Element Winery Finger Lakes

With over 25 years of experience in the wine and hospitality industry master sommelier and restauranteur christopher bates is pushing the limits of expectations and expanding the definition of what is.

Element winery finger lakes. Christopher bates met his wife isabel bogadtke while working at immich batterieberg in the mosel back in 2004. A new vision for the finger lakes. The official element winery tasting room in geneva ny. They were both there to learn how to make wine in a place they both loved though it turns out they had much more in common than a passion for winemaking.

Element winery finger lakes arkport. We make delicate wines low alcohol higher acid and balanced with a focus on mineral and floral aromas. Believing the finger lakes was loaded with untapped potential and an idea that the extreme climate could produce beautifully delicate and elegant wines. The finger lakes encompass 11 long and narrow lakes located in central new york.

The finger lakes are more extreme than cool. Element winery was founded to explore the extreme climate terroirs of the finger lakes region to produce wines which express their origins without preconceived notions. Downtown geneva is now equipped with a tasting room on linden st. In 2005 element winery co founder and master sommelier christopher bates returned to the us after working harvests in italy and the mosel.