About the Seneca Lake Wine Trail 
Surrounding the sapphire waters of Seneca Lake, our 36 wineries invite you to experience a destination rich in history, beauty, and the production of world-class wines. Located in the heart of New York's Finger Lakes Region, our climate supports not only the growth of hardy native grapes and premium hybrids, but also more delicate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir. Along the Seneca Lake Wine Trail you will truly find a wine to suit every taste. Request information or contact us if you have questions. Journalists can visit our newly built Press Room to find out detailed information on the Trail plus download high resolution images.
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 The 3rd annual Riesling to Visit Passport is still on sale! With 28 participating wineries this year, and at only $12 + tax each, the Passport is a terrific value, especially for folks that live within a reasonable drive and intend on visiting the Trail more than once this summer. To purchase a Passport please call the winery you want to visit first, to confirm they still have them in stock (they're selling like hotcakes), and then you can purchase them there! Unfortunately our office is now completely sold out, so they can no longer be purchased online.
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This year's Golden Nose Award: A Finger Lakes Wine Experience was a smash hit once again!
More information, including video clips and photos, will be posted in the coming weeks along with detailed information on the event's results. For now, we'll post the Best of Class Award winners:
Sheldrake Point Vineyard
- Summer White
Lakewood Vineyards Riesling
Goose Watch Winery
Viognier
Goose Watch Winery Cabarnet Sauvignon
Hickory Hollow Wine
Cellars Liquid Wisdom
Seneca Shore Wine Cellars Sherry
Red Newt
Cellars Cabarnet Franc
For more information on event results, please visit the website at http://www.goldennose.com.
To read and view an excellent report developed by the local Time-Warner news station, click here. To read another great report on this event from the ubiquitous Finger Lakes Weekend Wino, click here. Or, from Family, Love, Wine Blog, click here. Another blog entry from a Judge here. Jason Fuelner, Lenndevours Finger Lakes Correspondent, wrote this descriptive article. And last, but by no means least, the review from Ken and Theresa Hoggins of Ken's Wine Guide blog is here. And below is a videoclip from two Judge attendees: one an industry professional, the other an enthusiast.
Next year's Golden Nose Event is tentatively scheduled to be hosted once again at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art May 29, 2009, with the main event at the Corning Museum of Glass May 30, 2009.
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Latest News
- The latest iteration of our "12 Wine Days of Christmas" song,
performed by several owners and tasting room managers from a variety of
member wineries, has been posted on YouTube. It is a hoot! |
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The Seneca Lake Wine Trail has officially opened up a MySpace page, joining the digital revolution more fully than ever before! Visit our page at: http://www.myspace.com/senecalakewinetrail
to become our official MySpace Friend! And to view our latest YouTube
music video, create entirely by our friend the Finger Lakes Weekend
Wino Blogger, Rob, |
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In order to keep up with the online digital
revolution, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail (SLWA) is undertaking renovations in its online
presence. You may have been a visitor to the SLWA youtube page
already. If not check it out! Paul has been going at a lightning pace
(and if you have met Paul in person, this won't surprise you) to
generate all manner of engaging, exciting, and sometimes silly videos
that may lure you to visit Seneca Lake. (If you have already visited
us, we hope that they will help to bring back some enjoyable memories!) So go ahead, relax, and enjoy the new
site. And...keep a watch out for new exciting features that are coming
soon!
Thanks for being here!
SLWA webmaster
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Back home, at the New York State Fair Commercial Wine Competition (only New York wines) the wineries of Seneca Lake won several medals. Double Golds included Anthony Road 2007 Dry Riesling, Lamoreaux Landing 2005 Merlot, Penguin Bay Percussion, Pindar 2007 Johannisberg Riesling, and Torrey Ridge Scarlet Red.
At the 2008 Indy International wine competition many New York wineries were awarded (a total of 229 medals), including Double Golds to Torrey Ridge for their Niagara and Traminette. Gold medals were also awarded to Lakewood for their 2007 Catawba, Torrey Ridge for their Diamond, Cayuga and Scarlet Red, Fulkerson's Red Zeppelin, White Springs' 2005 Riesling, Anthony Road's 2006 Cabernet Franc Rosι, Glenora's Alpine White, and last but by no means least Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards for their Bramble Berry.
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