By Joseph Temple

After a brutal and unforgiving winter, the United States Department of Agriculture declared the Finger Lakes to be a disaster zone. What impact this will have on the current harvest is still unknown, but with the area in the news, here’s ten interesting facts about this upstate New York wine region:

Special thanks to the New York Wine & Grape Foundation for providing most of these facts.



By Flickr user: Plutor South Boston, Massachusetts http://www.flickr.com/people/plutor/ [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons



By Visit Finger Lakes (Flickr: Sunrise overlooking a vineyard) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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By Flickr user: Valerie Knoblauch Canandaigua, New York http://www.flickr.com/people/visitfingerlakes/ [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons



By Bill (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The International Wine & Food Society is proud to have a strong presence across the state of New York with branches in New York City, Long Island and Buffalo. Please click on any of the links to visit their respective websites.

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