Silver Stream Winery

Silver Stream Winery
11 Kennedy Lane
Monroe, New York
USA 10950
Phone: (845) 783-8660
http://www.silverstreamwinery.com/

Contact: Ken Lifshitz
Email: [email protected]

We hope you find this website helpful in exploring the exciting wines that are available in the Hudson Valley of New York and here at Silver Stream Winery.

The Hudson Valley is a viticultural paradox. It is at once an exciting and expanding new wine region, and also the oldest commercial wine producing area in the country. In 1927 Samuel Lifshitz established a farm here on that same property overlooking Trout Brook on 110 acres of land. They raised corn in the morning and played softball late in the afternoon. Conveniently, the cornfield was right next to the ballfield and also across from the airfield where Barky Dulgarian flew his plane. Barky was a character!Luckily for me, this 11 acres was a well drained South West facing hillside. so in 1989 I moved my family up here, supporting us by computer programming jobs and started planting the first vines two years later.

Finally, in 1999 Ken formed business partnership named Silver Stream Winery and began to produce wines from the locally grown grapes and they hoped to open the winery that year. Well, things never seem to go as planned here in the Highlands.

Things dragged on in front of various government agencies until 2004, when the Orange County Legislature in a 6 to 5 vote, voted to allow the winery on the property. It was a whisker thin margin. It took another two years after that for the tasting room facility to be added because, 2003 and 2004 turned out to be disastrous years for grape producers in New York due to a number of odd weather events.

Today there are five varieties grown here, Cabenet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Traminette and an Alsatian variety known by the tongue-twisting name of Gewurtztraminer and the tasting room is just about done. We are producing about 900 gallons of estate grown wines and about 600 gallons of other New York State varietals. We also make a vinegar that will knock you socks off and then hang 'em up on the bedpost.

Winemaker: Ken Lifshitz

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