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On this tour, guests have the opportunity to experience some of the best wine from the region. At each winery, taste multiple vintages and sites of different varietals and explore first hand the effects of seasonal variation, age, and terroir in each glass. The three wineries for your tour will be selected based on availability and timing and will include 3 producers, an interactive guided tour, experiential food pairings, and a locally sourced lunch. For more information on which wineries we visit for this tour, please see the drop-down below.
Our first stop will include an interactive vineyard or production tour. You will learn about the process of making wine from soil to grape to bottle to glass. After the tour you will have a curated tasting experience with a senior tasting room associate, owner or winemaker. Your tour will be weather dependent and may focus on what is happening now in the cellar.
After your first immersive experience and tasting, you will be hosted for a locally-sourced lunch with seasonal flavors ready to warm you from the inside out. Enjoy captivating views and rich history while eating local! Your lunch stop is likely to be hosted at a winery and include a fully-curated tasting before or after lunch as well.
After lunch we will visit another winery for an guided tasting curated with an experiential pairing ranging from artisan cheese to locally crafted chocolate. You will be fully immersed in the warmth of stunning food and wine pairings.
To see the participating wineries on a given day, please visit the touring calendar. Due to natural variability of the off-season these may be subject to change.
(as needed additional lunch destinations may be incorporated into the tour)
Experience a special production tour at Damiani Wine Cellars. Be captivated by an elevated, private wine tasting paired with locally-made, hand-crafted chocolate, carefully curated to match Damiani’s award-winning red and white varietal wines. Damiani is known for consistently having some of the best red wines in the region.
At Red Newt Wine Cellars enjoy a flight of wines carefully selected by the Experience! The Finger Lakes team in collaboration with founding winemaker and owner Dave Whiting. Deep dive into some amazing wines highlighting award winning winemaker Kelby Russell. Afterwards savor a locally-sourced lunch ready to warm you from the inside out.
At Idol Ridge Winery be treated to a special winemaker led experience. Phil Plummer has been making wine in New York’s Finger Lakes region for over a decade and has created a wide-ranging portfolio of engaging wines. Phil has a penchant for innovation and pushing the limits of Finger Lakes winemaking. The result of his experience and passion are wines that are contemplative, engaging and down-right delicious.
Flatt Rock Wine Cellars is an exciting new boutique winery on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake. Owner and grower Dave Flatt guides you through a tasting of elegant wines created in the French winemaking tradition particularly inspired by bottle-aged reds. The tasting features a locally-crafted chocolate pairing. On days when Flatt Rock is the first stop of the day Dave will guide a stroll through his precious vines.
Silver Thread Vineyard welcomes you, glasses in hand. Owners Paul and Shannon Brock have shared their philosophy of sustainable farming with the full region. Their practices have made their wines superb. Hosted in their VIP wine cellar, their interactive tasing will explore a flight of their award-winning wines including Rieslings, Gewurztraminers, and their very popular Blackbird red blend paired with local cheese. When Silver Thread is the first stop, you will be treated to a vineyard/production tour revealing the magic of sustainable growing practices.
This tour is available in three different options:
Shared Tour: Small, guided experience for up to 7 guests (2-3 different households) with knowledgeable wine professional tour guide. This is the enhanced shared group experience for which we are known, now in an extra small format.
Traditional Private Tour: The high-quality experience you have come to expect in an E!FLX tour, now available as a private experience for 2-7 people. Comes with $15 of “Bottle Bucks” per person, which serves as cash towards wine purchases at all stops.
Premium Private Tour Upgrade: All the enhanced features of our traditional private tour (including “Bottle Bucks”) with upgraded premium tastings at each winery. Tastings will feature limited library and reserve wines not typically offered to the public. You can upgrade your Traditional Private Tour to a Premium Private Tour for an additional $50 per person.
Want to get even more out of your private tour? Premium Private Tours offer the option to have a certified sommelier serve as your tour guide for the ultimate experience!
*Please note that on occasions, not all of these options will be available.
The following locations are available for pick up and drop off on our Shared Tours:
On private tours, we provide custom pick-up and drop-off at your preferred location (additional fees may apply).
All Shared Tours require a minimum of 4 total guests in order to run the tour at the listed price. These tours will typically consist of 2-3 separate parties joining together in a shared experience, offering exceptional value for couples and small groups.
In the event that the 4 guest minimum is not met, we will contact you one week prior to the scheduled date where you will be offered the following options depending on the number of guests currently booked:
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