We are thrilled to have two of our wines named to VinePair’s 16 Best Rieslings of 2024 and 12 Best Austrian Reds for 2024. Our Riesling HJW 2022 received 94 points and our Blaufränkish 2022 received 93 points. See the full articles through the links below. 16 Best...
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Wine Enthusiast Magazine Reviews 2022 Vintage
Wine Enthusiast Magazine reviewed our 2022 Rieslings and a selection of our Sparkling wines for their May 2024 buying guide. 8 wines received over 91 points and reviewer, at Christina Pickard included tasting notes and highlights for each of the wines. Of the 2022...
VinePair’s 10 Best Rieslings of 2023
We are thrilled to have two of our 2022 Rieslings named to VinePair's 10 Best Rieslings of 2023. Both our Flower Day Dry Riesling 2022 and our Semi-Dry Riesling 2022 received scores of 94 points. See the full article through the link below. VinePair's 10 Best...
Wine & Spirits Magazine Reviews latest Rieslings & Sparkling Wines
Wine & Spirits Magazine reviewed our 2021 Rieslings and a selection of our Sparkling wines for their Summer 2023 issue. 11 wines received over 91 points and Senior Correspondent Patrick Comiskey included tasting notes and highlights for each of the wines. Of the...
Biodynamic Demeter Certification for HJW Vineyard
We are very excited to share the news with you that we have received our Demeter Biodynamic Certification for our 33-acre HJW Vineyard. This is the culmination of many years of exploratory work in the vineyard and we are proud of our team here and looking forward to...
Wine Spectator names Riesling HJW Vineyard 2020 to Top 100
Our Riesling HJW Vineyard 2020 has been named the #45 wine in this year's list of the Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines. Spectator writes regarding the honor, "Through blind tastings performed by Wine Spectator’s editors, these 100 bottles were chosen from over 8,800...
Washington Post Reviews our Dry Riesling 2020
Dave McIntyre, Food & Wine Columnist for the Washington Post recently tasted and reviewed our Riesling Dry 2020. He includes in his list of recommended wines for the summer grilling writing, “...there is plenty of structure to carry lush orchard fruit flavors of...
Wine Spectator Highlights 8 Finger Lakes Wines- Wiemer & Standing Stone included!
8 Captivating Finger Lakes Rieslings Up to 93 Points See full article here. HERMANN J. WIEMER Riesling Seneca Lake HJW Vineyard 2020 Score: 93 WS Review: Delicious from the start, with a burst of meringue, lemon gélée and Jona Gold apple flavors backed by jasmine and...
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate Reviews our 2020 Rieslings & More
We're excited to announce that 10 of our Rieslings received scores of 90 points or higher from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate reviewer, Mark Squires. Several of these wines, including our Dry, Semi, & Reserve Dry Rieslings are available to purchase on our online...
Democrat & Chronicle – “Winery at the Top of Game still Pushing Boundaries in the Finger Lakes”
Tracy Schuhmacher of the Democrat & Chronicle writes of the recent Wine Enthusiast Winemaker of the Year Award. She writes of the winery and the latest accolades, "But Fred Merwarth recently found himself in the spotlight when he was named winemaker of the year by...
Fred Merwarth of Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard Awarded Wine Enthusiast Magazine Winemaker of the Year
We are beyond excited to share that our very own Fred Merwarth, Head Winemaker and Co-owner of Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard and Standing Stone Vineyards has been awarded the Wine Enthusiast Magazine Wine Star Award for Winemaker of the Year. The magazine writes of the...
Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Winery of 2021
We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as a Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Winery of the year for 2021. This is the 11th time that we have received this honor and the news brings us great joy. The award comes after a tremendous showing from the...