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NY Wine 101: The state's beverage trails


  William M. Dowd photo © 2010

New York's wine industry has in recent years become more and more organized as a tourist draw.

One of the top marketing efforts is the creation of wine trails, essentially alliances among wineries in specific regions to cross-promote the establishments, their products and their scenic points.

Not all of the state's more than 250 wineries are part of a formal trail, some because they are isolated from other such operations, some because they are winemakers but not wine grape growers and, thus, don't need much more than a warehouse to set up shop, not exactly conducive to hosting visitors.

There also is a Beer Trail, which helped expand the "wine trails" listing to a "beverage trail" listing.

The newest such trail is the Hudson-Berkshires Beverage Trail, an amalgam of wineries, a distillery and a brewery.

Here is a rundown of the formal trails and their member.

HUDSON-BERKSHIRES

  • Hudson-Chatham Winery
  • Brookview Station
  • Benmarl Winery
  • Tousey Winery
  • Furnace Brook Winery
  • Harvest Spirits
  • Chatham Brewing

CAYUGA

  • Americana Vineyards
  • Bellwether Hard Cider
  • Buttonwood Grove Winery
  • Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery
  • Cobblestone Farm Winery
  • Goose Watch Winery
  • Hosmer Winery
  • King Ferry Winery
  • Knapp Vineyards
  • Long Point Winery
  • Lucas Vineyards
  • Montezuma Winery
  • Sheldrake Point Vineyard
  • Six Mile Creek Vineyard
  • Swedish Hill Vineyard
  • Thirsty Owl Wine Company

CHATAUQUA • LAKE ERIE

  • Arrowhead Wine Cellar
  • Blueberry Sky Farm Winery
  • Burch Farms Country Market/Wine Shop
  • Heritage Wine Cellars
  • Johnson Estate Winery
  • Lakeview Wine Cellars
  • Liberty Vineyards & Winery
  • Mazza Chautauqua Cellars
  • Mazza Vineyards
  • Merritt Estate Winery
  • Noble Winery
  • Penn Shore Vineyards
  • Presque Isle Wine Cellars
  • Quincy Cellars
  • Roberian Winery
  • Schloss Doepken Winery
  • South Shore Wine Company
  • Sparkling Ponds Winery
  • Vetter Vineyards Winery
  • Willow Creek Winery
  • Woodbury Vineyards

DUTCHESS

  • Clinton Vineyards
  • Millbrook Vineyards & Winery
  • Alison Wines & Vineyards

HAMPTONS & NORTH FORK TRAILS

  • Ackerly Pond Vineyards
  • Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard
  • Bedell Cellars
  • Bouké Wines
  • Bridge Vineyards
  • Castello di Borghese Vineyard & Winery
  • Channing Daughters Winery
  • Christiano Family Vineyards
  • Clovis Point
  • Comtesse Thérèse
  • Corey Creek Vineyards
  • Diliberto Winery
  • Duck Walk Vineyards
  • Duck Walk Vineyards North
  • Harbes Family Farm & Vineyard
  • Jamesport Vineyards
  • Laurel Lake Vineyards
  • Lieb Family Cellars
  • Long Island Meadery
  • Loughlin Vineyards
  • Macari Vineyards & Winery
  • Martha Clara Vineyards
  • Osprey's Dominion Vineyards
  • Palmer Vineyards
  • Paumanok Vineyards
  • Peconic Bay Winery
  • Pellegrini Vineyards
  • Pindar Vineyards
  • Pugliese Vineyards
  • Raphael
  • Roanoke Vineyards
  • Sherwood House Vineyards
  • Shinn Estate Vineyards
  • Sparkling Pointe
  • The Grapes of Roth
  • The Lenz Winery
  • The Old Field Vineyards
  • Vineyard 48
  • Waters Crest Winery
  • Wölffer Estate

KEUKA LAKE

  • Keuka Spring Vineyards
  • Rooster Hill Vineyards
  • Barrington Cellars & Buzzard Crest Vineyards
  • Ravines Wine Cellars
  • McGregor Vineyard Winery
  • Heron Hill Winery
  • Dr. Konstantin Frank's Vinifera Wine Cellars
  • Stever Hill Vineyards
  • Hunt Country Vineyards

LAKE ONTARIO

  • Ashley Lynne Winery
  • Barbara's Vineyard
  • JD Wine Cellars
  • Mayers Lake Ontario Winery
  • Thorpe Vineyard
  • Young Sommer Winery

NIAGARA

  • Chiappone Cellars Winery
  • Eveningside Vineyards
  • Freedom Run Winery
  • Leonard Oakes Estate Winery
  • Honeymoon Trail Winery
  • Winery at Marjim Manor
  • Niagara Landing Wine Cellars
  • Schulze Vineyards & Winery
  • Spring Lake Winery
  • Vizcarra Vineyards
  • Warm Lake Estate
  • Arrowhead Spring Vineyards

SENECA LAKE

  • Amberg Wine Cellars
  • Belhurst Winery
  • White Springs Winery
  • Fox Run Vineyards
  • Red Tail Ridge Winery
  • Seneca Shore Wine Cellars
  • Anthony Road Wine Company
  • Prejean Winery
  • Torrey Ridge Winery
  • Earle Estates Winery & Meadery
  • Miles Wine Cellars
  • Villa Bellangelo
  • Hickory Hollow Wine Cellars
  • Glenora Wine Cellars
  • Fulkerson Winery
  • Rock Stream Vineyards
  • Arcadian Estate Winery
  • Lakewood Vineyards, Inc.
  • Cascata Winery at the Professor's Place
  • Castel Grisch Winery
  • Atwater Estate Vineyards
  • Chateau LaFayette Reneau
  • Bloomer Creek Vineyard
  • Red Newt Cellars
  • Leidenfrost Vineyards
  • Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards
  • Tickle Hill Winery
  • Penguin Bay Winery & Champagne House
  • Caywood Vineyards
  • Wagner Vineyards
  • Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars
  • Nagy's New Land Vineyard & Winery
  • Passion Feet Vineyard & Wine Barn
  • Rogue's Hollow Winery
  • Stony Lonesome Wine Cellars
  • Ventosa Vineyards
  • Fruit Yard Winery
  • Kings Gardens Vineyards
  • Zugibe Vineyards

SHAWANGUNK

  • Adair Vineyards
  • Applewood Winery
  • Baldwin Vineyards
  • Benmarl Vineyards
  • Brotherhood Winery
  • Glorie Farm Winery
  • Rivendell Winery
  • Stoutridge Vineyard
  • Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery
  • Whitecliff Vineyards
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New York State Wine Examiner

Bill Dowd is a longtime New York journalist who also is a wine/spirits/beer writer and competition judge. His weekly "Dowd On Drinks" column is...

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