The tasting room with a fire going. The bookstore that doesn't mind if you stay two hours. The museum nobody on TripAdvisor mentions. Rain on a lake is one of the better problems to have.
America's first bonded winery — U.S. Bonded Winery No. 1, founded 1860 — and the birthplace of the New York champagne tradition. Stone cellars, historic buildings, and the Great Western brand still poured on the property. Come for the history and the estate tour rather than the reserve tasting.
Brewery in a restored 1800s building on the outskirts of Hammondsport — cellar-cool taproom, small-batch ales, and the occasional food-truck night. The kind of stop that rewards you for wandering off the main winery route toward the village edge.
Hammondsport's museum of aviation and motorcycle pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss — vintage aircraft, motorcycles, and early-flight artifacts from the town where American aviation grew up. The classroom-quiet counterpoint to the wine trail. Two hours is enough; the flying-replica shop in back is the surprise.
Regional boating museum on the Hammondsport waterfront — antique wooden runabouts, canoes, and Finger Lakes boat-building history in the old winery buildings. Free admission, donation encouraged. A rainy-day pair with the Curtiss Museum across town.