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WineEastNews Senator Hosts New York Wineries in Washington, D.C. million acres of land, and the state ranks state's economy. "Farm Day is an important opportunity for us to show that we are an agricultural state, with great agrotourism potential," Sen. Gillibrand told Wine East. "Some of the best wines are produced in New York, and we have wineries from the North Fork (on Long Island) to the Finger Lakes to Lake Erie. We even have wineries in Brooklyn!" first in the nation in the number of yogurt At New York Farm Day, award-winning Lawmakers and administrators sample N.Y. wine, beer, spirits and food during farm day W ashington, D.C.—Many people don't realize that farming is a $38.4 billion industry in New York state. There are 36,000 family farms on 7 producers, second in apples and maple syrup, and fourth in wine. On Sept. 17, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hosted the annual wines from 32 New York wineries winesandvines.com Learn more: Search keywords "N.Y. Farm Day." as well as spirits, beers and grape juice were paired with menu selections from regional restaurants "New York Farm Day" in the Lakewood Vineyards founder Bev Stamp (left) and Theresa Stamp Knapp of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation (right) share wines with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand during New York Farm Day in Washington, D.C. Foundation, which organizes the event, and with specialty products from New York the grape, grape juice and wine industry ton, D.C., to remind Congress, the Obama farms and businesses, and some food sup- now has production facilities in 53 of New administration and others in Washington pliers utilized New York grapes and wine York's 62 counties and generates more than that New York is a major agricultural state in their samples. According to Jim Trezise, and that agriculture is a major part of the president of the New York Wine & Grape $3.7 billion annually in economic benefits. —Linda Jones McKee Russell Senate Office Building in Washing- Waterloo_Nov10.qxp 8/26/10 102 W in es & V i ne s NOV E M b e r 20 13 11:36 AM Page 1