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Safe Group Wine Tours Rein In Wild Tourists

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As wine tastings have become more popular, wine tourists have gotten a bit rowdier. Along New York's wine trails the chauffeured limo and bus tours can be the bane of some winery owners existence despite the business they bring. The stories of people showing to the vineyards drunk and then stripping or getting sick have increased with the rise of the bus and limo tours.

Now wineries in the Finger Lakes Region have gotten together to do something about it. More than half of the 95 wineries in New York state's Finger Lakes region are participating in a program to issue "yellow-card warnings" to out-of-control tour groups. For repeated bad behavior the Safe Wine Tours Group will issue red cards and get booted off the region's three wine tour "trails." The program is designed to encourage tour operators to police their customers and hopefully curb some of the fraternity party atmosphere that can invade a winery when a bunch of unruly tourists pull up. Now when will Napa get a system like this?

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New York Wine & Culinary Center Set To Open

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The grand opening of the New York Wine & Culinary Center will take place on June 17 in Canandaigua ushering in a new level of effort toward attracting wine tourism to New York. The new gateway destination for the Finger Lakes wine region will give visitors the chance to enjoy food and wine from across the state as well as view a variety of exhibits. Programs will include classes on nutrition, cooking and wine appreciation. A tasting room will offer a rotating selection of New York State wines. The center has a lakeside location that includes and orchard and a vineyard. The center hopes to draw 76,000 visitors each year.

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Tierce Wine

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We already know the Finger Lakes region in New York is home to really good ice wine, now a new Riesling has been created to tempt wine consumers to check out the region. Tierce is a dry Riesling developed by three wineries: Anthony Road Wine Co., Fox Run Vineyards and Red Newt Wine Cellars. The wine will be officially released at Red Newt on May 5 as part of the Riesling Month celebration. Each of the winery contributed a third of their grapes. There will be 100 cases of the first batch and each winery will sell the wine. Thus far the winemakers haven't chosen a price for the Tierce 2004.

[via Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]

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