Well…two days of Finger Lake wine tasting with Docs parents…..ill keep it short and sweet. In my opinion the reds here are so watered down and bad tasting that they are not worth the time. (at least the places we tasted) If your from the west coast don’t waste the time or money on the reds. Simple as that. Unless………unless you can compartmentalize and only look at the reds from a Finger Lake point of view. Yesterday and most of today I felt like a real snob with my rolling of the eyes and low voice saying why in the world are you attempting to make a red wine!? Then against my better judgement we stopped at an all red winery called Shalestone Vineyards. I walked in with a chip on my shoulder and the server, Jacqueline, was very down to earth sweet and personable tells us that she lived in Cali for a little while. I couldn’t help but open my big mouth and say…..hello! you being from California what do you think about these places “trying” to make red wine is all about. She put me right in my place by saying “you really have to not compare and taste it for what it’s worth in this area”. She took me down a couple of notches after saying that because she was right!!!!
However, with that said I still stand with my original statement if you are here in the Finger Lakes enjoy the white wine!!!!! It’s tasty,crisp,bright and some are truly beautiful wines that are best enjoyed on a hot summer day. Enjoy the whites and stay away from the reds.