Wine Wednesday
Ria's Wines, Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes
Wednesday, November 11 | 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Boulder Wine Merchant, 2690 Broadway
We have been thrilled with these wines since they arrived in Colorado, and this Wednesday we pour four of them. Ria D'Aversa and Mike Penn moved their family from Sonoma to New York's Finger Lakes in 2021 and founded Ria's Wines in 2022. Their estate vineyard sits about 1,000 feet from the southeastern shore of Seneca Lake, the largest and deepest of the Finger Lakes, on glacial soils over an ancient shale bed, with vines up to forty years old. Ria also teaches viticulture at Cornell, and Mike has made wine in France, Italy, New Zealand and California. In the cellar they keep things simple: spontaneous fermentations, little new oak and no fining.
The wines
From Ria's own estate vineyard on the southeastern shore of Seneca Lake, where some vines are up to forty years old.
Ria's 2025 'Aurora' Lake Road Vineyard Riesling
100% Riesling from Lake Road Vineyard on Cayuga Lake, made in a dry style.
Ria's 2025 Lake Road Vineyard Gamay
Gamay, the grape of Beaujolais, grown at Lake Road Vineyard on Cayuga Lake.
Ria's 2025 'Sunny Side' Red Blend
Ria's red blend from Seneca Lake.
Order online
10% off these wines in store during the tasting, and 10% off online until Wednesday 8 PM.
