Finger Lakes AVA

Tags: Wine Region.

The Finger Lakes AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Upstate New York south of Lake Ontario. The Finger Lakes encompass eleven glacial lakes but the area around Canandaigua Keuka Seneca and Cayuga Lakes contain the vast majority of vineyard plantings in the AVA. Cayuga and Seneca Lakes each have their own American Viticultural Areas completely contained within the Finger Lakes AVA (Cayuga Lake AVA and Seneca Lake AVA).

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area total (km2)

4.45154e+07, 1.05218e+10

growing grape

Merlot, Chambourcin, Gamay, Rkatsiteli, Viognier, Vidal blanc, Cayuga White, Traminette, Chelois, Delaware (grape), Isabella (grape), Niagara (grape), Pinot Meunier, Blaufränkisch, Dornfelder, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Syrah, Riesling, Sauvignon blanc, Baco noir, Chancellor (grape), De Chaunac, Marechal Foch, Pinot blanc, Seyval blanc, Vignoles (grape), Corot noir, Noiret, Severny (grape), Léon Millot, Diamond (grape), Lakemont (grape), Ives noir, Cabernet Franc, Concord (grape), Malbec, Pinot noir, Gewürztraminer, Pinot gris, Catawba (grape), Saperavi, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Muscat Ottonel, Băbească neagră, Melody (grape), Himrod, Villard grapes, Colobel, Vincent_(grape), Geisenheim_(grape), Verdelet, Rougeon, St._Vincent_(grape), Siegfried_(grape)

is part of wine region

New York wine

number of wineries

103

subregion

Cayuga Lake AVA, Seneca Lake AVA

type

American Viticultural Area

latitude

42.7

longitude

-77.0