Re: September Photo Challenge: Wineries
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:13 pm
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The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 23th 2008 at the Moose Lodge at 6 Main Street, in Dansville at 7:30 pm. Who knows, maybe it could be interesting... You never really do know with Dansville.'Forgotten Wineries' topic of slide show
The Dansville Area Historical Society is presenting a slide show and wine tasting event called "Forgotten Wineries of Livingston County."
Its an older article, so now, I believe the vineyard is under different ownership(?), but they still do make the alter wine there (and its taste is enough to make you want to stop going to church).On a hill high above the west shore of Hemlock Lake, a square, staunch, four-story stone building stands out in bold relief against the woods. It is St. Michael's Mission House, where for ten years have dwelt and labored members of the order known as the Brothers of the Divine Word. The order was founded in Holland and has few branches in the east. At St. Michael's high school pupils and graduates receive preparatory training for mission fields.
On the grounds of the mission house the good brothers have carved out of the rocky soil two grottos that house statues of the saints. They are the result of many hours of devoted toil. The dim light in the caves, the sacred shrines - there is a medieval air about this mission overlooking Hemlock water.
The site was once the country home of the most Rev. Bernard J. McQuaid, first bishop of Rochester. There he planted a vineyard on the slopes along the lake to provide the sacramental wine for the diocese. The Borthers of the Divine Word have expanded this vineyard until today they have a flourishing commercial wine business, besides supplying churchly needs. http://www.wemett.net/hemlock/beautiful_hemlock.html
Both the east and west sides are brimming full of deep ravines.In 2002, we purchased a 200-acre property of forests and gullies on the west side of Hemlock Lake, where the City’s ownership along the lake is at its narrowest—roughly 200 feet from the shoreline. Known as the Eagle Crest Preserve, the property is located in the Town of Conesus and adjoins City lands for more than one mile. Incompatible logging or residential development of this property could have had severe impacts to water quality in Hemlock Lake. The Eastman Kodak Company provided The Nature Conservancy with funding to acquire this property.