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Winery taps old-fashioned recipe to turn birch sap into wine

By Holly Riddle

First-of-its-kind business reports growing interest for its products, which are made with sap sourced in the Adirondacks

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Maple syrup bottles in a window

At Thurman Maple Days, farms blend old, new

By Tim Rowland

Even with technological advances, sugar house visitors still want an old-fashioned experience

jars of syrup in a window

Sipping on sap? Maple producers branch out to tapping other trees

By Holly Riddle

Aspen, beech, and birch sap seen as small niche, but could have potential for new revenue streams

Maple producers go with the flow

By Mike Lynch

Sap started flowing in early February in the High Peaks region.

Sweet success in Lyon Mountain

By Adirondack Explorer

A Lyon Mountain operation is now producing birch syrup, and walnut and beech and butternut and, perhaps someday soon, linden (aka basswood) syrups.

People gathered around a maple syrup evaporator

Adirondack maple producers see early start to season

By Holly Riddle

Early warm weather starts sap flowing, and causes problems for small producers

Bottles of different shades of maple syrup at Cornell University’s Uihleich maple research forest.

A sweet stroll through a maple forest

By Tim Rowland

March is ideal time to check out Uihlein's Maple Nature Trail

maple weekend

The sweetest season

By Jamie Organski

Maple production in full swing across the Adirondack region

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