Wines
— Wine list —
The grapes for our wines are grown on-site. Every year, the quantity and quality of our grapes are a little different, lending themselves to different wine styles. Below are many styles we regularly make. Not all will be available every year. Visit the tasting room, Echo Spirits on the Vine, for availability.
White Wine
— Vidal Blanc —
Dry white wine that provides refreshing citrus flavors of lemon and grapefruit complimented by a fresh, honey quality.
— Soleil —
Full-bodied dry white. Reminiscent of Chardonnay. Slight oak tones with mild creamy butter character.
— Cayuga White —
Off-dry with 1% residual sugar. Fragrant nose with pronounced rose and grapefruit aromas. Medium-bodied with moderate floral notes.
— Serenity —
Medium sweet white crafted from a proprietary blend of three grapes. Provides complex fruit suggestive of apple and citrus.
— Traminette —
Spicy fruit character with excellent apricot and honey flavors.
— Riesling —
Cold fermented in the style of a classic German white with strong citrus and apple characteristics.
— Seyval Blanc —
Crisp white wine with noticeable grapefruit and lychee flavors. Medium sweet.
Red Wine
— Duové —
Full bodied with modest oak tones. Smooth tannin with cherry and black pepper notes.
— Chambourcin —
Medium bodied with noticeable oak. Modest fruit suggestive of blackberry and cherry with strong black pepper.
— Landot Noir —
Mild, velvet smooth red complemented with soft tannin. Hints of light fruit suggestive of cherry and slight pepper tones.
— De Vine —
Dry light red crafted from the Chambourcin grape. Strong notes of cherry and strawberry, moderately spicy character.
— Autumn Harvest —
Light red with strong fruit and spice. Made from the Steuben grape. Well balanced when served warm with mulling spices.
— Fusion —
Light, sweet and fruity. Made from the Catawba grape. Fusion is the perfect summer day refreshment.
— Frost Fire —
Sweet dessert wine made from the Concord and Steuben grapes.
Quality wine comes from quality grapes. R&S Vineyards prides itself on the production of high quality European, French-hybrid, and native American wine grapes. Our grapes are painstakingly tended to in the vineyard and our wines are meticulously handled from fermentation to the bottle. Each wine is hand-crafted to represent both the natural characteristics of the grape and the winemaker's stylistic preferences. Unique blending and vinification techniques provide results that are unlike any other wine produced in the region.