Wine region
Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes is a wine region in United States, home to 51 wineries, known for Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc.
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Characteristic grapes
Finger Lakes is best known for Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc.
Wine styles from Finger Lakes
Wine profile
707 distinct Finger Lakes wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Finger Lakes wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Amorici Vineyard — Riesling
- Anthony Road — Art Series Riesling
- Anthony Road — Cabernet Franc Lemberger
- Anthony Road — Devonian Red Blend
- Anthony Road — Devonian White Blend
- Anthony Road — Dry Riesling
- Anthony Road — Grey Series Barrel Ferment Gewurztraminer
- Anthony Road — Grey Series Barrel Ferment Pinot Gris
United States wine designations
- AVA
- An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Finger Lakes?
- The northwestern boundary of the Finger Lakes viticultural area begins at the intersection of the Erie Canal and the north/south Conrail line south of the City of Rochester.
- Which grapes are associated with Finger Lakes?
- Finger Lakes is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Finger Lakes wines mean?
- AVA: An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Finger Lakes?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Finger Lakes wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Finger Lakes?
- The current regional catalogue contains 707 linked wines from 51 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.