NEWS OF GRAPES AND WINES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Changes Come to Niagara Wine Trail
Lawmakers approve expansion in upstate New York to capitalize on region's tourism potential
M
edina, N.Y.—After years of effort and multiple trips to the
state capitol in Albany, N.Y., leaders of the Niagara Wine
Trail finally convinced lawmakers to
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Wendy Oakes Wilson, the trail association's
"Niagara trail."
treasurer as well as the president and coowner of Leonard Oakes Estate Winery in Medina, told Wines
& Vines the group never thought the change would take so long.
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In New York, both arms of the state legislature need to approve
wine trail designations and the highway signage that goes with
them. In 2011, the group received grant funding for new signs, and
Wilson said the timing seemed right to expand the trail by adding
two new member wineries.
The bill to make the change passed through the state senate but
never made it out of committee in the assembly, a pattern that re(Continued on page 91.)
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