Geneva- Senator Mike Nozzolio, along with numerous other state, county and local elected leaders, officially opened the new Finger Lakes Community College Viticulture and Wine Center in Geneva.  The new world class center is the only program of its kind in the Northeast and will create hundreds of jobs and economic opportunities in a wide variety of fields related to tourism and the wine and grape industry.

The Finger Lakes Community College Viticulture and Wine Center will allow future winemakers to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to continue to develop New York's wine and grape industry as one of our region's fastest growing economic engines.  The new Viticulture Center will allow the Finger Lakes region to serve as the epicenter of research and development for New York's wine and grape industry.

Pictured from left to right are: Assemblyman Brian Kolb; Dr. Susan Brown, Director of New York State Ag-Experiment Station; Senator Mike Nozzolio; Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul; Dr. Barbara Risser, President of FLCC; Dean Kathryn Boor, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Dr. Thomas Burr, Former Director of New York State Ag-Experiment Station.