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Anyone interested in helping me set up and/or conduct the NYS Fair Home Wine Competition July 10th and 11th, please email me at andy@LakelandWinery.com.

On Friday morning at 9AM we need help with-computer entry-washing glasses-glass dryers-labeling-arranging bottles in order-putting tuits on glasses.

On Saturday morning beginning at 7:30AM we need help with-computer entry-
washing glasses-glass dryers-pourers-gofers-watchers-servers, etc.

Come rub shoulders with our famous hand picked judges who come from all over New York State to make this a success.

Anyone who wants to submit an entry, please go to:              

www.nysfair.org/competitions

Bring your wines to Lakeland Winery during the week from 5 to 7PM.

I had so much fun last night at the Winery with my friends playing cards. We had a very special guest visitor, ‘NaNa’ a famous international dancer and drummer from Accr, Ghana, Africa. You may remember him and his troupe last year at the New York State Fair.

friendly guest at our Lakeland Winery Booth

the wild side

Lakeland Winery was in Utica this past weekend for the Wine and Chocolate Festival sponsored by Galaxy Communication. Had fun, did quite well and have pictures to prove it!

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Check out this new interactive site to review everything imaginable, then post a quick comment with your own opinion. For example, search WINERIES by category.

Oh, they have an iPhone app, and a mobile site too for when you’re traveling.

July 2nd is the last day to enter wine in the New York State Fair Home Wine Making Competition. All my customers should enter their wine made by you at Lakeland Winery. If you do you will probably win a nice medal, and definitely receive a ticket to the Fair.

You only need one 750ml bottle to enter but they must be in two 375ml bottles. If you need them I will supply the bottles at no charge. Just bring in your wine with a check and I will take it from there.

We finally got our hands on a copy of my video segment on WSYR Ch.9’s Bridge Street with Rick and Julie from back in November.

Lakeland Winery on Bridge Street with Rick & Julie

I think the segment really gives a great overview of the personalized winemaking and adopt a jug winemaking experiences at Lakeland Winery—from start to finish. A big thank you to Rick and Julie and the production staff for doing such a fantastic job.

If you haven’t already, you can also check out my How to Make Wine video series on YouTube. The first video in the series, How to Make Wine - Step 1, has nearly 25,000 hits and a full five-star rating!

Head over to our news room to watch the rest of our video collection.

Enjoy!

While traveling recently through the Finger Lake wine country,  I came across this Renaissance women working at Prejean Winery. She was kind enough to display my Travel Poster advertising our trip to Napa Valley, California. The deadline is approaching fast so if you are interested in going, please visit www.lakelandtraveltours for more information. One thing I noticed from this excursion is that winery owners and their employees are very friendly and accommodating people.

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This is a link to photos taken by Lilibeth, a member of Syracuse Wine Meetup. If you want to join us go to: http://www.meetup.com/Syracusewine/.

Here’s Step 4 of my How to Make Wine Video series! In this third video I explain the process of filtering your wine. After allowing 4 to 5 weeks for the grape particles and ingredients to settle, the wine is almost crystal clear. But to completely polish the wine clarity, the wine is filtered before bottling.

Enjoy, leave comments, and don’t forget to share with your friends! :)