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December Deck the Halls

December 6 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

Celebrate the holiday season with Deck the Halls on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail!

During this event, you’ll enjoy a self-guided tour of participating Seneca Lake Wine Trail wineries decked out for the holiday season, sampling delicious wine and food pairings and collecting ornaments at each stop.

DATES & EVENT TIMING: 

Friday,  December  6, 2024: 12pm – 5pm Saturday,  December  7, 2024: 10am – 5pm Sunday,  December  8, 2024: 10am – 5pm

Tickets are good for all three days. We encourage you to spread your winery visits out.  This is for the  second weekend  of Deck the Halls – we host two separate weekends for this event.  Be sure to select the correct one as tickets cannot be exchanged between the two.

Group Size Maximum

The maximum group size for this event is 6 people, including tasters and DD ticketholders. Please do not travel in groups larger than 6.

PARTICIPATING WINERIES:

White Springs Winery

Fox Run Vineyards

Seneca Shore Wine Cellars

Tabora Farm & Winery

Fruit Yard Winery

Glenora Wine Cellars

Fulkerson Winery

Toast Winery

Lakewood Vineyards

Castel Grisch Winery

J.R. Dill Winery

Leidenfrost Vineyards

Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards

Caywood Vineyards

Wagner Vineyards

Idol Ridge Winery

Boundary Breaks Vineyard

Three Brothers Wineries & Estates

TICKETS & PRICING:

Price shown includes 8% sales tax and online service fees.

Couple’s Ticket, $130:   1 ticket admits 2 people. As a couple you will receive 1 wreath packet containing a grapevine wreath and a recipe book and 2 wine glasses at your chosen starting winery and collect one ornament at each winery visited. Each attendee will receive a food sample paired with a 1-ounce wine tasting, and then three additional ½-ounce tastings at each winery visited .

Single Ticket, $95:   1 ticket admits 1 person.  That attendee receives 1 wreath packet containing a grapevine wreath and a recipe book and 1 wine glass at their starting winery and collect one ornament at each winery visited.  The attendee will receive a food sample paired with a 1-ounce wine tasting, and then three additional ½-ounce tastings at each winery visited. 

Non-tasting Designated Driver Ticket $35:   Admits 1 person. You will receive a souvenir travel mug at your chosen starting winery and receive the food and a non-alcoholic beverage at the wineries you visit.

WEEKEND PACKAGES THAT INCLUDE TICKETS:

Sip Back and Relax Tours has put together simple and convenient weekend packages for 2-6 people. Packages include a tickets to the event, a 2 night stay (Friday and Saturday) at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Geneva, Saturday and Sunday morning breakfast at the hotel, and 6 hours of transportation on Saturday (including tip).

• COUPLE’S CLICK HERE  to learn more about couple’s package
• SINGLE’S CLICK HERE  for singles packages

Please contact Sip Back & Relax Tours directly for reservations or with any questions.

ADD ON SOUVENIR MERCHANDISE:

Lanyards $6, Fleece Blankets $20, and Long Sleeved Shirts $25

Add these items on to your ticket order and they’ll be waiting for you at your starting winery! Complete details and photos available once you begin your ticket purchase process.

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19 Wineries in 1 Day? How We Conquered the Famous Seneca Lake Deck the Halls Event

If you live in Upstate New York and you are over 21, you’ve heard someone talk about the Seneca Lake Deck the Halls event. The famous wine trail holiday celebration hits several favorite wineries in the Finger Lakes Wine Region. And the best part is that in addition to the wine and food samples at each winery, every location also gives participants a unique ornament to decorate with at home.

What is Seneca Lake Deck the Halls?

Deck the Halls is the Seneca Lake Wine Trails most anticipated festival every holiday season. Spread across two separate weekends at the end of November and beginning of December, it’s sure to sell out every year. The main premise of the festival is like any other wine trail event – visit a bunch of wineries while sampling their creations along with a bite of food at each place. But this one adds some Christmas cheer while festival-goers get into the holiday spirit. (Pun intended.)

When you purchase your tickets for Deck the Halls, you will need to choose a starting winery. This helps the festival spread out the guests, so the crowds never get big. At your first winery you will collect your grapevine wreath and you first ornament. At each other participating winery you visit, you’ll collect an additional ornament.

It is worth noting that some of the wineries go above and beyond with their ornaments while others… do not. Nonetheless, there are plenty that were wonderful, made with the spirit of the winery in mind.

Tickets for Seneca Lake’s Deck the Halls

If there is one thing you should know about Deck the Halls, it is that you have to buy your tickets early ! Tickets typically go on sale in July and sell out by August. So while you may not be thinking of Christmas festivities in the hottest part of summer, you’ll miss out if you don’t.

Tickets are available through the Seneca Lake Wine Trail website . Guests can chose a single ticket, a couple’s ticket, or a designated driver ticket. While you save quite a bit of money with the couple’s ticket, keep in mind you will only get one wreath and one ornament per winery. So if you’re not sharing with someone you live with, plan accordingly.

Alternatively, visitors can purchase a weekend package, which includes accommodation for two nights, transportation on Saturday, and tickets to the event.

Tips for Non-couple Couples

If you’re sharing a couple’s ticket with someone outside your home, like I did with my sister-in-law, here are some tips.

First, Most craft stores sell grapevine wreaths, so you can always purchase one on your own. Or you can grab one on Amazon for just $10 .

Secondly, if you’re visiting on the second weekend (toward the end of the festival), you might be able to ask the winery for a second ornament if there is one you both really want. Some wineries will accommodate if they think they will have extras. Alternatively, many of the winery gift shops have other ornaments (sometimes past Deck the Halls ornaments) for sale.

Visiting the wineries during Deck the Halls

For the 2023 Seneca Lake Deck the Halls event, an impressive 19 wineries participated. To be clear, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail does not recommend that you visit all of the wineries in one day. Seriously, you’d have to be crazy to try it. But… call us crazy. Tickets are good for a full weekend, Friday through Sunday. But we had plans on Friday and I had a 6am flight to Hawaii on Sunday. I had no intention of making it to them all. But when you present me with a challenge…

The biggest MVP of the day was definitely my husband. He was such a trooper, driving the three of us to all of the wineries. He earned the nickname “Coach” as he corralled us and shuttled us around Seneca Lake, keeping us on track to visit them all. Coach even took pictures for us and did the purchasing at the wineries when I found wines I liked so we could move quickly.

Secondly, it’s very important for me to note that we did not try all of the samples at all of the wineries . That would be ludicrous. Each winery has one sample with their food sample and then offers to let you try 3 more (on average). Since a typical wine sample is 1-2 ounces, that’s an average of 6 ounces per winery. Multiply that by 19 and that’s 114 ounces… or almost 5 bottles of wine. DO NOT DO THIS IN ONE DAY. If you plan to visit all of the wineries AND maximize your samples, spread it out over the course of the weekend. Even then it’s still a lot of wine!

2023 Deck the Halls Participating Wineries

• Bagley’s Poplar Ridge Vineyards
• Boundary Breaks Vineyard
• Castel Grisch Winery
• Caywood Vineyards
• CK Torrey Ridge Winery
• Fox Run Vineyards
• Fruit Yard Winery
• Fulkerson Winery
• Glenora Wine Cellars
• Idol Ridge Winery
• J.R. Dill Winery
• Lakewood Vineyards
• Leidenfrost Vineyards
• Seneca Shore Wine Cellars
• Tabora Farm & Winery
• Three Brothers Wineries & Estates
• Toast Winery
• Wagner Vineyards
• White Springs Winery

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2023 Deck the Halls Highlights

While the festival in general is incredible, there were a few things that really stood out to me this year:

As for the overall experience, Lakewood Vineyards in Watkins Glen really outdid themselves. They lit up the winery tanks with Christmas lights and led guests into the tasting area with “snowy” footprints on the ground. They had the most delicious cranberry and brie bites, a photo backdrop, and multiple serving stations. Overall, an A+ experience.

On the food note, there were several delicious options that I am adding to my recipe book (one of which I already made!). Shoutout to the corn chowder at Boundary Breaks and the gingerbread cheesecake dip at Fulkerson Winery . But the real winner here is Idol Ridge Winery with their make-your-own s’mores. Yes, they had mini tabletop fires to roast your marshmallow and a homemade vanilla fudge to pair with it. YUM.

Oh, and you get access to all of the recipes from the festival so you can remake your favorites at home.

Final Thoughts

In order to maximize your time and experience at Seneca Lake’s annual Deck the Halls Event, remember these key things.

• Have a designated driver. Truly, it’s in everyone’s best interest if the people drinking don’t have to worry about driving. At all.
• Buy your tickets early! Don’t let them sell out.
• Have a game plan. Know which winery your are starting at and which other wineries are on your do-not-miss list.
• Dress up and get into the holiday spirit! Seriously, one of the best parts of the event is joining in the frivolity of the season and checking out each other’s ugly sweaters and other holiday wardrobes.
• Most importantly, HAVE FUN!

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Deck the Hall set to begin at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron

• Updated: Mar. 07, 2023, 4:29 p.m.
• | Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 5:30 a.m.

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens’ Deck the Hall opens this month Stan Hywet Hall

• Marc Bona, cleveland.com

AKRON, Ohio – Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens ’ annual Deck the Hall is coming up, with a variety of holiday displays and more than 1 million lights illuminating the stately grounds.

The estate’s holiday-decorated theme is “Gracious Gatherings,” featuring decorations for a traditional Christmas.

• Friday to Sunday, Nov. 25-27.

• Thursday to Sunday, Dec. 1-4.

• Thursday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 23.

• Monday to Friday, Dec. 26-30.

Guests can arrive anytime between 3 and 8 p.m. The estate remains open until 9 p.m. each night of Deck the Hall. (Regular daytime tours end for the season Wednesday, Nov. 23.)

Stan Hywet is the former home of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. co-founder F.A. Seiberling and his family.

A large decorated tree is in the Carriage House Courtyard while Santa and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer will be nearby. The Music Room - decorated in red, green and gold – will highlight Gertrude Seiberling’s musical talents. Taking a less traditional approach, the West Porch of the Manor House is filled with animals in tuxes, gnomes taking a bubble bath and a woodland Santa in a forest with a flocked tree.

Thirty trees in 19 spaces in the Manor House are decorated for Christmas.

The gardens and grounds are illuminated with 1.2 million holiday lights, including the annual light show in the Great Garden. Gingerbread Land features even more lights, and the poinsettia tree in Corbin Conservatory offers a photo opportunity (different colored poinsettias are available for purchase). Animated shop windows reflecting a gingerbread bake shop and 1920s Akron at holiday time also will be up in the courtyard.

Stan Hywet is at 714 North Portage Path, Akron.

• Monday to Thursday: $20, adults (18 and older); $9 (ages 3 to 17).

• Friday to Sunday: $24, adults; $11, ages 3 to 17.

• All nights: Free, ages 2 and under. College students with valid ID pay youth price.

For tickets, go online or call 330-315-3287. Admission includes self-guided tour of the Manor House, conservatory, grounds and light show.

Related coverage: 2021 Deck the Hall lights up Stan Hywet (photos)

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Oct 15, 2022 - Dave's surprise 60th Weekend

The objective of every year has now become getting together as a complete family. This was realized in October when we surprised Dave for his 60th birthday with his daughters and close friends for a NH weekend hike at Mt Monadnock. Such a hard hike followed by fellowship, good food, and really big laughter!

The second piece of big news is that Marianne retired in March! Her top tips for retirement: stay active, get plenty of outside time, and buy jammies that look like clothes ;)

We had a few adventures this year but 2023 has some big ones: stay tuned!!!

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This gal is now RETIRED! Even though it feels great, it kind of means I'm old, and that's not so great. I've started painting, upped my biking and hiking, and hope to increase the traveling exponentially. Want to go somewhere? Hit me up!!

Marianne hiked over 200 miles in 2022 and biked over 825 miles!

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Dave continues to work hard and play harder. He ran more than 850 miles and biked over 560 miles (on his new bike!) this year! If he just kept going, he'd be in Omaha, Nebraska by now!

Becca started the year in Mexico and Costa Rica and has since been been living in California. She spent the summer working and attending some major festivals around the US and is now working on her freelance business while spending happy times with her friend Happy.

Andrea is still working hard as a business consultant in Maine. She has traveled from South Dakota to Switzerland enlightening clients with her analytical skills. She enjoys camping, skiing, hiking, and taking care of her beloved pets.

Here are a few pics from our 2022 adventures...

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Deck the Halls Homes & Inns Tour

GREENVILLE — Visit three beautiful properties in Greenville decked out for the holidays on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 12 to 4 p.m.  

Enjoy a warm Christmas welcome from innkeepers at The Greenville Inn and The Lodge at  Moosehead Lake. The Greenville Inn was a lumber baron’s country estate built in the 1880s and  is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Lodge at Moosehead Lake, a AAA 4- Diamond property, was built as a summer residence by a banking family in 1917. 

This year a private residence is open for our tour. The Neff family has graciously agreed to open  their beautiful home located at 29 West Cove Point in Greenville. This home features stunning views of Moosehead Lake from West Cove. 

Another fun addition to the tour is a drive-thru outdoor décor viewing stop at the LoConte  residence at 371 Lily Bay Road. This stop is an outside viewing spot only. 

The cost is $15/per person, and tickets are required for entry. Tickets may be purchased in  advance by visiting https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deck-the-halls-holiday-homes-inns-tour tickets-465902566117, by calling 207-695-2702, or in-person at the Moosehead Lake Region  Visitors’ Center on Wednesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They can also be purchased at one of the tour locations on the day of the tour.  

You choose the order you visit the tour stops. Please know that there are parking limitations at  these locations, so you may be directed by a parking attendant to the next stop if there are no  parking spaces available. 

Addresses for the Inns: 

Greenville Inn 40 Norris Street Greenville, Maine 

The Lodge at Moosehead Lake 368 Lily Bay Road Greenville, Maine

Neff Residence 29 West Cove Point Greenville, Maine.

Address for drive-thru décor viewing: 

LoConte residence (outside viewing only) 371 Lily Bay Rd. Greenville, Maine .

Proceeds will support Destination Moosehead Lake, our local Chamber of Commerce that  promotes the Moosehead Lake region as a premier destination for all forms of recreation. The  holiday tour is part of the Chamber’s month-long celebration, Deck the Halls.

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