Growing Conditions
As with many growing seasons in the Finger Lakes, we encountered a wild amount of variability in 2019. Most memorable was a chilly and wet spring, with not enough sunlight and warmth to coax the grapevines out of their winter dormancy. Late bud break set things back further, until the warm, dry weather arrived in early July. But then - redemption: September was the warmest and driest in recent history. Our grapes responded accordingly, and now we have tanks, barrels and bottles full of some of the tastiest wine imaginable.
