This unusual (but laudable) level of marketing focus on the vineyard team is partly because Boundary Breaks is a winery without a winemaker: it was founded based on its vineyard, planted in 2008 to four different Riesling clones on an ideal sloped, breezy, sunny, west-facing site arcing gently downward to the lake. He is such an integral part of what Boundary Breaks is all about that he is the very first person listed and pictured in the list of personnel on the winery website owner and president Bruce Murray doesn’t mention himself at all. Rather than gather around a tasting room counter with a winemaker, we were told to head out to the vines at Boundary Breaks Vineyard for a grape-growing lesson with the winery’s conscientious viticulturist, Vineyard Manager Kees Stapel.
*We may receive an affiliate commission if you make a purchase using our links.Ten wineries into our multi-day tasting tour of the Finger Lakes, we continued along the eastern shoreline of Seneca Lake for a different kind of meeting with a different kind of winery. 198 Reserve Rieslingįor more wine tips, suggestions, and updates, you can follow us on social media! Search for Wine 201 Podcast, or click these links:
If you’d like to purchase bottles for delivery and support the podcast you can use these links: If you’re interested in visiting Boundary Breaks, joining their wine club (it’s a phenomenal offer), or purchasing rare bottles directly from them, please visit their website. Plus, you’ll help out Bruce, and if you listened to the episode already, you know he’s an awesome guy. It’s a spot on example of Cabernet Franc for just about $20 – $25 which is a great deal for a harder to grow grape. I couldn’t believe it, and I kicked myself for not trying it sooner.ĭon’t make the same mistake I did, get a bottle of Boundary Breaks’ Cabernet Franc now and try it. I was skeptical – Cabernet Franc can be green, vegetal, and gross in cool climates, but I gave it a go, and boy was I happy I did! It was so clean, fragrant, and fresh – everything I want out of Cabernet Franc. Some were sweeter, some more dry, but all very drinkable, and just delicious – you’d never want to drink just one glass, and that’s a huge compliment!Īfter bringing in Boundary Breaks’ riesling into the store, I was approached by my sales rep about trying their Cabaret Franc. They made a variety of rieslings at really reasonable price points. One of the wineries that impressed me the most was Boundary Breaks.
Fido can run and play in the park and then join you for a glass of wine from the on-site Tasting Room, where you. Home to their very own fenced-in dog park, Boundary Breaks Wine is one of the most pet-friendly vineyards in the country. I love riesling (I know, I know, this isn’t about riesling, but we’re getting there), and, some of the stuff out of Finger Lakes was up there with the best German bottles I’ve had, and that’s saying a lot! 1568 Porter Covert Rd, Lodi, NY, US, 14860. Well, then I started trying more wine from Finger Lakes, and I have to hold my hands up, I was wrong. Good American wine came from the West Coast. Bruce helped us understand why New York is doing an incredible job with this often overlooked grape, and why you should try Cabernet Franc.Ī BIT MORE ABOUT BOUNDARY BREAKS FROM NICK Image courtesy of Boundary Breaksįor a long time, I thought of Finger Lakes as a tourist trap / joke – they made okay riesling and the reds were…well there for people to buy. To learn about Cabernet Franc, we headed to the East Coast and talked with Bruce Murray, owner of Boundary Breaks winery in Finger Lakes, New York. You may not have even known Cabernet Franc was a grape – but fear not, know you’re going to discover the OG Cabernet and also get to know an emerging wine region all at the same time. When you say “Cabernet” you probably are thinking of Cabernet Sauvignon, not its genetic parent – Cabernet Franc.