All Sommelier Services
Elevate your wine experience with expert guidance tailored to your taste. Whether you’re hosting a private event, curating a personal collection, or seeking the perfect pairings, our certified sommelier ensures every sip is exceptional. Let us bring the world of fine wines to you!
5.0
Chef and Sommelier Wine Pairing Dinner
- Ages 21+
- 3 Hours
- Your home or chosen accommodation
Our top offering for in-person experiences is our Chef and Sommelier multi-course wine dinners. For these events, Chef Scott Riesenberger and Laura team up…
5.0
Wine Pairing Presentation
- Ages 21+
- Up to 2 Hours
- Your home or chosen accommodation
Laura hosts a sit-down wine and food presentation featuring a flight of Finger Lakes wines paired with cheese, chocolate, charcuterie, artisan bites, or chef-created mediterranean appetizers.
5.0
Private Wine Classes
- 21+ (Up to 10 People)
- 2.5 Hours
Learn all there is to know about wine from our Certified Sommelier Laura Winter Falk, including what you are tasting in a wine, the different types of wine that are out there, and pairing food with wine.
5.0
Wine Pairing Reception
- 21+
- Up to 2 Hours
- Your home or chosen accommodation
Go from station to station to sample beverages and artisan bites, and receive guided “bite-sized info” about the producers, the pairings, why they were chosen, and why they taste so delicious together.
5.0
Wine Promotion Services
Exciting, engaging and effective Finger Lakes wine promotion services for restaurants, hotels, conventions, and festivals.
Virtual Wine and Cheese Pairing Experiences
- 21+
- 1.5 Hours
- Virtual
Enjoy a guided virtual pairing experience with Finger Lakes wines, local cheeses, and charcuterie right in your home. Get wine, cheese, and charcuterie delivered directly to your door.
Laura Winter Falk
Tour Guide & Sommelier
Experience! The Finger Lakes co-owner, Laura Winter Falk is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers. She also holds a level 3 award of wines from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), and a PhD in Food & Nutrition from Cornell University. Laura’s passion for wine and food started as an undergraduate at Cornell and she had the opportunity to take Introduction to Wines her second semester senior year. Little did she know at the time, that more than 30 years later she would be living in Ithaca and enjoying a career that celebrates the food and wine of the Finger Lakes, and its place in the world of wine.
Testimonials
Top-Rated by Our Guests
Kimberly Shannon
This tour is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys wine or would like to learn more about the area and its grapes. Highly professional staff with a great working relationship with the wineries visited. Highly engaging and informative. You don’t have to worry about a thing, Experience! The Finger Lakes will take care of all the details and have you feeling a VIP the entire day!
Erika Dale
We had an incredible experience with our wine tour, everything from a fantastic driver and transportation to exceptionally talented and personable winery staff members that made our day superb. We were really blown away. Thank you!!
Catherine Simpson Andersen
We had the most incredible private food and wine pairing, beautifully curated by Experience! The Finger Lakes. Their resident sommelier, Dr. Laura Winter Falk, came to our BnB and guided us through a tasting of five exquisite, chef-prepared dishes, each thoughtfully paired with outstanding local….
Jill Leto
A great experience with “Experience The Finger Lakes”. We did the Ithaca Falls Tour and it was breathtaking. Laura was an excellent tour guide with so much knowledge and history of the area that you won’t get on your own. Ask Laura about her culinary and history book too!
Tab McElhinney
We did an all-day East Seneca tour with lunch. It was even better than I was thinking it would be! Working with Laura S was great – she asked good questions to get to know our group and what we’d like, and went through all the work of putting together a great itinerary that hit everything we wanted…
Plan Your Finger Lakes Experience
From winery visits to sommelier-led tastings, explore the Finger Lakes in unforgettable ways.