About Raymor Estate Cellars
About Raymor Estate Cellars
If you are spending a day exploring the Finger Lakes, Raymor Estate Cellars in Bloomfield is a stop to consider when you want to see another side of New York wine country. Start the route with 3263 Wheeler Station Road, Bloomfield, NY 14469. From there, the day is easier to build around a manageable cluster instead of bouncing between distant parts of the region. If Finger Lakes is on the itinerary, Raymor Estate Cellars provides another winery story to investigate. Give the staff a little direction about what you normally drink, then ask them to surprise you with one pour you might not choose on your own.
New York wine regions can reward that openness. In the Finger Lakes, lake, slope and vintage matter. Riesling is the best-known regional reference point, but the area also rewards visitors who explore Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, sparkling wine and less familiar cool-climate bottlings. Let the winery guide you toward the wines that best explain its own vineyards or sourcing. Raymor Estate Cellars is best treated as an advance-planning stop.
Confirm the tasting arrangement before you set out and build the rest of the day around that time rather than assuming a walk-in visit will work. What Wino Notion likes about putting Raymor Estate Cellars on a visitor itinerary is the chance to compare it with the rest of the Finger Lakes. The stop has more value when you notice differences in setting, sourcing and house style rather than expecting every winery to fit the same mold. If Raymor Estate Cellars becomes one of your priority stops, leave enough time to enjoy the tasting rather than treating it as a quick check-in. The best wine-country memories usually come from the conversation, the pace of the day and one or two wines you understand better when you leave.
Visiting
The tasting room is open by appointment only, because the mobile tap trailer keeps the owners busy at events. It sits about a minute off Routes 5 and 20 just east of East Bloomfield. Call ahead to arrange a tasting, and ask about on-location pours if you are planning a gathering.
Raymor Estate Cellars is a member of the Canandaigua Lake Wine Trail, which links wineries from Victor down through Canandaigua to Naples.
