Taste the Best Ice Wines in New York State!
Join us for the annual NY Ice Wine & Culinary Festival - a celebration of traditional ice wines made in NYS. Learn more about how this wine is made - frozen on the vine and harvested by hand mid-winter. Taste ice wines from several wineries and foods made with ice wine, both sweet and savory. Shop, Taste, Learn and Savor!
Taste Ice Wines
The biggest ice wine tasting festival in New York State! Ice wine is a delicacy and true ice wine is a rare and special product. Taste ice wines from these wineries in 2019:
- Casa Larga Vineyards
- Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards
- Hunt Country Vineyards
- Schulze Vineyards
- Leonard Oakes
Plus! Enjoy local craft spirits from Black Button Distilling and delicious cider from Embark Cider Works.
Savor the Ice Wine Infused Menu
Sample ice wine-inspired (and infused) cuisine made by RIT Catering. Below is the 2019 menu:
- My Heart Beets For You Salad
- Micro arugula and beet salad topped with butternut squash, pecans, pomegranate seeds, and goat cheese, finished with a pomegranate Casa Larga Vidal Ice Wine vinaigrette.
- Awesome Sauce Sicilian Pasta
- Crushed tomatoes, banana peppers, garlic, onions, fresh herbs, and Casa Larga Vidal Ice Wine over local Bozza pasta with shaved Parmesan cheese.
- Dream Big Brisket
- Seared polenta cake topped with smoked beef brisket finished with black cherry and Casa Larga Vidal Ice Wine BBQ sauce and served with slaw
- Ice Baby Ice Scallops
- Chilled Bay Scallops poached in Casa Larga Vidal Ice Wine.
- Nando's Italian Pizzelle
- Made to order pizzelle! The pizzelle are cooked on irons forged in Italy from Nando's mother and grandmother, affixed with their family initials, dating back to the early 1900s. Nando's Italian Pizzelles are not just a ball of dough, rather, a reflection of his family and love of people.
Please note if you have any allergies to the ingredients listed, we are sorry but we can not guarantee that any food cross contact will not occur.
Shop
Lots of shopping! Here are the vendors you will find at the 2019 festival. More added every day:
Bead Breakout | Bella Bags | Bellame Beauty - Heather Henderson | Bozza Pasta | Cutco | GT Rock's Accessories | JoJo's Mittens | Laughing Gull Chocolates | Marlene Turner Designs | Memories in 3D | Mustard Seed N'More | Nando's Italian Pizzelle | Premier Designs Jewelry | Ravenwyne Mercantile (Soaps) | Rhino Chiropractic | Senior PGA | Socks by JoJo | Young Essential Living Oils
Entertainment
- Luv Shack with ice luge cocktail
- Horse-drawn wagon rides through the vineyard from 1-3pm
- Jim's Magic from 11:00am-1:00pm
- Riley's Balloons from 3:00-5:00pm
Tickets
Thank you for your enthusiasm and excitement for the Ice Wine Festival, ticket sales are now closed for 2019. We look forward to seeing you in 2020 or at any of our other events!
For those who have already purchased tickets, festival tickets are all-inclusive! Taste, shop, learn and taste again with one admission. Also included is a wine concierge for any items you purchase from the wineries or vendors, ready to pick up when you leave.
Learn about Ice Wine!
Seating for seminars is limited to 50 people - be sure to come a few minutes early to save your seat. Here's what you can learn about ice wine at the 2018 festival:
11:30am & 3:30pm
Black Button Distilling is in the house, mixing, shaking, and swirling luscious cocktails for you so you too can mix them up at your next soiree and astonishment of your friends and family.
Thank you to our 2019 Ice Wine Festival sponsors!
