Name of attraction: Sheldrake Point Winery
Address: 7448 County Road 153, Ovid, NY 14521
Address: 7448 County Road 153, Ovid, NY 14521
Date and time of most recent visit: 7/5/11; 5:00 p.m.
Sheldrake Point was recently voted one of the best wineries to visit in the Finger Lakes, and has a highly acclaimed bistro on site called Simply Red. However, due to my late arrival at the vineyard, I was not able to sample food at Simply Red. The bistro is only open for lunch hours, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
My primary reason for stopping here, however, was because I knew Sheldrake Point produced a late harvest Riesling on site that was awarded the Best Sweet Riesling in the World honors at the Canberra International Riesling Challenge in 2010. As I adore late harvest Riesling, I figured this was as good a stop as any to pick up some cheese and snacks, and sample some yummy wine! I parked my car, and looked out over the views of the vineyards and Cayuga Lake, and felt like I'd made a pretty good choice for my light-dinner stop:
So, I'll tell you--that late harvest Riesling was fantastic, and worth the $2 fee to sample it. My overall experience at the tasting was decidedly less fantastic, however. I unfortunately happened to stop in right as a large group of rowdy, college-aged folks drifted into the facility, and I even more unfortunately sat down next to friends of the woman staffing the tasting bar. All of this meant I got very little attention, and was given very rushed, clipped explanations of the various wines in the $5 flight of wines I'd chosen to sample. I imagine I would have had a better visit if I'd arrived perhaps a half hour earlier, but what can you do?
I did, however, buy a bottle of that late harvest Riesling, some wine crackers, and several delicious local cheeses at the Sheldrake Point gift shop, all of which I took back to a lovely B&B (the review of which will follow soon!) where I enjoyed a smashingly tasty late evening light meal.
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