Stories & guides
Guide · Keuka Lake
Where to start, how to plan your route, and what makes the Keuka Lake wine trail its own quiet corner of the Finger Lakes.
Guide · Hammondsport
The village square, the lake, an aviation museum, and a slow afternoon of wine — how we'd spend a day in Hammondsport.
How we'd plan the food side of a day on Keuka Lake — from a lakeside lunch to the village square, food trucks at our events, and pairings on the terrace.
Craft · Sparkling
Champagne is a place in France. Sparkling wine is a whole world. A family with six generations in Champagne explains where the line really falls.
The bubbles come from a second fermentation inside the bottle. Here's the whole method — bottle by bottle, turn by turn — from a family that has worked it for six generations.
Wine 101 · Riesling
Where the grape comes from, why it thrives in a cool climate like Keuka Lake, and how we work it on our slope above the water.
Riesling runs from bone-dry to sweet — and where a bottle lands is a decision we make in the cellar. Here's how it works, and how to read the label.
Wine 101 · Serving
How many days an open bottle really keeps, by type, and the simple habits that stretch it — reclose, chill, and keep the air out.
Guide · Finger Lakes
The eleven lakes, the wine trails, the waterfalls and State Parks — and how a quiet day on Keuka Lake fits into all of it.
Visit · Finger Lakes
Spring, summer, fall, or winter — a season-by-season look at Keuka Lake from the people who work the vines, and when we'd tell you to come.
The color coming in along the hills, and the harvest happening underneath it — fall around Keuka Lake, told from inside the vineyard and the cellar.
