Finger Lakes Friday!
Finger Lakes Friday!
Click here to read the original article from our August 21st, 2026 newsletter.
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Barbichette 2025 Oui Non
This is a co-fermented blend of Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Seyval Blanc, Cayuga and Gruner, or as César calls it a "fruit salad." It's a light and juicy red that's best served chilled, with bright cherry and raspberry fruit and...
$25.99
Barbichette 2023 Tete Beche
This is 100% Cabernet Franc, whole cluster crush into a composite fermentor for about two weeks of maceration. Grapes are pressed into a neutral 25hL oak foudre for the remainder of fermentation and élevage - 12 months in total. It...
$29.99
Barbichette 2024 Le Rouge
The 2024 Le Rouge is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Saperavi from Seneca Lake. It is made with whole clusters to give it a vibrant and juicy profile with some added spice. It's a medium/light bodied wine with...
$27.99
Barbichette 2024 Tibo Pinot Noir
Named for Thibaut Pinot, France’s finest cyclist (indisputably), this wine has range and momentum. You’ll find all the classic notes of an ethereal pinot noir (rose petal, strawberries, black pepper) but with an unexpected liveliness and high-toned acidity. Whole cluster...
$34.99
Chepika 2023 Concord Catawba Sparkling
This is a fun singular wine from Nathan Kendall & Pascaline Lepeltier, who were only able to bottle one cuvée in 2023 from the Buzzard Crest vineyards near Keuka Lake. It's a blend of 76% Concord and 24% Catawba, hand-picked...
$29.99
Chepika 2024 Finger Lakes Buzzards Crest Red Blend
This is a blend of Concord, Catawba and Delaware, all hybrid grapes with a strong footprint in the Finger Lakes region. It's light and juicy but with sneaky structure, not quite as "grapey" as the more Concord-dominant wines but still...
$29.99
Eminence Road 2024 Pinot Gris Five Dots
This is all Pinot Gris from Sheldrake Point Vineyard on Cayuga Lake, east facing vines on a gentle slope of gravelly loam and clay derived from shale, limestone and slate. The grapes see five days maceration and age in stainless...
$24.99
Eminence Road 2023 Acidalia
Acidalia is one of our perennial favorites from Eminence Road, in 2023 a blend of 68% Merlot, 24% Cabernet Franc, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. The vineyard is on Seneca Lake with west facing gentle slopes of Honeoye silt loam and Lansing...
$23.99
Eminence Road 2024 Cabernet Franc Lamb's Quarters
This is 100% Cabernet Franc from the wonderful 2024 vintage, which resulted in perfectly ripened fruit that retains acid and structure. The vineyard is on Seneca Lake, and grapes were crushed with 50% stem inclusion and spend 24 days macerating...
$24.99
Mito Americano 2022 Duck Soup
Duck Soup is a blend of 90% Merlot along with 10% Vignoles, a white hybrid grape most commonly found in the Finger Lakes region. The Merlot comes from Jon Viviano in Long Island and is macerated for three and a...
$37.99
Nathan K 2025 Finger Lakes Dry Riesling
The fruit for this cuvée is sourced from three vineyards on Seneca Lake. The vines range from 20-40 years old in age. Naturally fermented in a combination of neutral French oak and stainless steel. The wines are then aged on...
$25.99
Nathan K 2025 Rose
This is a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir, fermented in French oak. It's pale, crisp and dry with plenty of body and a good amount of acidity that balance each other nicely. At 12.5% it's not particularly...
$34.99
Nathan K 2024 Cabernet Franc Primeur
This is a delicious and fruity style of Cabernet Franc, aged briefly in stainless steel and released early for peak freshness. Best enjoyed with a sight chill. While youthful upon release, this wine has the structure to be aged as...
$31.99
Ria's Wines 2025 Sunny Side White
This is a blend of American hybrid grapes, including 55% Cayuga and 45% Vidal Blanc. These varietals are more resistant to disease and can handle the cooler climate, making them suitable for a more sustainable and organic approach to farming....
$23.99
Ria's Wines 2025 Riesling Aurora
This is 100% Riesling from Lake Road Vineyard on Cayuga Lake. At 13% it's generally dry, with about 4g/L residual sugar but plenty of acid to keep any perceived sweetness in check. Aromas of ripe peach, nectarine, and wet stone...
$26.99
Ria's Wines 2025 Gamay
This is 100% Gamay from the estate vineyard, planted on the east side of Cayuga Lake. It shows great freshness, with lifted aromatics of rose petal, brambly raspberry, balsam wood, and licorice that give way to an energetic palate driven...
$29.99
Silver Thread 2025 Pétillant Naturel Seneca Lake
This delicious pet-nat rosé is a unique blend of 32% Regent, 19% Lemberger, 18% Riesling, 16% Pinot Noir and 15% Cayuga, spontaneously fermented with native yeasts in a mix of old barrels and stainless steel, blended without addition of sulfites...
$24.99
Usonia 2023 New Suns Riesling
Julia and Alex describe 23' as a good vintage, the wine reflects that. The vines were planted in 2005, hand harvested, fermented and aged in stainless steel and bottled unfined and unfiltered. This wine is highly aromatic, jumping out of...
$33.99
Usonia 2023 New Suns Cabernet Franc
Julia and Alex describe 23' as a good vintage, the wine reflects that. The vines were planted in 2005, hand harvested, fermented with native yeasts and bottled unfined and unfiltered. With intense aromatics leaping from the glass, the wine is...
$34.99
Wild Arc Farm 2024 Hilal
From the Winemaker: "In the SWANA region, the crescent moon, or hilal in Arabic, symbolizes rebirth and new beginnings. As we mark the start of our 10th vintage, this wine is a reminder that we too are always in the...
$23.99
Wild Arc Farm 2023 Niagara
This is all Niagara grown on Keuka Lake, hand-harvested and macerated for 24 hours before being pressed into a stainless tank, where it remains aging for 10 months until bottling. (winemaker’s note): “Niagara is a Vitis Labrusca grape, the species native to...
$24.99
Wild Arc Farm 2023 Blackbird
This blend of Noiret and Riesling was hand harvested and co-fermented for 4 weeks before being pressed into neutral French oak barrels. Noiret has a distinctive black pepper note, similar to cool climate Syrah, so the addition of the lifted...
$23.99
Wild Arc Farm 2024 Sparkling Carbonic Concord 355ml Can
This Sparkling Concord wine is made with 100% certified Organic fruit. It was carbonically macerated for a week before being whole-cluster macerated and pressed. It has all the concord flavors you remember from your childhood in a grown-up sparkling beverage,...
$7.99
