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New York State · wine country, reviewed

Wine country starts at Penn Station.

The North Fork’s tasting rooms, Hudson Valley cellars an hour up the river, Finger Lakes rieslings that beat their German cousins. Trail guides written glass by glass, plus the tours that drive so nobody at your table has to.

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The shortlist

Days out that pour properly.

Sommelier-hosted Long Island runs, a bike between North Fork tasting rooms, a Manhattan whiskey distillery for the day the weather turns. Every pick below says what it costs and who drives.

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The day out most people book first

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★ 4.5Safe betLong Island Wine and Food Day Trip with Sommelier host from NYCFrom $14853 reviews ★ 5.0Books out on weekendsMattituck New York Guided Farm and Wine Country Bike TourFrom $13943 reviews ★ 4.5Crowd favouriteUnderground Brooklyn Walking Brewery TourFrom $9931 reviews ★ 4.8Designated driver includedNYC: Long Island Sommelier-Guided Wine Tasting TourFrom $15927 reviews ★ 4.5Local favouriteNew York City: Champagne, Cheese, Caviar & Sightseeing CruiseFrom $13426 reviews ★ 4.7Worth the corkageNYC: Tour and Tasting at Brooklyn WineryFrom $4522 reviews
The classic day

The North Fork does the pouring.

Two hours east of Manhattan the vineyards take over both sides of Route 25, and the tasting rooms sit close enough to link four in an afternoon. These tours handle the driving, the bookings and, on the good ones, the cheese.

01Mattituck Bike Wine Country and Fruit Orchard Tour★★★★★★★★★★15 reviews · from $141→ 02Guided Farm and Wine Country Bike Tour in Mattituck NY★★★★★★★★★★15 reviews · from $132→ 03Private Guided Wine Country Bike Tour in Mattituck★★★★★★★★★★15 reviews · from $199→
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The planning question

Which wine country is yours?

Three regions, three different days out. Pick by how far you’ll go for the glass.

The classic Long Island 9 hours (approx.) · from $148 North Fork farm stands, tasting rooms with Atlantic light, and the Hamptons on the way home if you time it. The most tasting rooms per mile in the state, and the easiest guided day. See Long Island days → The river run The Hudson Valley from $159 America’s oldest wine country hides an hour up the river: stone cellars from the 1600s, farm-to-table lunches, and views that hold their own against the wine. Trains make it car-free. See Hudson Valley days → Worth the miles The Finger Lakes 7 hours · from $312 Four hours out and worth every one: Seneca and Cayuga’s lakeside rieslings run with the world’s best, and the trail towns still feel like a secret. Stay the night; the mornings are the point. See Finger Lakes days →
Beyond the grape

The city distills its own.

Manhattan’s only whiskey distillery, Brooklyn’s brewery basements, cider pressed upstate. When the forecast cancels the vineyard day, these keep the tasting going indoors.

01New York City: Guided Brooklyn Craft Brewery Tour★★★★★★★★★★18 reviews · from $99→ 02NYC: Manhattan’s Only Whiskey Distillery Tour and Tasting★★★★★★★★★★15 reviews · from $42→ 03Ultimate Tasting Experience Wine, Whiskey or Hard Cider★★★★★★★★★★5 reviews · from $64→ 04All Inclusive VIP Wine or Beer Tour in Hudson Valley★★★★★★★★★★3 reviews→
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The trail guides

Know the trail before you taste it.

Seneca, Cayuga and Keuka trail by trail, the Hamptons cellars worth the detour, and the wine train that solves the Hudson Valley’s driving problem.

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Wine RegionsSeneca Lake Wine Trail: A Full Itinerary by Lake SideIt's seven in the morning at the Watkins Glen public dock and you're holding a coffee cup that's already gone…23 min read Wine RegionsCayuga Wine Trail: The Quieter Finger Lakes LoopPull into Watkins Glen on the first Saturday in October and you can feel it before you see it. Bus…18 min read Wine RegionsKeuka Lake Wine Trail: Where US Wine StartedThe first time someone planted a European wine grape on this lake and got it to survive a Finger Lakes…27 min read Wine RegionsHamptons Winery Tours: A South Fork Day OutYou've been to the Hamptons twenty times. You know which beach has the best parking on a Saturday in July,…22 min read Wine RegionsHudson Valley Wine Train Tours: Worth It or Skip?Skip it. If you searched "Hudson Valley wine train" expecting to roll out of Grand Central, find a seat in…15 min read Wine RegionsIthaca Wine Tours: Cayuga Lake from a Cornell VisitYou're up for parents weekend at Cornell. Or commencement. Or your kid's hockey game against Harvard, and you've got 36…20 min read
Where to taste

Six ways into New York wine.

By region, by bike, by boat. Every tile leads to days already reviewed and priced.

Long Island15 tours Hudson Valley4 tours Winery Tastings24 tours Bike & Wine6 tours Wine Cruises2 tours Brooklyn4 tours With a Sommelier4 tours
If you have three free Saturdays

Three tastings, three distances.

Start in the boroughs, work up the river, then commit a weekend to the lakes. The state pours in that order.

Saturday 1 Stay in the boroughs A working winery under the Brooklyn Bridge, a brewery crawl underground, whiskey in Manhattan. No car, no planning, home by eight. Plan the city Saturday → Saturday 2 Ride up the river Metro-North out, stone cellars and orchard cider all afternoon, the river doing its golden-hour act on the way back down. Plan the valley Saturday → Saturday 3 Give the Fork a full day Four tasting rooms, a farm-stand lunch, oysters if the season allows. Book the version with the driver; everyone thanks you by stop three. Plan the Fork Saturday →
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Fresh pours

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