TRAVEL 2023 – The Finger Lakes region is home to nearly 150 wineries, and summer is the perfect time to hop in the car and make the three-hour journey from the Capital Region. “The Finger Lakes are a ...

The glacial-fed waters of the Finger Lakes region of New York create the perfect micro-climate for grape cultivation. And, with grapes comes wine! While Finger Lakes wine country is known for Riesling ...

Watkins Glen State Park is a renowned destination featuring 19 stunning waterfalls across a mesmerizing gorge. Seneca Lake Wine Trail offers a delightful journey through 25 wineries in a picturesque ...

The best wine in the Finger Lakes New York state is America’s third-largest wine producer thanks to the quality vintages of the Finger Lakes, where ice age glaciers left an ideal terroir and ...

Made up of 11 long, narrow, finger-like lakes just south of Lake Ontario, the region is surprisingly quaint considering its size and population. I didn’t have unlimited time, so I began my trip in ...

New York’s Finger Lakes has been named the “American Wine Region of the Year” for 2025 by the national magazine Wine Enthusiast. The magazine cited the region as a “hotbed of innovation,” noting its ...

In the 2004 movie Sideways, Virginia Madsen’s grape-loving waitress gives a classic speech about wine. “I like how wine continues to evolve,” she says, “like if I open a bottle the wine will taste ...

Hazlitt just changed its hours at both of its New York locations, at its 1852 Vineyards site along Seneca Lake in Hector and Red Cat Cellars in Naples. They are about an hour and a half drive from ...

Billsboro Winery sits on 60 acres overlooking the northern end of New York’s Seneca Lake. Per the website, it crafts dry, classic European-style wines for large, small, and everyday occasions, ...

The Finger Lakes is home to many lakeside towns and wineries that draw in visitors yearly. Spring is known to be one of the best times to visit the region, but it can also sometimes get flooded with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We tasted our first wines from Finger Lakes just about a year ago. They are hard to come by here in Paris, France. Recently I had ...