Adirondack Winery to move | Business

Adirondack Winery has announced that the company will be relocating its wine making operation in Lake George to a brand-new facility on Big Bay Rd in Queensbury, NY.

Additionally, while Adirondack Winery’s Tasting Room will remain at 285 Canada Street in Lake George, owners Michael & Sasha Pardy will execute a major renovation of the space to include an upgraded Tasting Bar about three times the size of what the space offers now.

The Pardy’s began their search for a new, larger wine-making facility at the end of their 2009 summer season. They signed a lease on a new 4,000-square-foot warehouse facility on Big Bay Road in Queensbury in November 2009. A little under one year later, the Pardy’s received all the licenses required and were able to transfer their wine making to this new facility.

When the Pardy’s opened the winery in 2008, they were primarily making their wines in small glass carboys and pails in the back of their Lake George store. The picture at their new wine making facility in Queensbury looks much different. The lab-like atmosphere now boasts countless large stainless steel wine tanks, as well as semi-automatic bottling and corking machines.

The Winery’s Tasting Room in Lake George will be undergoing its renovation and expansion in January to take over the former wine-making space and better utilize the entire 1,800 square feet the space offers.

With their growth, the Pardy’s have been adding jobs. At its opening in 2008, the winery had 3 full-time and 4 part-time employees. At peak season in 2011, the Pardy’s estimate the winery could employ 7 full-time and 8 part-time employees.

Since Adirondack Winery opened in April 2008, it has been very well received by locals and tourists alike. The Winery has been voted the #1 Best Place for Wine & #1 Best Gift Shop in Lake George two years in a row on LakeGeorge.com’s annual survey; and on the world’s largest travel website, TripAdvisor.com, Adirondack Winery is rated as #1 of 19 attractions in Lake George with a 4.5 star rating.