Day 2 in the Finger Lakes: Damiani and Bloomer Creek
Up Seneca Lake's eastern shore to a winery focused on reds, and another where experimental winemaking is embraced
Posted: Jul 11, 2011 2:42pm ET
In most wine regions, the older generation is typically the one holding onto tradition while the younger generation employs new ideas or techniques. In the Finger Lakes, though, the older generation is just as apt to be the one pushing as the younger one—since the older generation is basically the first one to break from the old Finger Lakes model of growing large quantities of hybrids and natives, rather than cutting yields and growing vinifera. I visited two such wineries on the morning of my second day here, Damiani and Bloomer Creek.
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