some Lemberger and Cab Franc for the Rose.