Today's #RockinTuesday photo is from one of the many #Staircases at #WatkinsGlen. If you've ever been, you know. Up and down. Up and down.

Wiemer in Finger Lakes has several fabled single-vineyards, but this just "Dry Riesling" is a good value point in the lineup. It ages well and provides bang for the buck. It's a gentle, somewhat rounder style--hardly bone dry (9 grams of sugar), but it sure still presents as dry, with grip and nice acidity.

It's aromatic and delicious, and it's acquired some character along the way. Drinking great, plenty of life left.

$19, 12% alc.

For this week's #Stunday post, I'm sharing one of my favorite photos. It was just one of those moments. Walking the trail, turn to the side, and there it was.

The #jagged walls of the #WatkinsGlen gorge for today's #ColorADay #GreenSat prompt.

This is one of my favorite places to take photographs. We didn't make it this summer, but I'm hoping to sneak in a fall trip instead.

#NaturePhotography #WatkinsGlen #FingerLakes #Gorge #Geology #Moss #LandscapePhotography #StatePark #RockFormations #SedimentaryRock #NaturalBeauty #WaterfallPhotography #OutdoorPhotography #NatureLovers #Water

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Olympus M. 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R

Still summer. Not done riding. #cycling #BikeTooter #FingerLakes #upstateNY

GRIMES GLEN

Even in the midst of the hottest weeks of the year, you can come up here and experience the finger Lakes microclimate and feel like things don’t change from year to year or century to century.

https://miksimum.com/2025/08/02/grimes-glen/

Some news from #WNY #WesternNY #NewYork #FingerLakes:

"Oil spill at #cryptocurrency mining facility sparks water safety concerns near #SenecaLake"

People have been complaining about this facility for awhile, trying to get it shut down

It's an old coal power plant that's used now to just... yeah

What a world

https://13wham.com/news/local/oil-spill-at-bitcoin-mining-facility-sparks-water-safety-concerns-near-seneca-lake-torrey-mining-facility-residents-concerned-greenridge-corporation-new-york-state-department-of-environmental-conservation

This at first seems to be a somewhat fruity Dry Riesling, but that's partly deceptive. It's bright with a backbone, reasonably concentrated, aromatic and increasingly gripping with air. There's fruit to go with some power. There's a tasty finish too. It's more mature, but it has held well, plenty of life left. I posted on the semi-dry 2014 recently. This holds up well, your choice.

$18, 11.5%. 

This 2013 Dry Riesling, 3-winery blend, shows maturity now, the fruit more burnished,but it is still prime time and solid.The bright finish lingers,with touches of slate and stones, and tension as it warms.It's a perfect food wine.Better as it nears room temp! $30, 11% #wine #riesling #fingerlakes

2013 Tierce is a screwcapped blend of fruit by 3 prominent Finger Lakes wineries (see label). The 2010 was included at Obama's 2013 inauguration.

This 2013 Dry Riesling shows maturity now, the fruit more burnished, but it is still prime time and solid. The bright finish lingers, with touches of slate and stones, and tension as it warms. It's a perfect food wine.

Don't drink it too cold! It got better as it got closer to a cool room temperature. $30, 11%

#CanandaiguaLake today.
#NewYorkState #FingerLakes

Ravines, North End of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes, makes a friendly Riesling here.

With a few years to settle down, this 2016 single-vineyard is even better. Completely fresh and crisp, this is in a perfect place. It's young, lively and lingering, balanced more than intense, but there sure is some bite. No rush, but this is a great time to dive in.

12.5%, under $25.
#wine #fingerlakes #riesling

Last year we did not get a walnut crop because the rains and cold continued for over a week longer than usual. Right now, the rains (not cold) are extending a week already into pollination season. Hopefully this isn't the new normal. If it is, then we have a beautiful looking 14 year old orchard of hundreds of trees, but no crop worth selling.

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benroyce@mastodon.social - i live in #WesternNY, between #Rochester #NewYork and the #FingerLakes

near me is a town called #VictorNY

to the highway department of Victor #NY

i live in #WesternNY, between #Rochester #NewYork and the #FingerLakes

near me is a town called #VictorNY

to the highway department of Victor #NY

#photography #spring #sunrise #fingerlakes

I was out shooting film before dawn, then while packing up the sunrise came into the hollow where I’d been shooting. Whether I could have captured this on b&w film is moot: I was out of film. Used HalideRaw for these, which claims to bypass the AI / heavy automation. Then needed a lot of post…