Wagner Vineyards and The Wagner Valley Brewing Company sits on East side of Seneca Lake in the town of Lodi. This estate winery has been open since 1979 so it has been on the Seneca Lake wine Trail for more than a quarter century.

Catharine Valley Winery is the Southern most winery on the East side of Seneca Lake. This location makes it a nice place to start or end if you are visiting the East side of the Seneca Lake Wine Trail.   This winery is on the small side which gives it a nice touch and puts it some good company with other small wineries on this side of the lake. 

Villa Bellangelo is an Italian style winery on the West side of Seneca Lake.  Long-time Finger Lakes winery visitors will recognize the building and location as the old Barrel People Winery (you can still see the barrel people off in the woods).  The winery produces a wide range of wines from very sweet, to bone dry.  It offers a little something for everyone.

Penguin Bay Winery and Champagne House on Seneca Lake (formerly the Finger Lakes Champagne House) is a sister winery/retail outlet for the sparkling wines made by Swedish Hill Vineyards and Goose Watch Winery.  They offer six or so sparkling wines that run the gamut from Dry to Sweet.  If you like the bubbly stuff you should certainly pay a visit.    They also offer 10 or so wines pro

Standing Stone Vineyards is hard to miss along the Eastern side of Seneca Lake.  The big yellow barn with adjoining tasting room is like a beacon in a sea of green grape leaves and vineyard posts.  The vines that belong to Standing Stone are some of the oldest Vinifera (European) vines and rootstock in the area.  The quality is easy to taste.

French names on American wineries often sounds a bit like putting on airs. In some cases they may be, but in the case of Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars it has more to do with a nearby small hamlet on Seneca Lake that bears the same name, than any French lineage. Lamoreaux Landing, the wine cellar, is located on the Eastern side of Seneca Lake and is the first winery to the North on the very winery dense section of the wine trail known as the Banana Belt.

This map lists most of the wineries on the three major wine trails in the Finger Lakes (Keuka, Seneca, and Cayuga) This is a handy map for planning your trip to the Finger Lakes.

The Stonecat Cafe is one of Seneca Lake's star attractions.  It began as a small cafe in an old fruit stand where it occupied less than half the space.  I miss the days of an antique toy being on every table and menus delivered on boards adorned with twigs.  I also miss the days of being able to stop in at the last minute on a Friday or Saturday night and still be able to get a table for two.  A lot has changed, the cafe has taken over the entire building (which still looks like a fruit stand) , the antique toys are gone, th

Three new wineries have erupted in a field that used to just house Nagy's New Land Vineyard Just south of Geneva off Rt 96A. New Lands' tasting room had been the lone winery in the northeast quadrant of Seneca Lake for almost 20 years.

Located on the hillside overlooking Seneca Lake in Lodi NY is a restaurant with a personal name.

With all the rush to be bigger, better, faster, stronger, and supersized, sometimes it is nice to slow down and enjoy the smaller side of life. While many of the larger wineries on Seneca Lake will offer you the experience of being caught up in a crowd of busses and limos full of people having a good time, there are others that will gladly turn away a bus so that you can enjoy what they have to offer. The smaller wineries have a lot to offer.

Shalestone Vineyards is a small winery in Lodi on the East Side of Seneca Lake. The small and cute winery should not be underestimated if you are looking for well crafted dry red wine in the Finger Lakes.