VILLA BELLANGELO

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A Finger Lakes, New York winery’s Riesling is on a magazine’s list of the best wines of the world for 2018.

Villa Bellangelo Winery of Starkey is on the west side of Seneca Lake and also has a tasting room in Geneva called Bellangelo North Seneca. Its 2015 Berry Select Riesling was named to Wine & Spirits Magazine’s Top 100 Wines of 2018, with a score of 94.

Noted wine writer Jamie Goode, author of Wine Science, has remarked on the wine’s “amazing harmony and depth.”

Other “best of” notations for Bellangelo in 2018 include its 2015 Gibson Vineyard Riesling (score of 91), 2015 Reserve Chardonnay (91), as well as a listing as one of America’s Best Sparkling Wines with a nod in the Best Buy category for its Sparkling Cuvée.

The Missick family is marking the seventh anniversary of its ownership of Villa Bellangelo after moving from California to the Finger Lakes. The family said it focused on creating Rieslings, Chardonnays and Cabernet Francs.