Help, Winery Boat Tour

[Fletch]

The wife has the big "50" coming up and the days of Covid makes any plan difficult. Any big party has obviously been scrapped. Was thinking a small close group of family and a couple friends. So 9-10 folks to do a finger lakes winery tour by boat. Does anybody have any insight or recs?

I wanted to look to see if it was an option. All the wineries have space for open outdoor seating to distance. As none of us want to be indoors anywhere. We obviously would be the only group on the boat. If anyone has any recommendations it would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[hueyjazz]

I'm pretty familiar with the Finger lakes wineries.  Pretty much none of them are directly on the water.  They are up on the hills looking down at the lakes.   There's hardly anyplace to dock on the finger lakes other than established launches.  Any other suitable place will likely be private land.

I once did a mountain bike trip to wineries that was pretty much a bust.  After the fourth winery we didn't feel like biking anymore and those hills are pretty brutal.

[Robhuntandfish]

Raquette lake in the Dacks has a boat tour. I've been on it and it was great. Nice meal, wine and local brewery beers from saranac. Had a great time. Not finger lakes but an option. Dunno status due to the covid mess but worth a look.  

[Fletch]

22 minutes ago, hueyjazz said:

I'm pretty familiar with the Finger lakes wineries.  Pretty much none of them are directly on the water.  They are up on the hills looking down at the lakes.   There's hardly anyplace to dock on the finger lakes other than established launches.  Any other suitable place will likely be private land.

I once did a mountain bike trip to wineries that was pretty much a bust.  After the fourth winery we didn't feel like biking anymore and those hills are pretty brutal.

There are at least 4 companies who do them. Like these guys. www.watertowinetours.com

Was hoping someone had experience.