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...
At Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard, we are uniquely situated as a winery, vineyard, and grapevine nursery to explore potentially successful varieties and fast-track a time-consuming process in order to determine the viability of a grape in a wine-growing region. We are...
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 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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 featured 6 of our Rieslings with 90 points or higher in their September 2022.
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...