Clermont Vineyards & Winery

Patrons are often greeted by Clermont’s welcoming staff, and led to either the expansive tasting room or one of the two large outdoor seating areas to sample their award-winning wines. Clermont Vineyards offers several white varietals including Aurore, Chardonnay, Seyval, and Vidal Blanc. Their reds include Cabernet Franc, Corot Noir, Lemberger, Marquette, Noiret, and a few other French-American hybrid red grape wines, all of which are 100% grown on-site. Clermont Vineyards is also home to the first Arandell wine in New York State. In 2015, Clermont’s Cabernet Franc took home top honors, receiving the Gold Medal at the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition.

The cousins strive to grow the best grapes possible using the minimum amount of non-restricted (safer) chemical sprays. The tunnel sprayer that Tony designed and built with a few hundred dollars worth of parts from Lowe’s and Tractor Supply has to be seen first-hand to comprehend its efficiency. In the beginning of the growing season, this tunnel sprayer recycles 80%–90% of the spray chemicals. The cousins also have a modified destemmer crusher machine that mimics the popular foot-stomping method as was practiced in Portugal in the past.