Wine region
New York
New York is a wine region in United States, home to 155 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
New York's 155 wineries make roughly equal white and red wine; Cabernet Franc is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AVA designation.
About the New York region
- Location
- New York wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S.
- Climate
- These AVA's reflect distinct combinations of climate, soils, and water moderated meso climates, especially around the Finger Lakes and Long Island’s maritime zone.
- Soils
- In USDA NRCS Soil Data Access results for New York survey areas, Inceptisols have the largest weighted component acreage, approximately 13,771,139 acres.
Region facts sourced from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Data Access query for New York (NY survey-area prefix), retrieved 2026-07-11. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), Wikipedia contributors, "New York wine", Wikipedia, revision 1357183583, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When New York wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Cabernet Franc
- 54 single-grape wines
- Chardonnay
- 37 single-grape wines
- Riesling
- 31 single-grape wines
- Merlot
- 30 single-grape wines
- Pinot Noir
- 27 single-grape wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- 20 single-grape wines
Wine profile
New York is roughly split, making substantial white (54%) and red (36%) wine.
1,255 distinct New York wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White673 · 54%
- Red445 · 36%
- Rose125 · 10%
Types: Madeira, Marsala, Port, Sherry, Sparkling, Still.
Representative New York wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Barnstormer Winery — Sawmill Creek Vineyard Blaufrankisch Rose
- Anyela�s Vineyards — Overlay Red
- Pindar — Reserve Barrel Select Merlot
- Red Tail Ridge — The Noble Pursuit Riesling Botrytized
- Lamoreaux Landing — Riesling Cuvee
- Zugibe — Dry Rose
- Wagner Vineyards — Fathom 107
- Wolffer Estate — Noblesse Oblige
Sub-regions & appellations
Within New York, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:
- Finger Lakes
- North Fork of Long Island
- Seneca Lake
- Long Island
- Cayuga Lake
- Niagara Escarpment
- The Hamptons (Long Island)
Quality designations
Wines here carry AVA status — a controlled quality designation.
- AVAAmerican Viticultural Area — a defined US grape-growing region, marking where the grapes were grown.
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
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.
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 to choose a good New York wine
Look for the AVA designation — it signals a controlled-origin New York wine.
FAQs
- Where is New York?
- New York wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of New York .
- What do the designation terms on New York 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 New York?
- 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 New York 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 New York?
- The current regional catalogue contains 1255 linked wines from 155 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.