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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
[quote='BusNative;196236;0]Celebrating with a 2001 of this right now :cheers:
(KRIPTA cava)[/quote]
Do you get your buzz on every time Congress and the President decide to act like human beings? :p
(KRIPTA cava)[/quote]
Do you get your buzz on every time Congress and the President decide to act like human beings? :p
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sepia5
JoePa apologists = Pendejo
So I'd promised an update on our trip to the Finger Lakes. I think I mentioned before that we stayed in Geneva, on the northern tip of Lake Seneca. Really nice little town with colorful row houses. We spent a Saturday morning and afternoon kayaking on the lake, and were amazed that, on a beautiful Saturday, there was very little traffic on the lake.
In any event, we spent one afternoon wine tasting, but decided to stay on Seneca and on the west side, which we were closest to. I think BB73 mentioned Heron Hill Winery. Although the winery is on Keuka, they have a tasting room on Seneca. Par for the course, we thought the Rieslings here were the winners, though they probably weren't the best we had.
Similarly, Fox Run Vineyards has some good Rieslings and also makes a nice port that I brought home. They also had a solid food corner with pre-made sandwiches and salads and have a nice deck overlooking the lake.
In that respect, Villa Bellangelo probably had my favorite location. It's on an isolated parcel of property that sits on a hill right above the lake, and, from the tasting room, you have an incredible view of the water. It has the feel of a classic red sauce Italian restaurant with booths along the windowed walls, but they apparently don't serve food---I wish they'd do more with the spot, frankly. Their wines ranged from terrible to very good. In particular, the moscato was great.
We stopped at Glenora Wine Cellars because we heard they had a good restaurant there with a good view, and hoped to have a glass of wine and a cheese plate after a tasting. Due to a wedding, we had to have our cheese plate inside, but I thought some of the wines here were fairly good. Again, the Reislings were solid as was the Gewurztraminer, a really good brut sparkling wine, and my favorite, a Pinot Blanc/Chardonnay/Riesling called Signature.
Without a doubt, the best winery we stopped at was the Hermann J. Weimer Vineyard. Everything I tried there was fantastic (although, again, the focus was on the Rieslings and Gewurztraminers). The tasting room is in an old barn on a really nice property with a farm house and gardens, and you taste right on the barrels. I'd say if you're going to go to the west side of Seneca, this is the place to go.
While many of the whites are very good, the reds were mostly terrible. The only good red wine we had the whole time was a bottle of merlot from Shalestone Vineyards, but then again, their motto is "red is all we do." We had this bottle on our last night, when we'd had enough sweet white wine and were sitting down for a meal at Suzanne Fine Regional Cuisine. I highly recommend this restaurant. The food, much of which is grown on premises, was very good, but the setting--an old farmhouse right on the east side of Lake Seneca in Lido, is really incredible. We sat on the porch, but you can also sit in any number of rooms in the house. It's a really unique setting.
I wasn't so crazy about the food at the Red Dove Tavern in downtown Geneva, although they do have wine on draught. It's a cool gastropub setting and they make a mean cocktail, but I thought pretty much everything we had was way under-seasoned and lacked spice. On the other hand, Ports Cafe, just outside of Geneva, was very, very good, and I'd definitely recommend it. All ingredients are locally sourced and the specials menu was therefore longer than the "regular" menu.
I can also highly recommend hiking in Lechworth State Park, about an hour and a half west of Geneva.
In any event, we spent one afternoon wine tasting, but decided to stay on Seneca and on the west side, which we were closest to. I think BB73 mentioned Heron Hill Winery. Although the winery is on Keuka, they have a tasting room on Seneca. Par for the course, we thought the Rieslings here were the winners, though they probably weren't the best we had.
Similarly, Fox Run Vineyards has some good Rieslings and also makes a nice port that I brought home. They also had a solid food corner with pre-made sandwiches and salads and have a nice deck overlooking the lake.
In that respect, Villa Bellangelo probably had my favorite location. It's on an isolated parcel of property that sits on a hill right above the lake, and, from the tasting room, you have an incredible view of the water. It has the feel of a classic red sauce Italian restaurant with booths along the windowed walls, but they apparently don't serve food---I wish they'd do more with the spot, frankly. Their wines ranged from terrible to very good. In particular, the moscato was great.
We stopped at Glenora Wine Cellars because we heard they had a good restaurant there with a good view, and hoped to have a glass of wine and a cheese plate after a tasting. Due to a wedding, we had to have our cheese plate inside, but I thought some of the wines here were fairly good. Again, the Reislings were solid as was the Gewurztraminer, a really good brut sparkling wine, and my favorite, a Pinot Blanc/Chardonnay/Riesling called Signature.
Without a doubt, the best winery we stopped at was the Hermann J. Weimer Vineyard. Everything I tried there was fantastic (although, again, the focus was on the Rieslings and Gewurztraminers). The tasting room is in an old barn on a really nice property with a farm house and gardens, and you taste right on the barrels. I'd say if you're going to go to the west side of Seneca, this is the place to go.
While many of the whites are very good, the reds were mostly terrible. The only good red wine we had the whole time was a bottle of merlot from Shalestone Vineyards, but then again, their motto is "red is all we do." We had this bottle on our last night, when we'd had enough sweet white wine and were sitting down for a meal at Suzanne Fine Regional Cuisine. I highly recommend this restaurant. The food, much of which is grown on premises, was very good, but the setting--an old farmhouse right on the east side of Lake Seneca in Lido, is really incredible. We sat on the porch, but you can also sit in any number of rooms in the house. It's a really unique setting.
I wasn't so crazy about the food at the Red Dove Tavern in downtown Geneva, although they do have wine on draught. It's a cool gastropub setting and they make a mean cocktail, but I thought pretty much everything we had was way under-seasoned and lacked spice. On the other hand, Ports Cafe, just outside of Geneva, was very, very good, and I'd definitely recommend it. All ingredients are locally sourced and the specials menu was therefore longer than the "regular" menu.
I can also highly recommend hiking in Lechworth State Park, about an hour and a half west of Geneva.
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PlanetFrnd
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Dublin, Ohio: Never Forget.
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http://www.science20.com/chemical_education/science_and_tradition_winemaking-84121
Cool sciencey article on wine making.
(I agree with most of it.
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Cool sciencey article on wine making.
(I agree with most of it.
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