New York Wineries Rise—

--as does the state’s unemployment rate.

Expansion of New York's wine industry makes it one of the state's few growth businesses; as the number of wineries now totals 275. The New York State Wine & Grape Foundation reports that with new licenses pending, the figure could top 300 by year's end which is a gain of nearly 10 percent.

Wwineries are now in 46 of New York's 62 counties; with the Finger Lakes region and Long Island the major growth areas.

"More wineries have been created in this decade than in the previous two decades combined, bringing with them the strong multiplier effects on the manufacturing, agricultural and tourism sectors of the economy," cited James Trezise, president of the Canandaigua-based foundation.