Like a glass of fine wine, a vineyard tells a story. Bloomer Creek Vineyard tells the story of two young people, Kim and Debra, who created something together – who bought a farm in the Finger Lakes and planted a vineyard in fields where sheep once grazed. Their farmhouse had many rooms with tall ornate windows looking out across cornfields and doors opening to a small orchard surrounded by Sugar Maples. Out back, Bloomer Creek warbled over a shallow shale bed. They came to this farmhouse by way of a love affair– a love affair with vines.
“But the winery that I am particularly fond of is Bloomer Creek. Kim Engle and his artist wife, Debra, have been growing grapes for over 30 years and, with meticulous attention to detail, have cultivated naturally balanced vineyards. Winemaking is very much minimal intervention (even before it was trendy), using indigenous yeasts. The resulting wines are astonishingly delicate and graceful, revealing a deft touch that is the signature found through their entire range of wines.”
Old World wine suggests a flavor profile that is leaner, with more subtlety and nuance than rich, concentrated wines produced in the warm-climates of the New World. These distinctions can often blur as a result of modern winemaking techniques. However, Old World verses New World wine suggests differences stylistically. Viticulturally, the cool climate of the Finger Lakes should produce an Old World style of wine. Because we are committed to crafting wine as an unadulterated reflection of a place and time, Bloomer Creek follows the more traditional cellar practices found in the Old World.
