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The Cooperstown Beverage Trail

Photo: Brewery Ommegang As the former hops-growing capital of North America, Cooperstown has a long, rich legacy in beverage-making that goes back even further than its reputation as the home of baseball. Today, the area boasts a number of notable breweries, wineries and distilleries. Cooperstown Beverage Trail - New York State's first official cuisine trail - honors this tradition with a total of eight current beverage producers along 37-mile trail through Otsego County. Destinations along the trail include: Bear Pond Winery 2515 State Highway 28 Oneonta, NY Bear Pond Winery offers a well-rounded selection of New York State wines. The winery produces 20+ wines and carries wines produced from other New York wineries, as well as local beer, cider, spirits, honey, olive oils, vinegars & candy. Tastings are offered daily. We offer tasting daily, with a seating area to enjoy wine and food. Brewery Ommegang 656 County Route 33 Cooperstown, NY Brewery Ommegang opened in...

Cooperstown, the Birthplace of Baseball?

Major League Baseball season officially opened on April 2 with games and much fanfare. Click here to see the schedule for 2017. As the birthplace of baseball, Cooperstown is getting ready to welcome thousands of eager baseball fans this spring and summer to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the holy ground at the famous Doubleday Field, and many baseball gift shops, events, and tournaments. Have you ever wondered why Cooperstown is considered the home of baseball? Was the game of baseball really invented here? There’s the long answer , but shortly put, the legend goes that in 1839 Cooperstown native and future Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball as a young boy by sketching the rules of the game with a stick in the dirt (the site of which is the current 10,000-seat Doubleday Field ). Whether that’s historically accurate may be questionable as others claim the game had evolved from the British game of rounders, and different versions of the game wer...

Winter Getaway Contest 2018 Winner: "Ultimate Luxury"

Winter Getaway Contest 2017 Winner: "Ultimate Luxury" Marci Miritello from Yorktown, NY is the lucky winner of our 2018 Winter Getaway Contest! She received a luxurious prize package that included a 2-night stay in our lakefront fantasy log home Cayuga Lodge , a shopping and tasting adventure at the historic Fly Creek Cider Mill , a delicious dinner at Mel's at 22 , and a tasting flight at Red Shed Brewery . Here's what Marci had to say about her stay in Cooperstown: A unique combination of nature’s beauty and ultimate luxury is the best way to describe Cayuga Lodge South. Photos don’t begin to capture just how magnificent this home truly is. Immediately upon entering this property we were amazed at the incredible attention to detail. The open floor plan which includes a top of the line kitchen, made preparing meals part of the entertainment and easily accommodated multiple cooks. The views through the multiple glass doors are breathtaking as guests ...

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