New Wineries on Keuka Lake

Our "Rovers," Jon and Maggie scouted out a new winery for us!  Célene and Sébastien LeSeurre are the winemakers and owners of Domaine LeSeurre, located in Hammondsport, NY on Keuka Lake. Jon reports that the wines are good - "buttery-ish on the Rieslings".  He said it is very slight, but a nice addition!  

 There is also another winery tasting room coming to the same area - near Dr. Frank in Hammondsport. Point of the Bluff winery is actually located on the bluff at the point between the 2 forks of Keuka Lake, but the tasting room is opening on Memorial Day on the Hammondsport side.  Michael Countryman is the winemaker.  We have lots of new places to try! 

Canandaigua Wine Walk and Dinner

     Despite the 38 degree weather with a windchill of- I don't know, 4 below?-  Jim and I braved the Canandaigua Wine Walk today. There were several good wineries represented - Hermann J. Wiemer, Lamoreaux  Landing, and a new one we wanted to try - Point of the Bluff Winery (Keuka Lake). It is always a fun time on the wine or beer walks because of the people you meet along the way and the new places you discover. Today we met a couple from Connecticut who moved to the area four years ago because their children are here. We had a great time comparing wineries we liked and I have a referral to their daughter's hair salon! We also discovered some new businesses in town that we will be sure to frequent.  Some highlights were Point of the Bluff's Semi Dry Riesling, Lamoreaux Landing's 2009 Chardonnay and Knapp Winery's Vignoles ( a semi sweet white wine that our daughter will like and will also be a great summertime sipper if the ice ever melts off the lake). We discovered Good Life Tea Company on S. Main Street-  specializing in awesome teas and we visited a favorite, F. Oliver's  to purchase an infused EVOO.
     We returned home to our marinating (soy sauce, sherry, ground ginger, brown sugar and garlic) salmon. Dinner was grilled salmon, asparagus drizzled with F. Oliver's Garden Fresh Gremolata extra virgin olive oil (lemon, parsley and garlic), brown rice, salad and Hedonistic Chocolate's Dark Chocolate Orange Cranberry Bark for dessert. Forge Cellar 2011 Pinot Noir (smokey/complex) accompanied the salmon perfectly and was outstanding with the dark chocolate. So we continue to eat good food and drink good wines to stave off the cold weather that just keeps coming....

P.S. Point of the Bluff will open their new tasting room on the west side of Keuka Lake on Memorial Day.