New York’s Finger Lakes: Go for the Wines, Stay for the Friendliness

Chef Michael Murphy, originally from San Jose, California, said the Finger Lakes region reminds him of what Sonoma used to be 20 years ago.

Carolyn Kruk pours samples of wine at the Ravines Wine Cellars tasting room in Hammondsport, N.Y. Behind her is Lake Keuka. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times

DUNDEE, N.Y.—The Finger Lakes area is a young wine region at only 50 years old, but you could say that the forces that set in motion the geological composition of the area started about 2 million years ago.

That’s when glaciers carved out valleys and gorges and left behind a rich and complex geological makeup including shale and limestone.