The dinner will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Wilson Formal Lounge located in Haffey Hall on Fisher’s campus. 

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Beer is booming for Constellation Brands, particularly its Modello brands,the Victor-based company shared in an annual financial report Friday.  Gains over the previous year resulted in a dividend of 75 cents per Class A share and 68 cents per Class ...

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When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the closure of restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters earlier this week, he also effectively closed the tasting rooms of more than 500 wineries statewide. Preventive efforts like this aimed at lessening the severity ...

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Constellation Brands continued to focus on its “premium-ization” strategy in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, announcing results Wednesday that showed continued gains in beer, some declines in wine and spirits, and a 20-cents-per share decline in value of its ...

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  About two-thirds of all businesses in the country are family owned, but it’s rare for a company to remain in a single family’s control for several generations. Lake Beverage in Henrietta is one of the 3 percent to make ...

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Canned wine is increasingly popular these days, but there’s a mismatch between the size of cans wineries are using and the size the consumers want. That conclusion comes from a study conducted by WICResearch.com, an entity formed by a couple ...

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More than 50 judges and 200 volunteers gathered over wine last weekend in downtown Rochester for the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition. The 19-year-old competition, along with a related wine auction later this year, raises money for Camp Good Days, ...

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 Make way for locally produced mead, the fermented beverage made from honey. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put out the call on Thursday for applicants for a new farm beverage license for making and selling mead. Previously those who wanted to ...

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The fossil fuel industry, that one guy at work, and your Uncle Larry can say whatever they want about climate change impacts, but the grapes don’t lie.  Climate change is causing physiological changes in grape vines, increasing pest and disease ...

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As the craft beverage business goes, so goes Waterloo Container Co. With the boom in wineries, breweries and distilleries in New York and around the Northeast, the company that supplies bottles and packaging to the beverage industry is booming too. ...

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Paul Curcillo and Stephanie King, the Philadelphia couple who bought Torrey Ridge Winery in 2015, have now acquired another Finger Lakes winery: Rooster Hill Vineyards. Rooster Hill’s founders were Amy and Dave Hoffman, who decided to retire after 16 years ...

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It was quite a weekend for Fox Run Vineyards in Yates County. On Friday, the winery announced that two of its 2016 Chardonnays have won scores of more than 90 points from Wine & Spirits magazine. And on Saturday, the ...

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Wines from the Finger Lakes region are dominating a New York takeover of a wine podcast produced in London. But it’s a friendly takeover. Lawrence Francis, creator of the “Interpreting Wine” podcast, visited the Finger Lakes and other New York ...

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 Instead of the sip, spit and run experience that has been part of wine tasting in the Finger Lakes for decades, Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery is inviting visitors to sit and enjoy the view. Dr. Frank is opening a rooftop ...

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No cork. No corkscrew. And, if you prefer, no glass. While canned wines have been available for several years from the West Coast and Europe, they’re just starting to spring from the vines in the Finger Lakes region. Bellangelo, overlooking ...

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