Top 100 wines of Seneca Lake

Discover the top 100 best wines of Seneca Lake of Finger Lakes as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Seneca Lake and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Seneca Lake

The wine region of Seneca Lake is located in the region of Finger Lakes of New York of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Hermann J. Wiemer or the Domaine Hermann J. Wiemer produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling.

The most planted grape varieties in the region of Seneca Lake are Riesling, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Seneca Lake often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, microbio or earth. In the mouth of Seneca Lake is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 37 estates and châteaux in the of Seneca Lake, producing 148 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Seneca Lake go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.

Discover the grape variety: Teroldego

An autochthonous Italian grape variety that has been cultivated for a very long time and is fairly common in the northern part of Italy (Trentino, Alto Adige, etc.). It can also be found in Slovenia, Croatia (Istria, etc.) and the United States (California, etc.), but is virtually unknown in France. Genetic analyses have revealed that it is the niece or nephew of dureza and therefore the aunt or uncle of syrah. It is also said to be related to marzemino, lagrein and refosco dal peduncolo rosso.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Seneca Lake

wines from the region of Seneca Lake go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit in white wine (casserole), tunisian sandwich or mahi mahi curry with coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Seneca Lake

On the nose in the region of Seneca Lake often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, microbio or earth. In the mouth in the region of Seneca Lake is a powerful with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Seneca Lake

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...

Walls: Vacqueyras 2015 vs 2016 – how are they drinking now?

When most winemakers retire, their most important legacy is the wines they made, tucked away in cellars around the world. But Serge Férigoule of Domaine le Sang des Cailloux leaves more than just his superlative red and white Vacqueyras. Diary of a winemaker Every day of his working life, Serge took notes of climatic observations from his vineyards, filling stacks of notebooks. They will provide an invaluable insight into a changing climate for generations to come. Scroll down to see Matt Walls& ...

Bordeaux 2021 en primeur campaign delivered ‘predictable chaos’ and ‘pitiful revenues’

Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales decreased significantly compared to the previous year, with volume and value sales down by as much as 60% in a few cases. In some instances, sales of usually bankable wines crashed to almost zero, according to the merchants that Liv-Ex polled. ‘Yet again, many buyers and collectors have had to ask what purpose the time-consuming event serves when it delivers such pitiful revenue, and who precisely it is for when it offers little compelling value,’ said Liv- ...