Our latest Groupon deal is for up to 15 people to make 30 bottles of the award-winning Island Mist wines.

Up to 15 people come together to make 30 bottles of Lakeland Winery’s award-winning Island Mist wines under the guidance of passionate oenophilia. The five-step winemaking process is simple and engaging; it involves slowly mixing water with bentonite, juice, and then additional ingredients such as elderflowers or oak. Later, after fermentation, groups will cork and label each bottle to take home. Groups are encouraged to bring their own hors d’oeuvres to the party.

Lakeland Winery’s expert winemakers guide you through the five-step winemaking process. Bring your own hors d’oeuvres to the party. Island Mist combines the crisp freshness of distinctive varietals wines with delicious fruit flavors.

Ends Sunday night May 8th at 11:59pm

Our friends over at Groupon Syracuse have helped us to set up yet another great deal for everyone!

Our previous wine deal on Groupon was such a great success—we sold well over 250(!!)—that we could not help but offer up an even better deal this time around!

$109 for a Winemaking Party and 30 Bottles of Wine at Lakeland Winery

• Deal ends Sunday night May 8th at 11:59pm
• Invite as many as 29 friends to wine-making party
• Wide variety of wine flavors
• Bottle, cork & label wine
• Limit 1 per person, may buy multiple as gifts.
• Expires Oct 5, 2012

Via Groupon Syracuse:

Winemaking is generally considered the best way to get to know wine, narrowly beating out writing it letters and getting stuck with it on top of a ferris wheel. Make a delicious new acquaintance with today’s Groupon: for $109, you get a winemaking party and 30 bottles of homemade wine at Lakeland Winery (a $218 value).

Under the guidance of Lakeland Winery’s grape gurus, you and up to 29 friends will craft 30 bottles of Island Mist Series wine-based fruit juice. Wine-whisperers commence the 90-minute soiree by choosing from Island Mist’s easy-drinking incarnations of grape goodness, including pomegranate zinfandel, peach-apricot chardonnay, and black-raspberry merlot, while munching on snacks brought from home. Once a flavor is selected, it’s poured into a fermenting bucket, mixed with ingredients like elderflowers and oak, stirred, sprinkled with yeast, and air-locked to hibernate for seven weeks at the Lakeland warehouse.

Following the fermentation, guests return to Lakeland to exorcise, bottle, cork, label, and dress 30 wine bottles. Finally, guests head for home with the bounding bundles of bottled joy, then let them nap in the cupboards, and wake them up just in time for dinner. For an extra fee, customers can upgrade from the Island Mist Series to one of Lakeland’s Estate Series wines.

Joie de Vivre!
—Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF5_vFPqJHY

Wine is confusing…overwhelming even. So where do you start if you want to learn more about it? Join comedy legend John Cleese on a witty and personal look at the world of winemaking.

You can watch the entire film below or head over to Hulu.com and watch it there.

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!

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.

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Wine Paring Made Simple

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.