Laura Winter Falk, Sommelier
Wine Tasting Experiences & Tours in Finger Lakes, NY and Beyond
Featured Offerings
- November 17th, 4:00PM
- 1 Hour
- Ages 21+
Join us as we compare two Finger Lakes Rieslings from Silver Thread Vineyard with similarly styled Rieslings from Europe – Alsace and Germany!
- 3 Hours
- Ages 21+
Our top offering for in-person experiences! Chef Scott Riesenberger and Laura team up for an elegant presentation of Finger Lakes food and wine over a globally inspired, multi-course meal of fine dining and cuisine.
- 1 Hour, 2 Hours
- Ages 21+
Laura hosts a sit-down wine and food presentation featuring a flight of Finger Lakes wines paired with cheese, chocolate, charcuterie, or artisan bites.
- 1 Hour, 2 Hours
- Ages 21+
Go from station to station to sample beverages and artisan bites, and receive guided “bite-sized info” about the producers, the pairings, why they were chosen, and why they taste so delicious together.
- 2.5 Hours
- Ages 21+
About Laura Winter Falk
Experience! The Finger Lakes co-owner, Laura Winter Falk is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers. She also holds a level 3 award of wines from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), and a PhD in Food & Nutrition from Cornell University. Laura’s passion for wine and food started as an undergraduate at Cornell and she had the opportunity to take Introduction to Wines her second semester senior year. Little did she know at the time, that more than 30 years later she would be living in Ithaca and enjoying a career that celebrates the food and wine of the Finger Lakes, and its place in the world of wine.
Laura has been an educator her entire career, and finds her role as a sommelier is the perfect way to share her passion for learning and her love of wine, and her background in food and nutrition (there’s so much science in wine!). She is a regular contributing wine writer for Edible Finger Lakes Magazine and Vineyard Registry and has authored the Culinary History of the Finger Lakes: From the Three Sisters to Riesling, available through The Arcadia Press.
In 2014, she was offered a position as an Adjunct Professor of Wine within the Wine Marketing program at Tompkins Cortland Community. This brought her full circle by giving her the opportunity to help young students discover the world of wine, and become enamored the same way she did in that course at Cornell all those years ago.
About Laura Winter Falk
Experience! The Finger Lakes co-owner, Laura Winter Falk is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers. She also holds a level 3 award of wines from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), and a PhD in Food & Nutrition from Cornell University. Laura’s passion for wine and food started as an undergraduate at Cornell and she had the opportunity to take Introduction to Wines her second semester senior year. Little did she know at the time, that more than 35 years later she would be living in Ithaca and enjoying a career that celebrates the food and wine of the Finger Lakes, and its place in the world of wine.
Laura has been an educator her entire career, and finds her role as a sommelier is the perfect way to share her passion for learning and her love of wine, and her background in food and nutrition (there’s so much science in wine!). She has performed public and private wine presentations throughout the eastern seaboard. She is a regular contributing wine writer for Edible Finger Lakes Magazine and The Finger Lakes Wine Project, and has authored the Culinary History of the Finger Lakes: From the Three Sisters to Riesling, available through The Arcadia Press.
In 2014, she was offered a position as an Adjunct Professor of Wine within the Wine Marketing program at Tompkins Cortland Community. This brought her full circle by giving her the opportunity to help young students discover the world of wine, and become enamored the same way she did in that course at Cornell all those years ago.