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Don't love riesling? The Finger Lakes will make you rethink the maligned grape

In the continuing effort to spread the word that not all riesling is sweet, we now turn our focus to the Finger Lakes region of New York.

Of course, riesling is not the only grape grown in the Finger Lakes region. The area also turns out other whites, reds, roses, sparklers and dessert wines. Furthermore, dry riesling is not the only style the grape variety is made into in the Finger Lakes region. But despite those qualifiers, there is no question that riesling is the region's most

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