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Konstantin Frank 2003 Finger Lakes Dry Riesling ($15.99)
This is a pale, transparently clear but distinctly golden wine. White fruit and stoney slate aromas display the odd but pleasant minerally scent that Riesling-lovers call "petrol.

The Finger Lakes Region
This viticultural area is centered around four main lakes with American Indian names: Canandaigua (meaning The Chosen Place), Keuka (Crooked Lake), Seneca, and Cayuga.

Glenora Wine Cellars--Finger Lakes Region
Goosecross Cellars
Guenoc Estate Vineyards and Winery--Former estate of the actress Lillie Langtry; includes the most northwestern area of Napa Valley, all of Guenoc Valley, ...

It's mostly associated with Germany, but other well-known regions making it include Alsace, Washington, Niagara, Finger Lakes, Okanagan and Australia's Clare Valley and Eden Valley. Styles range from bone dry to intensely sweet.

The importance of clone version is amply demonstrated with the recommendation of the "Wadensville" (Wädenswil) and "Mariafelder" (Klevner Mariafeld) clones, the latter ripening in mid-October, for use in the Finger Lakes region of New York State ...

Currently, 1997, also recommended for Michigan and New York Finger Lakes growers. Several clones available that seem to vary in resistance to bunch rots.

VERDELET
A white-wine grape primarily grown in the Finger Lakes region of western New York state and in the Niagara Peninsula region of Canada. Used to produce table grapes and white wine.

The most important wine areas of the state are Hudson River Valley, Finger Lakes, Long Island and Lake Erie, this latter area is shared with the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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VERDELET:
Mainly planted in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York state and in the Niagara Peninsula region of Canada. Suitable for eating as a table grape as well as for making white wine.

Keuka: One of the glacier-created Finger Lakes in New York State's wine country. It's beautiful, especially in the spring, summer, fall or winter.

Results in the Finger Lakes region of N.Y., where it ripens in early October, have been mixed due its relative lack of cold-hardiness and the fruit subject to bunch rots.

The Finger Lakes region of New York state in the U.S. produces excellent versions in the Mosel style and the North-West coast of N.

production of this highly-sought wine skyrocketed with the awarding of the Grand Prix trophy in Bordeaux in June 1991 given for the 1989 Inniskillin Vidal Icewine. Canada's production is now in excess of 250,000 bottles a year. The Finger Lakes ...

In other regions, Riesling struggles to maintain its share of vineyard plantings, but it can be found (often under synonyms such as White Riesling, Rhine Riesling or Johannisberg Riesling) in California, Oregon, Washington, New York's Finger Lakes ...

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