If gran fondos, food and alliteration are your thing then circle June 15, 2017, on your calendar.
The addition of Farm to Fork Fondo — Finger Lakes expands the three-year-old Farm to Fork Fondo series to six events.
The Berkshires in Massachusetts will also take its debut bow in 2017, alongside the Hudson Valley, Vermont, Pennslvania Dutch country and Maine. The New York and Vermont events will be run for the third time in 2017 while Pennsylvania and Maine made their debuts in 2016.
Farm-winery Atwater Estate Vineyards in Burdett, NY, will be start-finish venue on June 25, and will also host a pre-ride 'Meet the Farmers Dinner' the evening before, catered by farm-to-table specialists Serendipity Catering.
Details of the Finger Lakes Fondo (and the Berkshires) including routes will follow in coming months according to the organizers, Burlington (VT) based Wrenegade Sports.
Registration for all events in the series, which saw sell-outs in 2016, opens on January 15. Entry vouchers are available on the website currently.
"Cycling has taken me to spectacular locations around the country and the world that I otherwise never would have seen," said Farm to Fork founder Tyler Wren, who rode professionally from 2002 to 2014.
"With Wrenegade Sports, I am working to share that same sense of discovery from the seat of a bicycle by creating exciting events in beautiful, secluded areas."
It is named for the 11 narrow lakes running north-south created by glaciation. The Finger Lakes is home to around 100 wineries and vineyards including two of America's oldest, O-Neh-Da Vineyard The Pleasant Valley Wine Company, which date back to the Civil War era.
A thriving food scene has developed to make the most of the diverse mix of local farms and the wines of the area.
2017 Farm to Fork Fondos:
Hudson Valley, June 11
Finger Lakes, June 25
Vermont, July 16
Pennsylvania Dutch, July 29
Maine, August 27
Berkshires, September 24
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