On 31 acres along 18 Mile Creek in Newfane, husband-and-wife winemakers Jim and Kathy Baker grow their own grapes and make predominantly dry wines shaped by the Niagara Lake Plain. Founded in 2006, Chateau Niagara Winery is family-owned and known for pairing classic French varieties with less-common Eastern European grapes such as Saperavi. The Bakers host intimate, hands-on tastings themselves, and the vineyard is among New York’s first certified sustainable vineyards.
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Fox Run VineyardsRooted in the Finger Lakes since its first vines were planted in 1984, Fox Run Vineyards grows 50 acres of grapes and crafts estate-grown wines at a winery established in a restored Civil War-era barn. Now exclusively family-owned, the winery pairs its crisp, food-friendly wines with a welcoming tasting room and café overlooking Seneca Lake. Fox Run was named a certified sustainable vineyard by the New York Wine & Grape Foundation in 2023.PENN YAN, NY
Long Cliff Vineyard & Winery, IncLong Cliff Vineyard & Winery makes estate-grown wines from a 5.5-acre vineyard on New York’s Niagara Escarpment. Established in 2011 as part of the three-generation DeMaison family farm, the winery remains farmer-first, with grapes cultivated on land the family has worked for nearly 50 years. Its tasting room also hosts vineyard tours and a monthly book club, giving the Sanborn farm a distinctly neighborly feel.SANBORN, NY
Frontenac Point Vineyard & Estate WineryFounded by Jim and Carol Doolittle in 1978 on a former fruit-growing property overlooking Cayuga Lake, Frontenac Point Vineyard & Estate Winery grows its own grapes and makes small-batch Finger Lakes wines. The Doolittles handle the work from planting and hand-picking through winemaking, bottling, and presentation, with son Lawrence continuing the family business as its second generation. Licensed as New York’s farm winery No. 44 in 1982, Frontenac Point is especially distinctive for wines made entirely from grapes grown on its Cayuga Lake estate.TRUMANSBURG, NY
Bet the Farm WineryFounded in 2006 by Nancy Tisch, Bet the Farm Winery is a woman-owned Finger Lakes winery producing fruit-forward, food-friendly wines from its Trumansburg vineyard and carefully selected regional fruit. Nancy and Kit Kalfs planted the Jacob Thomas Vineyard in 2018, later harvesting their first estate reds in 2020, and today welcome visitors to a deliberately quiet tasting room overlooking the Cayuga Lake valley. The vineyard is certified sustainable through New York Sustainable Winegrowing, and the winery has built a community-supported model around its wine club.AURORA, NY