Vacation to the Finger Lakes

Living in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, my wife and I wanted to try out a "less-expensive" vacation and were thinking about driving down to the Finger Lakes in late spring/early summer this year. Does anybody know any good wineries in the region? Thanks.

[David M. Bueker]

Several of the top wineries are mentioned in this post:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50589

[Jenise]

More data points:

http://www.wineloverspage.com/forum/village/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41485&p=340996&hilit=Heron+Hill#p340996

Thanks David & Jenise!!

but there are other things there too. you should really walk then entire glen at Watkins Glen - quite beautiful. there is also the national womens hall of fame or something like that where the sufragette movement got its start. and the Corning Glass Museum too.

My favorite part of the Finger Lakes region is the SE half of Seneca Lake, from Lodi to Watkins Glen -- the scenery and the collection of wineries there may be the best in the region, and there's some good food too. Check out Stone Cat Café for dinner in Hector- casual/hip setting with terrific food and corkage friendly.

My info is 8-9 years out of date (when I last lived in Ithaca), but I was impressed with Shale Stone winery in that area. Standing Stone is a nice place to visit (with merely quaffable wines in general, though the whites and stickies can be good) and they have/had a nice Hungarian-themed lunch bistro attached to their tasting room.

Also, that area is readily accessible to hikes in the Finger Lakes national forest.