What We’ll Be Doing at PALATE This Week
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omorrow morning, Nena and I leave from her parents' house in rural Schoharie, NY and head down to Corning to attend a couple days of PALATE, a food, wine and art showcase in Finger Lakes wine country. Organized by Finger Lakes Wine Country, Corning’s Gaffer District and The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes the week-long festival starts today and promises to be a fun event for the cold-this-time-of-year region.
We're going to have a fun- and wine-filled couple of days.
Before we even join the PALATE festivities, we're heading to Anthony Road Wine Company to taste with winemaker Johannes Reinardt and assistant winemaker Peter Becraft. From there we'll drive down Route 14 to our hotel at the southern tip of Seneca Lake, the still-new Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel.
In the afternoon, we'll be attending a food and wine pairing seminar led by
Shannon Brock, In the evening, I'm very happy to be having dinner with Evan, Jason and Melissa, the LENNDEVOURS Finger Lakes staff, with spouses, at Blue Point Grille. The wine list features many great local wines and I'm bringing a few of Long Island's best with me. Wednesday, we'll be even busier, starting the the tasting I'm co-hosting at Atwater Vineyards with winemaker Vinny Aliperti. You can read more about the tasting in a previous post about it. From there, we're probably going to shoot up the eastern side of Seneca Lake to attend a barrel tasting at Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards. Does anyone have any lunch recommendations for that area of the Seneca wine trail? After lunch, we'll probably stop at another winery or two before driving back to Corning for a wine and cheese tasting at The Cellar at 5 p.m., which will give us just enough time to enjoy a glass of wine with Katie Marks, co-owner of Atwater Vineyard, and assistant winemaker Justin Boyette, before walking to Tony R's Steak and Seafood for a PALATE wine dinner featuring wines Expect some blog posts during the day (assuming I can connect to wifi at a couple of the events) and I'll also have my video camera with me. I hope to see some of you at the goings on. Please make sure that you introduce yourself if you come, and really, why wouldn't you?
wine coordinator at the NY Wine and Culinary Center. Shannon will be stepping us through the art of tasting wine and cheese and pairing several locally made cheeses with Finger Lakes wines.
from many of my favorite wineries, including Dr. Konstantin Frank, Heron Hill, Sheldrake Point, Wiemer and Atwater.
Dano’S Heuiger on Seneca is fantastic. http://www.danosonseneca.com
Lenn, Wish I could meet up with you but, once again, tis not to be. Sounds like you have a packed schedule. You’ll have a Great Time! Looking forward to your posts about it. Man, Lunch on the east side of Seneca might be rough on Wednesday. Stonecat is closed until Spring, Red Newt Bistro I believe is only open Thursday to Saturday, and Danos is only open Thursday to Sunday. Big Johnsons is probably open. It’s a biker bar, but I sort of like places that are rough around the edges. I always got a good burger there. I’m sure Hazlitt’s can set you up with some lunch (and wine) : ) - FLWW
Lenn,
I’m looking forward to meeting you at the tasting at Atwater. They don’t serve wine but Grist Mill Cafe in Burdett is an absolute favorite of ours for that area. It’s a great fresh bread, soup and sandwich kind of joint and quite close to the vineyards. On Rte 79, 3825 Main Street Burdett.
We did a piece about it in our summer issue that might get you tempted.
http://www.ediblefingerlakes.com/content/pages/articles/summer08/theTomatoLess.pdf
Safe travels, see you soon.
Michael
It’s a little out of the way but a mecca for people from the Ithaca area who are back in the area visiting as well as locals The Glenwood Pines. Pinesburger is a must have. http://www.glenwoodpines.com They have a selection of local wines and commercial beers on tap (which I always like after a long day of tasting)
Looking forward to the updates and some “man on ‘da street” style vids.
Sounds like a killer event.