New York State - Wine Regions
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Effects of Finger Lakes in the Finger Lake AVA
- Slopes around the lakes > cold air drains towards the water > as it reaches the lake > air warms and rises > creates a vacuum that draws more cold air off the land
- Lakes can generate their own lake-effect snow > helps isolating vines during the winter
- Lakes provide warming influence in autumn >
- enables grapes to ripen over a longer period
- reduces risk of autumn frosts
- In spring > cool air from lake delays budburst > reducing change of damage in spring frosts
Vineyard management in Finger Lakes AVA, New York State
- Most vineyards on steeper slopes
- cold air flows down towards the lake
- fertile soils and sufficient rainfall throughout the year
- low density planting of large vines
- > training systems like Scott Henry
- canopy splitted vertically or horizontally to allow greater air circulation (reducing fungal diseases) and light penetration
- to protect vines from winter freeze
- snow
- hilling up soil to cover the graft union
Grape varieties in Finger Lakes AVA, New York State
- Significant proportion of hybrids (cold-hardy)
- Traminette - Vignoles - Vidal (icewine)
- Riesling (and Chardonnay)
- Cabernet Franc
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Wine styles Long Island AVA, New York
- dry, light bodied style
- fermented at cool temperatures in ss
- unoaked or oaked
- malo and lees ageing
- fuller-bodied, creamy, toasty
- medium(+) acidity
- majority matured in oak
- Merlot - CS - CF
- varietal wines or blended
Hudson River Region AVA, New York State
- First commercial winery (1827) in USA
- oldest active winery (1839) in USA
- 60 wineries
- north of New York City
- 64 ha (=small)
- continental with warm summers and cold winters
- spring frosts problem
- vineyards on glacial deposits of shale, slate, schist and limestone near to the Hudson River
- Grape varieties
- Hybrids
- Seyval Blanc
- Vidal
- Riesling
- Chardonnay
- Cabernet Franc
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