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Wine appellation · NY

Seneca Lake

The Seneca Lake appellation was established in 2003 and covers 196,477 acres across Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca. It sits inside Finger Lakes.

Established2003
Area196,477 acres · 307 sq miles
CountiesOntario, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates
Part ofFinger Lakes
Federal listing27 CFR 9.128
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How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by Beverly Stamp, Lakewood Vineyards.

196,477 acres

Neighbouring appellations


The boundary, as written into law

Every American wine appellation is defined in federal regulations by walking the boundary landmark by landmark. The official description of this one begins:

(1) Beginning in the town of Watkins Glen at the State Route 414 bridge over the New York State Barge Canal, follow the Canal south approximately 0.2 miles to the mouth of Glen Creek, on the Burdette, N.Y. map; (2) Follow Glen Creek upstream (west), crossing onto the Montour Falls, N.Y. map and continuing to the road locally known as the Van Zandt Hollow Road on the Beaver Dams, N.Y. map; (3) Proceed north on Van...

Boundary traced by the UC Davis Library from the official descriptions in federal regulation, and released under an open licence. Smoothed for manufacturing. Decorative use only, not for legal boundary determination.