Founded by Hector, New York, friends Lou Damiani and Phil Davis, Damiani Wine Cellars grows grapes and makes Finger Lakes wines on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake. The partners planted their first vineyards in 1997 with a particular aim: to show that the region could produce beautiful red wines, a focus that remains central alongside a broader portfolio. Damiani’s estate vineyards have been New York Sustainably Certified since 2024, and the winery brings its vineyard-to-glass approach to a welcoming tasting room and wine club.
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New York Sustainable Certified — Grower 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
Keuka Lake VineyardsFounded by Mel and Dorothee Goldman after they discovered the Finger Lakes in 1992, Keuka Lake Vineyards produces small-lot wines from 40 acres on the east and west slopes of Keuka Lake. Its steep, site-specific vineyards and hands-on, minimal-intervention approach are especially associated with single-vineyard Rieslings and bone-dry Vignoles. The Hammondsport winery was among the first New York vineyards certified as a New York Sustainable Winegrower in 2023.HAMMONDSPORT, NY
Lamoreaux Landing Wine CellarsLamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars is a family-run Finger Lakes winery that grows grapes and produces and bottles its wines in house from estate-grown fruit. The Wagner family farm dates to 1948, and the winery began its first vintage in 1990 before opening to customers in 1992. Its vineyards on the east side of Seneca Lake have been certified sustainable through the New York Sustainable Winegrowing program since 2022.LODI, NY
Heart & Hands Wine CompanyHusband-and-wife team Tom and Susan Higgins run Heart & Hands Wine Company, a boutique Finger Lakes winery crafting cool-climate still and sparkling wines from its limestone-rich estate overlooking Cayuga Lake. Founded from Tom’s return to his Finger Lakes roots, the Union Springs winery now produces about 2,000 cases annually, with roughly 95 percent made from estate-grown grapes. Its vineyard is certified through New York’s Sustainable Winegrowing program, and the small scale supports careful, hands-on farming and winemaking.UNION SPRINGS, NY