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Lodi, NY Recovers Quickly from Flash Flooding
Southern Finger Lakes Area Received 5+ inches of Rain in a Few Hours August 16, 2018-- Lodi, NY made the national news on Tuesday after more than 5 inches of rain fell in only a few hours, resulting in flash floods. Lodi Point, Sheldrake Point, Caywood, Valois and...
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Good Earth Day 2018
On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Silver Thread will host its third annual Good Earth Day event. The day will celebrate the upcoming harvest and the vibrant Finger Lakes community, which includes delicious food, wine, and dedicated people working together to make great...
read more2016 Riesling 25th Anniversary Reserve–Video Tasting Note
Silver Thread Co-owners and winemakers Shannon and Paul Brock describe their 2016 Riesling Reserve. This is the winery's first club-only wine, and only 20 cases were produced during Silver Thread's 25th vintage. Limited quantity available for purchase here. Filmed...
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Solar Energy System Year 2 Report Card
April 19, 2018-- The data is in on our 28kW solar energy system... and it continues to exceed expectations. We produced 33,080 kilowatt hours of electricity in 2017. Our usage was 26,109 kilowatt hours. That means we produced 30% more energy than we used! Once...
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Discover Dry Rose…a Collaboration among FLX Wineries
April 13, 2018-- It seems a long time ago that a small group of Finger Lakes producers came together to begin promoting Dry Rose. Over five years ago when the Discover Dry Rose campaign began, there were only about a dozen wineries (including Silver Thread) making...
read moreMarketing & Sustainability Guru
Peter J. FitzRandolph has lived in the Finger Lakes Region for most of his adult life. During that time, he has enjoyed watching the growth of our local wine industry as it evolved from rustic beginnings into the world-class wine region we know today. After a 30-year...
read moreIndispensable Vineyard and Winery Assistant: Andi Hawk
While Andi has lived in many places around the US and abroad, she always knew she would return to her roots in the Finger Lakes, her childhood home. She has long known that she would never be happy spending her career in the stale air and artificial light of an office...
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Annual Customer Appreciation Day will be Saturday, March 17
To kick off our 2018 tasting room season, Silver Thread will hold its 6th annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, March 17, from 12-5pm. Exclusively for our returning customers, we’ll offer the following activities as a “thank you” for your loyalty and support:...
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2017 Harvest Report
by Shannon and Paul Brock, owner-winemakers February 7, 2018--2017 will certainly go down in history as a “dark horse” vintage-- emerging to prominence after seeming unlikely to succeed. After an unbelievably rainy spring and summer, a hot and sunny fall rescued the...
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25th Anniversary Reserve Riesling
November 8, 2017--Silver Thread will release its first club-only wine, the 25th Anniversary Reserve Riesling 2016 in December. A truly stunning wine, it demonstrates the ability of Silver Thread Estate Vineyard to produce some of the best Riesling on Earth. Grapes...
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