Bully Hill Vineyards
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| Industry | Winery |
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| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | Hammondsport, New York |
| Products | Wine and Merchandise |
| Website | BullyHill.com |
Coordinates: 42°26′28.30″N 77°12′29.30″W / 42.4411944°N 77.2081389°W Bully Hill Vineyards is a vineyard and winery located in Hammondsport, New York, United States, in the Finger Lakes American Viticultural Area.
In 1920, the Taylor Wine Company needed room to expand as well as consistent sources of electricity and water. The Winery was moved to a location two miles outside of Hammondsport and the original property, where Bully Hill sits today, was sold to a Lloyd Sprague. In 1958, Greyton H. Taylor and Walter S. Taylor bought back the property from Sprague and established Bully Hill Farms. Greyton and Walter began converting the Native American grapes on the land to French-American hybrid grapes, pioneering those varieties in New York State. Over the next 12 years Walter and Greyton slowly built a winery on location and in 1970 Bully Hill Inc. was established. Walter represented the third generation of his family to be involved in grape growing and wine making, a family endeavor since 1878. Bully Hill was one of the first small estate wineries in the Keuka Lake area since Prohibition. During Prohibition the winery sold grape juice in small wooden barrels. A label was placed on the barrel giving explicit instructions on how the juice would turn into wine if precautions weren't taken.
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