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In today’s Finger Lakes Times, reporter Amanda Folts writes that an astounding 33 wineries have opened in New York in the last seven months alone!
Her article provides some interesting statistics:
Winery Creation in New York State
• 4 opened before 1900
• 7 between 1900 and 1960
• 13 in the 1970s
• 40 in the 1980s
• 49 in the 1990s
• 160 so far this decade, with 33 in the last 7 months
As Folts quotes one winemaker in her article, “‘[The] increase in wineries is going to give this area a critical mass that it really needs,’ said Gene Pierce, owner of Glenora Wine Cellars in Dundee and Knapp Winery in Romulus.”
I’m trying something new to market this book. Beginning Nov. 23, there will be ads placed on facebook pages. If you see one of these, I’d love to know. Drop me a line here! Thanks a million!
Announcement coming soon. Nov. 30th’s a special day!
Photo by Anne Woodard
I was the guest of Jane’s Readers Club tonight at RiverRead Books. The evening started with a review of Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs. It was fun being an author sitting among a group of readers telling what they thought of a story, what the author was trying to accomplish and whether they found her successful. I imagined what it would be like if the group was discussing my novel, and what I was trying to accomplish with A Sudden Gift of Fate and whether they found my effort successful.
After their discussion, I spoke about the selection of Finger Lakes wines Jane had set out for a sampling, telling them the history of wine grapes in New York and what I’d learned about the wine industry while researching the book. After they sampled two Rieslings, a dry and semi-dry, then I read from the novel and answered their questions about writing it. One woman, Donna, had a similar background, Syracuse U. art grad, loved music, thought of combining the two into designing record album covers. Small world!
I found out that Jane’s husband grew up on Italy Hill, one of the locales in the novel! Even smaller world!
It was a delightful evening made all the cozier by its great location, the always fabulous RiverRead!
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