Three generations of viticultural experience shape Anyela’s Vineyards, a family winery producing estate-crafted wines and spirits on a hillside above Skaneateles Lake. Since planting its vineyards in 2001, the Nocek family has used careful yield control and an unusual winter practice—burying vines after harvest—to protect them from the Finger Lakes cold. The vineyard also welcomes visitors for tastings and views while following sustainable agricultural practices.
Stever Hill VineyardsStever Hill Vineyards is a fifth-generation family farm and winery on the hills above Keuka Lake, producing about 2,000 cases of Finger Lakes wine each year. The Tones family’s grape-growing story began in 1951, and today brothers Harold, Don, and Jim oversee the operation with vineyard managers Jon and Mike Tones and winery managers Liz and Jay Sprague. Visitors can taste the estate’s dry, semi-dry, and sweet wines in the renovated 1850s Crooked Barn Tasting Room, surrounded by hundreds of acres of grapes.BRANCHPORT, NY
Hosmer WinerySince planting its first vines in 1972, the Hosmer family has grown grapes and made estate wine on the western shore of Cayuga Lake at Hosmer Winery. The nearly 70-acre Patrician Verona Vineyard supplies the winery, whose Finger Lakes wines are shaped by a focus on soil health and sustainable farming. Now in its fourth generation of family stewardship, Hosmer pairs a relaxed, welcoming tasting room with a winemaking tradition rooted in the vineyard.OVID, NY
Lakewood VineyardsSince 1988, the Stamp family’s Lakewood Vineyards has been making Finger Lakes wines from its Seneca Lake vineyards near Watkins Glen. The family-owned winery now spans three generations and 100 acres, with certified sustainable vineyard practices and a tasting program that brings visitors into the vineyards and winemaking process. Lakewood is especially known for its award-winning Riesling and Lemberger, including honors from the Berlin International Wine Competition.WATKINS GLEN, NY
Buttonwood Grove WinerySince David and Melissa Pittard purchased the property in 2014, Buttonwood Grove Winery has grown into a family-run Finger Lakes winery producing estate wines beside Cayuga Lake. Dave’s roots at the fourth-generation Beak & Skiff Apple Farm inform the Pittards’ blend of agriculture and winemaking, while the family’s expansion of the vineyards and new winemaking building carries the property into its next chapter. Its 2016 Riesling won the 2017 Governor’s Cup as New York State’s best wine, and the site now pairs tastings with lakeside music and cabins among the vines.ROMULUS, NY