The-Laker-Issue-Spring-2022

alumni spotlight WHY THE FINGER LAKES IS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN WINEMAKING Now, as the new winemaker at Rocky Pond Winery in Washington, she feels she has returned, in a sense, to her roots in the Finger Lakes some 2,500 miles away. Amid the vineyards rising from the Columbia River, Liz, 34, has found the same mix of wine-making potential and community she enjoyed while enrolled in FLCC’s viticulture and wine technology program. “That was always one of the things that really resonated with me about the Finger Lakes. There is that sense of community and a free-flow of knowledge from winery to winery,” she said, explaining that she found At FLCC, Liz Keyser discovered her intellectual curiosity and the kind of community a wine region could be. Liz Keyser has harvested grapes on the southern coast of Australia and the Willamette Valley region of Oregon and worked as an assistant winemaker in Napa Valley. 14 | the LAKER