Wine Making Clubs

Dear HLW - The American Wine Society has local chapters all over the country. Here in Kansas City our Cellarmasters Club members all make wine and quite a few grow grapes. I'm not sure if all of the chapters have members who make wine or are just interested in good wines. Here's the list for NY.

Bill Frazier Olathe, Kansas USA

NY Blauvelt Rockland/Bergen Janet E. Longo & Ralph A. Longo NY Cooperstown Glimmerglass David D. Edwards & Lois Edwards NY Cutchogue North Fork Robert S. Rogers & Jacqueline Rogers NY Cutchogue Suffolk Robert S. Rogers & Jacqueline Rogers NY Dundee Keuka Robert H. Scharf & Marilyn K. Scharf NY East Syracuse Syracuse James D. Beckman & Joanne P. Beckman NY Fredonia Glacier Ridge Wine Explorers Jeffrey L. Fancher & Barbara M. Fancher NY Greenwich Saratoga/Greenwich James Q. Green & Linda L. Green NY Ithaca Cayuga Warren W. Knapp & Jeanette D. Knapp NY New York Kylix Ross Holden & Laura Waitz NY Tonawanda Niagara Frontier Beth A. Hoch NY Utica Mohawk Valley Larry F. Wilkinson & Mary Ann Herbowy-Wilkinson NY Valhalla South Westchester Barton T. Guttag & Elizabeth Guttag NY Webster Rochester Anthony Kelly & Beth Kelly NY Yonkers Westchester Maret Bjornberg

Thanks very much Bill !! My wife and I make wine out of mostly fruit we grow and are trying to start a small vineyard. We make maple syrup too and that's our latest wine experiment, maple syrup wine. It tastes just like maple walnut ice cream. It would be fun to find others with similar interests to experiment with or on. Thanks again for your help. Ed & Hope.

About fermenting maple syrup see posts in rec.crafts.meadmaking...

HTH

Whereabouts in NY state are you?

Woods

We live in Oswego County, mailing address is Williamstown, NY. Where are you?

I'm in northern Saratoga county, so the winemaking club that I know about wouldn't be of any assistance to you. (I don't go to the one "near" me, since it's an hour away, and I've no desire to repeat my commute on a day off ;-)

Although I can't point you directly to a winemaking club, you might try one of your "local" home brew shops for clubs in the area. IIRC, there used to be a brew shop in Watertown, and you should be able to find something in Syracuse.

Woods

Hartlandwine, I live in GA now but made wine with a great crew in syracuse consuming over

10,000lb. of CA Central Valley grapes annually (I continue the tradition in GA). I know their order is already placed but may be able to shoehorn in 5 or 10 gallons of vinifera somewhere. Please email me directly (juxtaposing the two consanants in the first name of my email addy) if you're interested.

Patrick