Acknowledgements.

Kees learned viticulture while working for eight years under Dave Weimann, the Vineyard Manager at Sheldrake Point Vineyards. During those eight years, Sheldrake Point twice won New York State’s “Winery of the Year” award. Kees joined Boundary Breaks in 2010 and overees all aspects of the vineyard.

John prunes in sub-zero weather during the winter and then in the summer persists with repetitive vineyard work when the searing temperatures are over 95 degrees. He possesses rare mental fortitude and physical endurance.

David Murray’s first summer job was straightening nails on a farm in Tama, Iowa in the 1930s. That is where he learned to drive a tractor. Having learned at an early age, he still knows how to drive a tractor.

The Wagner family has been farming grapes in the Finger Lakes for four generations. John’s father, Bill, was one of the pioneers in developing wineries for premium wines in the Finger Lakes. Today the Wagners farm 250 acres of grapes and operate a winery and brewery that brings in 100,000 visitors per year.

The Eastman family settled in the region in the early 1800s. Bill and his wife, Penny, farm grapes and other crops and collect rare utilitarian antique tools and artifacts. He is standing in front of his 1830 farmhouse holding a small quartz millstone, originally from the Lorraine Valley in France, which was used in the area in the mid-19th century.

Dave Weimann has been the Vineyard Manager at Sheldrake Point Vineyards since 2002. During his time there, Sheldrake has been awarded New York’s “Winery of the Year” twice. Dave trained Kees Stapel, Vineyard Manager at Boundary Breaks.

The owner of Mast’s Saw Shop is a member of one of the local Old Order Amish communities. It is the custom in his community that photographs of their members do not appear in advertisements or other the places that might be considered “promotional” in nature. Mast’s Saw Shop specializes in parts and service for chain saws, brush cutters and other outdoor equipment employed to manage persistent vegetation growth through the area.

Vineyard workers need to eat and the Golden Buck puts on a great meal. Megan Chamberlain Mullins (left) and Carolyn Chamberlain operate the Golden Buck Restaurant in Ovid, NY. That is Megan’s son, Harry, in the lower left.

From left: Ronata Stapel, Gavin Stapel (3 mos.), Kees Jr. (3), Kees Stapel, Vineyard Manager, Boundary Breaks.

In his book Summer in a Glass: the Coming Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes, wine critic and author Evan Dawson devotes a chapter each to Peter Bell and Tricia Renshaw, the winemaking team at Fox Run Vineyards. Dawson details the successful approach they have developed for making a wide range of spectacular wines. In 2011 they were assisted by Kelby Russell, a recent Harvard graduate who is on a fast track to becoming one of the region’s finest winemakers. This team produced all four of Boundary Breaks’ 2011 Rieslings.

The new owners at the Villa Bellangelo Winery are setting a very high standard for excellence in winemaking and in creating a premium tasting room experience in their location on the western shore of Seneca Lake. Ian Barry joined Villa Bellangelo as head winemaker in 2012. Previously he has worked as winemaker at Swedish Hill Vineyards which won the New York Governor’s Cup for the finest wine in the state during Ian’s tenure there. He will be working on some of Boundary Breaks’ 2012 vintage Rieslings.