Experience! The Finger Lakes is committed to sharing the best the Finger Lakes has to offer with our guests through our premium tours and events. The company is owned and operated by local Ithacans, Laura and Alan Falk, who are passionate about the region.
From the beginning, Laura and Alan have been totally committed to providing guests with the highest-quality experiences in the region: fun, informative, personalized, and affordable. Laura is a certified sommelier and holds a PhD in nutrition, so our specialty is offering premium culinary experiences from immersive wine tours to personalized pairing events. Today, Experience! The Finger Lakes has grown into one of the area’s most popular attractions and the top-rated touring company in the Finger Lakes. Our goal is to help our guests love the Finger Lakes as much as we do.
We offer both half-day and full day wine tours that are fully guided and immersive with experiences like vineyard and cellar tours, barrel sampling, reserve tastings and local food pairings. We vet partnerships with the best wineries, restaurants, regional chefs, and other craft producers such as farm cideries, breweries and distillaries that are all committed to the customer experience. All tours depart from Ithaca, with some tours also having departures from Watkins Glen and Geneva.
We also offer tours that explore the Finger Lakes' natural beauty with sightseeing tours and guided hikes of the beautiful gorges and waterfalls of Ithaca.
Come tour and engage in the region’s glorious culinary and natural bounty with us and find out why those of us who live here stay here, and those who visit come back again and again.
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Tastings at our partner wineries always feature local food pairings
Farm to table lunch featured on our cooking class tour
Our guests love bringing home a taste of the FLX!
Guests enjoy seated tastings at many of our wineries, and experiences such as veritical and reserve tastings
Our public tours take a maximum of 14 guests, so those who board as strangers leave as friends.
Our Fabululous Falls Above Cayuga Tour is a must do when visiting Ithaca!
We offer high end bachelorette packages for thoese ladies looking for an immersive and experiential Finger Lakes destination celebration
On a number of our tours you get into the vineyards and learn about the wine growing process
Couples enjoy our tours, experiencing new flavors and vistas
Our guests often get to taste in the wine cellars away from the crowds
We do barrel sampling too, many times with the winemaker!
We feature wine and chocolate pairings on a number of our tours
Our guided natural history hikes gets you into the gorges and experiencing the falls up close and personal
For our "spirited" guests, we have tours that visit and tour an FLX craft distillary...
We also visit craft farm breweries...
Craft cider is so hot right now!
Private and public wine pairing events featuring local wines and local cheese, chocolates and charcuterie!
We host all group sizes from 2 to 52!
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