Hard Cider

For still wines and hard cider, is ANY carbonation allowed whatsoever? An effervescent wine is a wine that contains more than 0.392 grams of carbon dioxide per 100 milliliters. Still wines can have 0.391 CO2 per 100 mL. The label MUST state the source of carbonation...

Looking to change the law for liquor stores

Our office has proposed some changes to the state laws regulating what liquor stores can sell. Since NY only allows a single package and wine store license per person, the ability to grow the business is severely restricted. The profit margins are slim and the system....

Time to Try Russian Grape Varietals and Blends

Jason Feulner’s article “East or West Home is Best” in the June Life In the Finger Lakes introduces McGregor Vineyards and its successful experiment with grape varieties typical to Ukraine, Republic of Georgia, Armenia and Romania. I never knew that the Finger Lakes’...

Finger Lakes “Agriconomy”

Tom Russ’ Finger Lakes Wine and the Legacy of Dr. Konstantin Frank tells a local story of the “Great American Dream.”  But this is more than a business success story, it exemplifies the best of America, bringing talent and knowledge from other places of he globe to...