Video: Talking 2009 Reds and Regional Progress at White Springs Winery

By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor

It won't be long before the 2009 reds from the Finger Lakes will hit the market. Despite what you might have heard, there will be some quality wines (and not all varieties suffered the same growing conditions). 

One easy way to annoy a Finger Lakes winemaker is to make a blanket generalization, dismissing the vintage. In this video, White Springs Winery winemaker Derek Wilber explains how things have changed to allow the local industry to make good wines in tougher vintages.