Comments on: The Niagara Wine Trail http://daysthatendiny.com/2007/07/20/the-niagara-wine-trail/ Alcohol's Official Weblog Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Steve-o http://daysthatendiny.com/2007/07/20/the-niagara-wine-trail/#comment-458 Steve-o Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:15:44 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-458 If you are planning to do the Cayuga Wine trail, there are a bunch of hotels in Ithaca with Cornell and Ithaca College in town. My last time out, there was a deal on the Cayuga Wine Trail website for a hotel associated with the trail, you may want to look into that. However, staying in Ithaca makes the trip back from the Seneca Wine Trail a bit difficult (read: long) when you have been tasting wine all day. Another tip you may find useful was to go to the furthest point away from where you are staying and work your way back. I think there are 16 official Cayuga Wine Trail vineyards, and some others that aren't part of the trail but are located on Cayuga Lake. If you can drive the whole length of the lake after hitting all of those, that then you are a better man than I am. You'll be happy you only have a little bit of driving to get back to the hotel if you have been working your way back. If you are planning to do the Cayuga Wine trail, there are a bunch of hotels in Ithaca with Cornell and Ithaca College in town. My last time out, there was a deal on the Cayuga Wine Trail website for a hotel associated with the trail, you may want to look into that. However, staying in Ithaca makes the trip back from the Seneca Wine Trail a bit difficult (read: long) when you have been tasting wine all day. Another tip you may find useful was to go to the furthest point away from where you are staying and work your way back. I think there are 16 official Cayuga Wine Trail vineyards, and some others that aren’t part of the trail but are located on Cayuga Lake. If you can drive the whole length of the lake after hitting all of those, that then you are a better man than I am. You’ll be happy you only have a little bit of driving to get back to the hotel if you have been working your way back.

]]> By: Mike http://daysthatendiny.com/2007/07/20/the-niagara-wine-trail/#comment-462 Mike Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:41:44 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-462 Good tip! We started doing a little of that, though her tastes tend to be just about the opposite of mine. If she likes it, chances are I won't like it and vice versa! If pressed, I'll just call it "trust". :) Do you have any suggestions as to where to stay around the Finger Lakes? I've been idly searching on Priceline and Hotels.com but haven't really found anything suitable yet. Good tip! We started doing a little of that, though her tastes tend to be just about the opposite of mine. If she likes it, chances are I won’t like it and vice versa! If pressed, I’ll just call it “trust”. :)

Do you have any suggestions as to where to stay around the Finger Lakes? I’ve been idly searching on Priceline and Hotels.com but haven’t really found anything suitable yet.

]]> By: Amanda Vizcarra http://daysthatendiny.com/2007/07/20/the-niagara-wine-trail/#comment-463 Amanda Vizcarra Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:15:46 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-463 Vizcarra Vineyards would like to thank you for your support. We like to hear both good points and bad points from our customers as they help us only get better in the end. The women who did your tasting is my mother and our wine maker, Melinda Vizcarra. Rougon is a French American Hybrid variety developed by Cornell University. Perhaps we will see you at the Finger Lakes wine festival (July 21st and 22nd) and hope to see you again at our tasting room. Again, thank you for the kind words. Sincerely, Amanda Vizcarra Tasting room manager Vizcarra Vineyards would like to thank you for your support. We like to hear both good points and bad points from our customers as they help us only get better in the end. The women who did your tasting is my mother and our wine maker, Melinda Vizcarra. Rougon is a French American Hybrid variety developed by Cornell University. Perhaps we will see you at the Finger Lakes wine festival (July 21st and 22nd) and hope to see you again at our tasting room. Again, thank you for the kind words.
Sincerely,
Amanda Vizcarra
Tasting room manager

]]> By: Steve-o http://daysthatendiny.com/2007/07/20/the-niagara-wine-trail/#comment-464 Steve-o Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:17:44 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-464 As a graduate of Ithaca College, I am a veteran of the Cayuga and Seneca wine trails. A little practice my girlfriend and I started doing at wineries that only allowed you to sample a limited number of wines is to make sure that we never ordered the same wines and split each tasing. That way we got to taste a majority, if not all, wines a winery offered. You'll be surprised what wines you end up liking, so getting to try them all (even if just half of the "tasting" amount) was helpful for us. Hope this helps for your Finger lakes tours. As a graduate of Ithaca College, I am a veteran of the Cayuga and Seneca wine trails. A little practice my girlfriend and I started doing at wineries that only allowed you to sample a limited number of wines is to make sure that we never ordered the same wines and split each tasing. That way we got to taste a majority, if not all, wines a winery offered. You’ll be surprised what wines you end up liking, so getting to try them all (even if just half of the “tasting” amount) was helpful for us. Hope this helps for your Finger lakes tours.

]]> By: Margo http://daysthatendiny.com/2007/07/20/the-niagara-wine-trail/#comment-465 Margo Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:28:38 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=769#comment-465 Thanks for your kind comments! I'll make certain Deborah knows how much you enjoyed your visit. You did an amazing job remembering the details! One minor detail: Cranberrys grow in the northern Finger Lakes. The Merlot was from Long Island. We'll be coming out with a dry blueberry soon. If you sign up for our enewsletter, you'll hear about "True Blue" when it is released. It will have the family dogs on the label. Thanks for your kind comments! I’ll make certain Deborah knows how much you enjoyed your visit. You did an amazing job remembering the details! One minor detail: Cranberrys grow in the northern Finger Lakes. The Merlot was from Long Island. We’ll be coming out with a dry blueberry soon. If you sign up for our enewsletter, you’ll hear about “True Blue” when it is released. It will have the family dogs on the label.

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