What do you get when you mix several generations of wine making experience, an old gravel pit that you convert into a lovely lake, perfectly good unused farm land, a local passenger railroad terminal and a hard working family?  You get the Varallo family’s “Spring Lake Winery” located near Lockport, New York.

The story of this relatively new winery is told in a brochure available from the company titled, “Gravel to Grapes: The Story of Spring Lake Winery!” The Niagara Escarpment is famous for its late season Rieslings and Spring Lake has an award winning vintage already.