Join New York State Wine Grape Growers and Crop Care Drone Services of NY for their Drone Demo Event on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 1 PM at Vineyard View Winery. To learn more, please contact Tim Rigdon at tim@cropcareny.com. There is no need to pre-register for this event! This event is free and open to all.
Thursday, April 16 at 9:00 AM EST Rose Hill Vineyards & Inn Be part of the conversation. Join us for breakfast, share your concerns and ideas, and hear key updates from Sam Filler and colleagues. The New York Wine & Grape Foundation invites winery and grower members to attend an upcoming regional Listening Session focused on the needs, challenges, and opportunities facing New York’s grape growing and winemaking community. Breakfast
Tuesday, May 5 at 11:00 AM EDT Jordan Hall at Cornell AgriTech, Geneva Be part of the conversation. Join us for lunch, share your concerns and ideas, and hear key updates from Sam Filler and colleagues. The New York Wine & Grape Foundation invites winery and grower members to attend an upcoming regional Listening Session focused on the needs, challenges, and opportunities facing New York’s grape growing and winemaking community.
Tuesday, April 21 at 11:00 AM EDT Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Lab Be part of the conversation. Join us for lunch, share your concerns and ideas, and hear key updates from Sam Filler and colleagues. The New York Wine & Grape Foundation invites winery and grower members to attend an upcoming regional Listening Session focused on the needs, challenges, and opportunities facing New York’s grape growing and winemaking
Thursday, April 9 at 11:00 AM EDT Benmarl Winery Be part of the conversation. Join us for lunch, share your concerns and ideas, and hear key updates from Sam Filler and colleagues. The New York Wine & Grape Foundation invites winery and grower members to attend an upcoming regional Listening Session focused on the needs, challenges, and opportunities facing New York’s grape growing and winemaking community. Lunch will be provided,
Tuesday, March 24 at 11:00 AM EST The Winery At Marjim Manor Be part of the conversation. Join us for lunch, share your concerns and ideas, and hear key updates from Sam Filler and colleagues. The New York Wine & Grape Foundation invites winery and grower members to attend an upcoming regional Listening Session focused on the needs, challenges, and opportunities facing New York’s grape growing and winemaking community. Lunch
Image courtesy of Doyle Vineyard Management. At the heart of the Finger Lakes wine industry stands Doyle Vineyard Management, a testament to resilience, creativity, and commitment to community. Founded in 2009 by Matt and Carre Doyle, the company arose during a moment of great uncertainty, but it has grown into a pillar of sustainability and a champion for viticulture and education. The Doyle story began at a crossroads. In 2009,
There is no doubt that increased labor costs, labor shortages, and potential legislative changes have had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on wineries and growers in New York State. In this session you will learn about trends in the New York agricultural labor market, how wineries have already been dealing with those changes, and the potential impact that labor challenges may have on winery margins and production.
A positive business climate for New York grape growers and vintners depends on maintaining up-to-date statistics on statewide vineyard acreage, varietals planted, and annual production. Accurate data supports NYWGF’s effort to market the grape and wine industry effectively, and it facilitates how our board prioritizes research investments. And, survey data on production can provide benchmark production figures to compare against other US grape growing regions and between regions within New York.
Our Fireside Chat in January was focused around the New York Grape Growers. Topics include an update on new Grower Membership Tiers and the benefits provided within each. We also talked about NYWGF’s new marketing campaign roll-out plan. We welcome you to share your ideas on how we can best shine a spotlight on New York’s growers.
I remember early in my career working in New York’s farm based beverage industry a conversation that I had with Chris Gerling at an introduction to distilling workshop at Catskill Distilling Company. Admittedly, I was super green behind the ears when it came to wine making and really any fermentation process. Chris properly schooled me when he simply described how to make a quality wine, “You can’t make good wine from bad grapes, but you can make bad wine from good grapes.” Reading between the lines, he helped me deduce that quality winemaking starts in the vineyard.