New York

Question 1

New York basics

Answer 1

• New York is the second largest producer of wine in the US, but Vitis vinifera grapes currently account for less than one third of the state’s vineyards.
• In the wake of Dr. Konstantin Frank’s successful cultivation of vinifera grapes in the early 1960s, new plantings of European varieties have greatly increased.

Question 2

Long Island AVA

Answer 2

-Bordeaux varieties are planted on the warmer, maritime climate
-sub-AVAs:
North Fork of Long Island
The Hamptons, Long Island.
-The growing season in this eastern region is nearly three weeks longer than in the more marginal area of Finger Lakes

Question 3

Finger Lakes

Answer 3

• 90% of New York’s wine is produced.
• In the Finger Lakes, Niagara Escarpment and Lake Erie AVAs, the extremes of cold temperature are mitigated by water: the lake effect of the Great Lakes lowers the chance of damaging winter freezes and promotes a late budbreak, lessening the dangers of spring frost.

Question 4

Finger Lakes grapes

Answer 4

• Riesling performs especially well
• Pinot Noir plantings are showing promise. Niagara, an American cross of Concord and Cassady, still has a large following in the Finger Lakes.
• Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Blanc, and Gewürztraminer perform well throughout the state.