May 2017

Heat’s on, NY wine producers adapt

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“Look out there,” says Scott Osborn, gesturing toward his vineyards. “I bought a wind machine this year. We’re in the tasting room at Fox Run Vineyards on Seneca Lake’s west shore this late April afternoon. The temperature has topped 80 degrees – too early to switch on the air conditioning. I’m wearing a light cotton […]

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Boundary Breaks: ‘All in on Riesling’

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Turning down a gravel road toward one of the newest Finger Lakes wineries, I feast my eyes first on long and slender Seneca Lake about a mile ahead. Then I notice the stark-white building at the end of the road, close to the lake’s eastern shoreline. Here’s where I find Bruce Murray, a former newspaperman

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