
Little Tiny Glasses and Common Sense
Wine tastings seem so simple. Just cruise along from winery to winery in a chartered air conditioned bus or limo and sample wines from the many Finger Lakes wineries. How hard could it be? Well, let's take a closer look. The average wine tasting varies from winery to winery, but generally consists of 4 to 6 tastings of the wineries products. Each tasting ranges between .5 to .75 of an ounce of wine (some even more). Along your tour you will discover wines you will like and so

The Forest for the Trees
Like many long time Finger Lakes residents, I probably have become a bit inattentive to my surroundings. It could be an age thing ( and I'm really hoping it's not ) or simply just the fact that I have lived here all my life. We all tend to drive by the lakes everyday just glancing at them as we think about what we have to do today, never really taking the time to truly appreciate the vast beauty that surrounds us. Weekends seem to come and go as we all are busy taking care of

Don't Worry, Be Friendly
Whenever I travel around the Finger Lakes I try to make it a point to watch people and it seems that something alway tells me when I am looking at a visitor to the area. It might a slight uneasiness in their surroundings, or maybe the 50 Finger Lakes brochures and maps they are holding ( I am very astute ). In any case I try to make it a point to go up to them and ask if I can help them find something. In 99% of the cases the people are happy that I took the time to ask. Visi