The New York Wine and Grape Foundation announced the recipients of their 2023 Unity Awards and Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard received the Winery Award. According to the Foundation, “The Unity Awards were created in 1990 as a way for the community to recognize, encourage,...
Washington Post Recommends out Extra Brut Riesling
Washington Post Food & Wine Columnist Dave McIntyre highlights our Extra Brut Riesling in "3 Exceptional sparkling wines to toast your love this Valentine's Day." He writes of the wine, "“Hermann J. Wiemer was a Finger Lakes pioneer in riesling and sparkling wine....
Featured Library Flight: Riesling Style & Grace
Experience the incredible aging potential of Riesling and learn about the winery’s history with the variety as part of our ongoing “Featured Library Flight” series. We will have a selection of library Rieslings available to taste as a pre-set flight on select days in...
Featured Library Flight – “Home for the Holidays”
This time of year is often marked by celebration and family. Nothing is better than sharing some wine with the ones closest, and this flight captures that spirit of joy and conviviality. This flight includes: 2013 Blanc de Blanc with notes of brioche and warm citrus...
Thanksgiving Pairing Guide
We are lucky to have a plethora of wines that pair remarkably well with the chaos of "The Thanksgiving Plate!" This year we enlisted the help of our resident sommeliers at Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard and Standing Stone Vineyards to work up some pairing suggestions and...
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...
Food & Wine: The Ultimate Duo
We have been working alongside renowned and celebrated Chef Nils Noren to create dishes and recipes that accompany our immensely food-friendly wines. These recipes and their suggested wine pairings demonstrate not only some of the basic principles of pairing wine and...
Wall Street Journal – “The Best New Wine Finds Near New York’s Finger Lakes”
As part of a 3-part series on New York wines, Wall Street Journal wine critic Lettie Teague highlights wines and producers from the Finger Lakes Region, delving into single vineyard examples and site-specific bottlings. She writes, "... at Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard,...
Wine Spectator Magazine Reviews our 2020 Rieslings
Wine Spectator Magazine featured 6 of our Rieslings with 90 points or higher in their September 2022.
Names Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Wineries
We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as a Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Winery of the Year for 2022. The magazine describes the award as, "... a diverse collection of producers from around the globe, determined by the magazine's exclusive...
Wine & Spirits Magazine Reviews our Wines
Wine & Spirits Magazine featured a selection of our Rieslings in their Summer 2022 edition. Highlights include the Noble Select Riesling HJW Vineyard 2015 with a score of 94, as well as our Dry Riesling 2020 earning an impressive 93 points. Check out the full...
Ulrika’s Skagen Röra (Swedish shrimp salad) paired with Dry Riesling
Chef Ulrika Bengtsson is a Swedish native who has lived and worked in NYC for 25 years. Here she shares her recipe for Skagen Röra (Swedish Shrimp Salad) paired with our Dry Riesling. This a delightfully refreshing dish for summertime and comes together quickly and...