Sheldrake Point Winery — Restaurant in Town of Ovid

Great winery with a diverse choice of wines. While not on some of the Finger Lake winery tourist type maps, this winery is one of the best you will find in any part of the wine areas in New York. Located on the Western shore of Cayuga Lake, Sheldrake Point Winery is the real deal in chateau style wine making. They grow the grapes right here. They have a great mix of varietals and an extensive tasting selection. Have a group, no problem. Seating is available both inside and out. They have older, Library, selections for both tasting and purchase. Try their Gamay Noirs for something quite different than the usual white wine choices everywhere else. Of course they have exceptional Reisling wines in a sweetness or dryness that will delight your senses so, you are covered in the "usual" choices available all over the Finger Lakes. Want a hearty red? You can get a very good bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon and a meritage too. Their largest selling wine is a Rose' in case you want some cool looking wine for your next party. Lots to like about this place and I'm very sure you too will both like your visit and then look forward to coming...

We aren't from the FLX area but we do make the trip multiple times a year. On almost every visit one of our first stops (before we even get to our accommodations) is at Sheldrake. The wine is great and the staff is so friendly and accommodating that we find Sheldrake always puts in a perfect vacay state of mind. As wine club members, we've attended a couple special events, and again, their unpretentious "let's all have a great time" attitude has made some of their unique events some of our favorite FLX memories. The Daves and Perry (congrats on the new gig, Perry!) have done a wonderful job of creating wines that truly reflect and leverage the region's terroir and, shall we say "unique" climate conditions. Their entire list - reds, whites, roses and sparkling wines - are beautifully made and serve as excellent representations of their respective varietals. My only warning would be expect to stay longer than you planned, as they have created such an inviting vibe, you won't...

I was with the aforementioned party of seven you did not welcome a few hours ago. We are a group of adults who happily spent the day touring wineries, but our stop at your winery was very much the low point.

More to the point, and why I’m writing, is that I was not feeling well when we stopped at your winery. My friends were waiting for me to use the ladies room, splash some water on my face, and rejoin them so we could leave, since you couldn’t offer us a tasting. During the time they were waiting for me, you urged them to step outside and made them feel unwelcome, including my husband who wanted to make sure I was okay. You did not ask and instead of welcoming us in and working to find a way to accommodate a polite group of adults, you shooed us away. Why on earth would I ever come back to give you “another try”? Life is too short to waste on unwelcoming...