Pasta and Wine Seneca Wine Trail

Took the weekend off from artistic pursuits to enjoy the Past and Wine Seneca Wine Trail Event.

2 days= 29 wineries and 26 bottles of wine.
I learned

• I can drink and enjoy drier wines if paired with food. Still prefer my sweeter wines.
• Wine always tastes better when you server is knowledgeable and has a great personality.The top three winners for exceptional owners and staff were:Villa Bellangio- Chris and his wife, Matt and their lovely Mom, Catherine Valley winery owner is so gracious as well and the staff at Lakewood that remember us each time we visit.
• The lake views are absolutely gorgeous and I so love when the tasting bar is set up so I can enjoy the scenery while tasting. In winter the empty grapevines against the wintery snow with the blue lake behind all of that is absolutely stunning. With so many of the wineries clinging to the steep sides of Seneca Lake the view is breathtaking.

Now the funny part will be that by experience the wine I purchase at any winery after the first five has been know to disappoint when I open it later as in "what the heck was I thinking" so this time we tried the new to us wineries first and did our usual ones later where I have over the years had multiple bottles from each place. We do find that it will definately depend on the year produced as to the level of sweetness so we have learned to return to a winery and give them a retry through the Polar Pass-35 wineries over 3 months usually equates to a slower wine tasting day 5-6 wineries maximum.