We slept late today and spent some time this morning deciding where to go after Ithaca ~ with the goal that we want to stay in cooler weather as long as possible. Finally, we got going and visited three brad-selected wineries in the area.
First, we went to Thirsty Owl where we started with lunch ~ while the food was good, the service was painfully slow. This was the busiest of the three wineries we visited, and for a $5 wine tasting, you could try five wines. If you decided to buy a bottle, then you received $2 off. We split the tasting (as we usually do) and were surprised to enjoy some of the Riesling that the finger lakes is known. (We usually do not like Rieslings.) We ended up purchasing a bottle of their dry Riesling.
Then it was onto Hosmer Winery where the tasting fee was $12 (which we thought was expensive) for five tastings, plus you get to keep the glass (which we did not). We split the tasting again and tried a variety of their wines, ending up with a Pinot Gris in our bag. (We forgot to take a photo, but did take this one of the grapes at Thirsty Owl. 😏)
Lastly, we went onto Sheldrake Point Winery where the tasting fee was $15 (and if we thought $12 for a tasting fee with a wine glass was expensive, $15 was not going in the right direction! 😆) for five tastings. That being said, there was a free tasting to start and for some reason the bartender-guy wanted us to try a wine that we did not select, so he poured us a seventh tasting. (This is why we split tastings....each pour at each place was 1oz, so there were 15oz of wine in total - for us, that's a lot of wine in the early afternoon! 😂) We really liked this place as well and their wines were quite interesting. We ended up buying a Wild Ferment Riesling.
So three wineries and three bottles! 🍷😀
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