Ravioli with plums, shiitake mushrooms, garlic chevre in a roasted garlic cream sauce , topped with parmesan ~Red Newt Cellars 2004 Reserve Merlot ~
Organic field greens with husk cherries, yellow tomatoes, proscuitto and toasted macademia nuts with a husk cherry vinaigrette ~Red Newt Cellars 2008 Dry Rose~
Pan seared scallops in a husk cherry and basil sauce served with quinoa with lemon zest and herbs ~Red Newt Cellars 2006 Gewurztraiminer~
Plum ginger sorbet
Grilled lamb chop with a raspberry balsamic glaze, served with fingerling potatoes in an herb butter ~Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Cabernet Franc~
Pear and Almond Cheesecake drizzled with pear sauce
Chef's Menu is available as a 5 course meal for the entire table ~60 per person Wine pairings ~ Allow us to pair wines with each course ~18 per person ("half glass", four courses)
Select items may be ordered individually as small or large plates: Ravioli ~10, Salad ~8/11, Scallops~19/29, Sorbet ~4.5, Lamb chop ~20/30, Dessert ~8 Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free alternatives are usually available. Please ask your server about options.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 13:36
Red Newt Teams up with Cornell Statler's Taverna Banfi
Discover the Best Kept Secrets in the Region!
Enjoy the fine dance between wine and cuisine as Taverna Banfi plays host to Red Newt Cellars Winery & Bistro. Enjoy a four course dinner inspired in a collaboration with Red Newt Chef Debra Whiting served with Red Newt Wines paired by winemaker David Whiting.
Presented by: Red Newt Cellars and Taverna Banfi
November 2nd, 2010
Reservations accepted between 5:30 pm and 9:00 pm.
Taverna Banfi, Ithaca, NY
Reservations: 607-254-2565
Taverna Banfi ~ Red Newt
Tuesday, November 2nd
Menu Coming Soon!
Taverna Banfi and HA 3305, the Restaurant Management Course Spring 2010 Educational Events
Join School of Hotel Administration students from the Restaurant Management Course, Taverna Banfi's culinary staff and Red Newt Cellars to taste some of the best of what the local bounty offers this spring!
Taverna Banfi in The Statler Hotel | 130 Statler Drive | Cornell University
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 13:26
Red Newt Riesling in Rhode Island!
Red Newt Riesling is now available in Rhode Island! Any day is a perfect day for FLX Riesling in the Ocean State. Click "Read more..." to see our list of Rhode Island locations where you can find Red Newt Riesling. This list is revised frequently, as more stores start carrying the "Circle Riesling", so check back often!
We've just completed a launch of Red Newt Riesling in Massachusetts. MA loves Riesling, and we love MA. Click "Read more..." to see our list of MA locations to find Red Newt Riesling. This list is revised frequently, as more stores start carrying the "Circle Riesling", so check back often!
Updated March 6th, 2010! Check out all of the NEW PLACES that you can find Red Newt "Circle" Riesling. It is available at many fine wine shops and restaurants throughout New York State. Click "Read more..." to see our list which is revised frequently, as more stores start carrying the "Circle Riesling", so check back often!
Two of our most popular Red Newt Cellars wines are now available in Pennsylvania at specialty PLCB stores. If you live in PA, we hope that you'll enjoy the convenience of purchasing wines at home. And next time you visit us, bring along your PLCB reciept for a Red Newt Wine and receive a free tasting of our reserve wines!
RED NEWT CELLARS Riesling Finger Lakes Circle Label 2008 Score: 88
Off-dry in feel, with a candied lime peel edge to the apple, pear, fig and anise notes. Stays bright and refreshing through the finish. 32 g/l of residual sugar. Drink now through 2010. 2,100 cases made.
—J.M.
"If you're new to the region's wines and want to dip your toe in the water, try the "Circle Label" bottling from Red Newt-it's an exceptional value, and winemaker Dave Whiting has slowly increased production to its current 2,100 case level. Whiting produces the wine in a slightly off-dry style, both to entice drinkers new to Riesling as well as to showcase his younger vineyards, which he feels don't have the acid structure to support the drier-style bottlings he also produces."
A semi-dry, exquisitely fruity blend of Vidal Blanc and Cayuga White. Perfectly balanced to accompany a wide variety of foods and please most any palate. Cayuga White and Vidal Blanc are both excellent wine varieties. Cayuga lends brightness and crispness to the blend. Vidal lends fruit intensity, body and structure. Both varieties are fermented in stainless tanks with a variety of yeast strains. Various cellar management techniques such as cool, gentle fermentation, sur lie aging, lees stirring and juice reserve addition increase the complexity and structure of the wine while retaining delicate characters.
The recently released NYS DEC draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) is not adequate to regulate and govern the environmental hazards involved in the new drilling technologies proposed to access the natural gas trapped in the deep rock of the Marcellus Shale. This document is inadequate to regulate and govern Marcellus drilling and it needs to be sent back and revised - it cannot be accepted as currently written. Unlike conventional drilling, drilling into the Marcellus Shale requires millions of gallons of water and chemicals, the disposal and regulation of which has been poorly addressed in the new document, and has the potential to become a significant environmental disaster for the Finger Lakes, both with contamination of surface waters and contamination of aquifers and wells. The impact on the tourism and the wine industry will be substantial, as our scenic rural and farm lands give way to industrial 200' drilling rigs, five-acre well pads and hazardous waste holding ponds spaced as closely as one for every forty acres! We must act quickly to understand what we are facing and take action to prevent Governor Paterson from accepting the SGEIS as it has been recently drafted.
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Red Newt Riesling is now available in Rhode Island! Any day is a perfect day for FLX Riesling in the Ocean State. 
Two of our most popular Red Newt Cellars wines are now available in Pennsylvania at specialty PLCB stores. If you live in PA, we hope that you'll enjoy the convenience of purchasing wines at home. And next time you visit us, bring along your PLCB reciept for a Red Newt Wine and receive a free tasting of our reserve wines!
The recently released NYS DEC draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) is not adequate to regulate and govern the environmental hazards involved in the new drilling technologies proposed to access the natural gas trapped in the deep rock of the Marcellus Shale. This document is inadequate to regulate and govern Marcellus drilling and it needs to be sent back and revised - it cannot be accepted as currently written. Unlike conventional drilling, drilling into the Marcellus Shale requires millions of gallons of water and chemicals, the disposal and regulation of which has been poorly addressed in the new document, and has the potential to become a significant environmental disaster for the Finger Lakes, both with contamination of surface waters and contamination of aquifers and wells. The impact on the tourism and the wine industry will be substantial, as our scenic rural and farm lands give way to industrial 200' drilling rigs, five-acre well pads and hazardous waste holding ponds spaced as closely as one for every forty acres!