New York Wine Trails have long been a source of social enjoyment for many tourists since the early 1980’s. Now there is reason to celebrate wine in the Thousand Islands Region. The newly created Thousand Islands-Seaway Wine Trail, which encompasses Jefferson County will begin its fourth season in 2011.
Thousand Islands-Seaway Wine Trail consists of five wineries, one grape nursery, and nineteen vineyards. The wineries on the wine trail begins with Yellow Barn Winery outside Sackets Harbor, NY; Coyote Moon in Clayton, NY, Thousand Islands Winery in Alexandria Bay, NY, Otter Creek Winery in Philadelphia, NY, and ends with Seaway Cold Hardy Grapes & Vineyard in Evans Mills, NY.
Each of the winery’s are located on historic farms and have their own vineyards.
Wine Trail guests are encouraged to take tours of each of the wineries and sample some of their locally produced wines. The wine trail is 78 miles long and traverses throughout many beautiful sections of Jefferson County and makes a terrific day trip from any of the area’s hotels.
The trail is marked by green grape cluster signs. The trail uses NY Routes, 3, 180, 12, 26, 11, and 342. Thousand Islands-Seaway Wine Trail is planning to host many events throughout the year. You can check out their website for more details at http://www.thousandislandsseaway-winetrail.com.
