Ruth M. Lucas died Jan. 27 at the age of 81. Lucas worked with a handful of other wine entrepreneurs to co-found the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, creating effective business models for small vineyards and ...

Looks like Mother Nature brought rainfall back to a “normal” range in September, as we recorded 3.8 inches in our Fosterville Vineyard. I’ve been growing grapes in Cayuga County for 26 years, and this ...

It's harvest season in Finger Lakes wine country, and two wineries in Cayuga County will hold events where you can try your feet at the customary stomping of the grapes: • Treleaven Wines will hold ...

Introducing Aravelle – a new white wine grape that was 42 years in the making. Cornell grape breeder Bruce Reisch made the hybrid by crossing Cayuga white and riesling grapes in 1981, at the start of ...

The vineyards are sleeping and the wind blows above the west shore of Cayuga Lake the other day. I’m driving Route 89 south of Seneca Falls on the Cayuga Wine Trail on my way toward the current ...

Geneva, NY -- Grape varieties developed by Cornell University will be featured at the Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & The Arts in Napa, which is attended by many home winemakers as well as ...

Ruth M. Lucas sparked a wine empire more than 50 years ago when she and her family moved from Long Island to a 68-acre farm in Interlaken. Lucas died Jan. 27 at the age of 81, but she leaves behind a ...