Please join us Saturday, February 18 from 3-5pm for a tasting of several Finger Lakes Syrahs of the 2010 vintage. Seating is limited and advance tickets are required. Seats are $25 per person and includes wines and small foods.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT HERE
or contact the winery at 607.546.5557

We invite you to join us for an evening of celebration that can’t be missed!

Damiani Holiday Party and Artisan Craft Fair

December 3
5-9pm

(Holiday Sweaters Optional)
Join us for an evening of friends, wine and food, live music and art as we bring it all together at our tasting room on Seneca Lake. Come on out and boogie while supporting local! Start (or finish, you go-getting type-A’s) your holiday gift buying!

Here’s the line up of folks joining us: (subject to grow)

Wines:
All the goods from Damiani Wine Cellars that you know and love including the newly-released Bollicini sparkling wine.

Food:
A delicious array of Hors d’oeuvres and other tasty finger foods

Artisans:
See Green Jewelry
Haus Leather
Preliminaires Chocolat
Laurel O’Brian’s Silver jewelry
Don Weed Schoolyard Sugarbush- maple syrup, maple candies and related goods
Alice Muhlback – fine utilitarian arts and craftwork
Muranda Cheese - Finger Lakes handcrafted cheese
Jason Hrisman with Garlickly treasures.

Music:
Bob and Dee Wallpole

Damiani Wine Cellars
November 29, 2011 – January 8, 2012
Artist Reception Hosted by Damiani Wine Cellars December 9, 2011 5:30-7:30

Damiani Wine Cellars is excited to present the exhibition of woodcut prints by local artist
Pamela Rozelle Drix. Drix’s work is often spontaneous, responsive to the moment, and
relies on an intuitive response to the landscapes. Drix’s series “Cassandra’s Dilemma
and The Orchid” speaks to the unique and diverse even flow of the colors and shapes
fashioned within the prints. The orchid represents both the literal example of biodiversity,
and a metaphor for the fragile, complex, beautiful, delicate, unique, but incredibly
prolific life form. With an open attitude, Drix discovers new ways of developing images
through print.
Drix received her BA from Kalamazoo and her MA from The State University of New
York at Oswego. She has received numerous grants and awards for her artistic projects
and has had her work in collections and exhibitions in the Dominican Republic, Japan
and Vermont. Currently Drix is an adjunct professor of printmaking at Ithaca College,
President and co-founder of The Ink Shop Printmaking Center in Ithaca, NY and a
designer for Vector Art Technologies in Burdett, NY.
An artist reception will be held at Damiani Wine Cellars on December 9th from 5:30-
7:30. This event is free and opened to the public. A selection of Damiani wines will be
available to taste and purchase by the glass or bottle during the event.
A small tapas-style spread will be available for guests.

Five Years of Meritage

December 3, 2011

3-5pm

Damiani Wine Cellars

We invite our wine club members to join us for a free vertical tasting of 5 years of Damiani Meritage releases. We’ll begin the tasting with the 2004, our inaugural vintage, and finish with the newly-released 2009. Reservations are required for this wine club exclusive, and only two tickets per member are currently available.

 Read a few words on past Damiani Meritage releases:

 2007 Meritage:

Winner, Double Gold, New York Food and Wine Classic: Best Vinifera Red Blend

“True to the ambitious Damiani style, this wine has tightly packed fruit tones with a generous overlay of vanilla and mocha from toasty new oak. Intoxicating flavors of caramelized pineapple and boysenberry frame the dense palate while refined tannins provide a counterbalance to the dense fruit. The finish is moderately long and slightly drying, winding up with a chocolate note. Best 2011–2013″. Wine Enthusiast (5/1/2010)

“This is nicely ripe, with a mix of black cherry and currant fruit held together by integrated toast. There’s a nice lingering coffee hint on the mineral-tinged finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc”. Wine Spectator

2008 Meritage:

Shades of graphite and forest floor add subtle nuance to the layers of blackbery fruit on this concentrated, elegant Meritage. Rich in flavor yet lean in profile with a bright, clean acidity, it finishes on a graham cracker and chocolate note.  Wine Enthusiast (10/1/2011)
“This is a bit burly, with coffee and tobacco notes up front, followed by dark currant and fig fruit. A toasty edge lends a grippy feel to the finish, and this has more density than most of its peers”. Wine Spectator

URBAN VISIONS
Photographs from the Urban Landscape

George Cannon

September 13- October 23, 2011
Opening Reception September 16, 7-9

Please join Damiani Wine Cellars and The Heights Cafe of Ithaca for an upcoming wine dinner

Thursday, September 8th at 6:30.

The Guest Chef Dinner will feature Fr. Joseph Marcou who has prepared an excellent pairing dinner with Damiani wines. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to St. Catherine of Sienna. 

Visit The Height Cafe by clicking here to reserve your seat.

First Course

Fire Roasted Quail with Balsamic Glaze.

Paired with Damiani 2010 Dry Riesling

Second Course

Lively Run Goat Cheese with Roasted Red Beets, Mango and Pistachio with Raspberry-Walnut Vinaigrette.

Paired with Damiani 2010 Sauvignon Blanc

Third Course

Pernod Steamed Shellfish, with Clams, Mussels, Shrimp and Lobster and a Saffron Cream Sauce.

Paired with Damiani 2010 Chardonnay

Fourth Course

Grilled Delmonico with Wild Mushroom, Sweet Potato Hash, Cauliflower and Straw Fried Onions Bordelaise.

Paired with Damiani 2009 Pinot Noir

Dessert Course

Apricot Bread Pudding with Homemade Bourbon Ice Cream & Brown Sugar Cream Anglaise.

Paired with Damiani Sparkling Wine Cocktail

$110 per person, Gratuity not included.

607-257-4144 for reservations.

On Sunday, September 4, Finger Lakes Clean Water Initiative will be bringing the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival Dance Tent to the Hector Fairgrounds to protect New York State waters and businesses from dangerous natural gas drilling. Seneca Lake is under pressure from both Shale Gas Fracking and LPG Storage. Come out and help us celebrate and protect our Number One Economic Resource.

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I see myself in the role of story teller, using mixed media to illustrate intertwining
relationships between people, nature, history, and mythological icons. I design
theater-like sets of characters, costumes, and architecture to tell a timeless story.

My work is inspired by beauty, power and mystery. I love creating lyrical
(allegorical) mixed media paintings layered and layered with textures, patterns,
paint, collage, writing, and symbols to weave my tapestry.

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EARTH STORIES

June 5, 2011 – July 19, 2011
June Szabo and Jay Hart
Wood Sculpture and large format Archival Prints

Artist Reception – Friday July 1, 7-9 pm

Damiani Wine Cellars
4717 Route 414
Burdett, NY, 14818

607 -546 – 5557
Open daily 11 -5

Szabo and Hart share a passion for telling the stories they find in the
landscape. In her wood sculpture Szabo compares the processes that shape the
earth to human behavior. Hart follows the patterns revealed in his landscape
prints through the geologic and human histories that created them.

How does Sauvignon Blanc from the Finger Lakes region compare to the rest of the world?

Join us Sunday, June 26 at 2pm to find out! Taste Wines from around the world with a special emphasis on what flavor components appear in the delicious Finger Lakes Sauvignon Blancs.

Tasting begins at 2pm, by reservation only. Tickets are $25.00 and includes small foods and great wines.

Salute!