For as long as I can remember, Strangebird has been serving Industrial Arts nonalcoholic line of beers. They’ve also always had a few nonalcoholic options in addition to the Industrial Arts beers, like house-made sodas and kombucha. Just this week though they upped the ante and have released their own nonalcoholic beer. According to their menu, their new nonalcoholic Flightless lager was made in collaboration with Industrial Arts. The Hudson Valley brewery was already contract […]

Last year at this time we had zero nonalcoholic wines. The fact that I’ve now discovered two this summer is quite promising. Wagner Vineyards Estate Winery on the east side of Seneca Lake has joined the nonalcoholic wine fun. They’ve recently released a nonalcoholic Riesling called enaye. This wine is of particular interest for me. Many years ago Wagner is actually the place that my local, craft nonalcoholic obsession began. They’ve been bottling a blush […]

I’ve been visiting Tabora Winery on Seneca Lake for years now. They have a real nice bakery and kitchen on site with simple menu items like soups and sandwiches. While they’ve never had any wine that I could enjoy, their quick-fix lunch menu makes for a perfect stop. I just discovered a new reason to visit: they have a nonalcoholic wine bottled under their own label! They recently just quietly released a nonalcoholic version of […]

The Finger Lakes Region just got its first entirely nonalcoholic bar right on Main Street in Canandaigua. Vital Garnish is a mocktail bar with a small bites menu offering a bar-like atmosphere but no booze. Leah Fricano of Rochester is the owner of Vital Garnish which opened the last weekend in December. She wanted to offer people a place to have fun and engage others without the need for alcohol. Why Canandaigua? She said that […]