Bloomer Creek
- Finger Lakes, New York, United States
Bloomer Creek is one of the more experimental, idiosyncratic wineries in the Finger Lakes. I very much like the Tanzen Dame rieslings, the White Horse red, a Meritage blend, and especially the juicy, peppery cabernet francs.”
—Eric Asimov, NY Times...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.”
—Jancis Robinson
Kim Engle and Debra Bermingham of Bloomer Creek began purchasing land and planting grapes in the early 1980's, eventually establishing their estate Bloomer Creek Vineyard in 1999 from 10 acres with two different vineyard designations - Auten Vineyard and Morehouse Road - planted on the west side of Cayuga Lake. In 2012, Barrow Vineyard was added to Bloomer Creek when Kim and Debra purchased an abandoned vineyard site on the east side of Seneca Lake, one mile from their production cellar in Hector, NY.
The 'Bloomers' meticulously farm their sites using organic methods - employing no herbicides or irrigation in the vineyard. The fruit is hand-harvested, and only native yeasts are used for fermentation, often utilizing whole clusters, extended lees aging, and allowing fermentations to progress at their own rate without using temperature control.
Bloomer Creek has always carved their own path and the results are wonderful. Their wines are incredibly distinctive, age-worthy and expressive of the place and time in which they were produced. That place is the Finger Lakes, and Bloomer Creek may be the single most unique, and compelling voice in town.