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Touring the Niagara Wine Trail
Western New York’s rural Niagara County is “the newest kid” on the vineyard block, said Larry Price in the Detroit Free Press. In the past decade, nearly a dozen new wineries—seven since 2004—have opened in this fertile region on the shores of Lake Ontario. New York wines have long played “second fiddle to California’s better-known labels,” but New York’s own Finger Lakes and Long Island wines are now well established. The new Niagara wineries benefit from a micro-climate that dates back thousands of years, to a time when “receding glaciers created fertile soil for growing” premium grapes. Warm Lake Estate, whose Pinot Noir vineyards are among the largest east of the Rocky Mountains, is a must-visit: Wine Spectator named its Pinots “the best in New York state.” The oldest winery on the trail is Niagara Landing Wine Cellars, whose 19th-century plantings produce premium Cabernet Sauvignons.
Contact: Niagarawinetrail.org
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