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THE LAKE HOUSE OPENS ITS DOORS TO THE FINGER LAKES.
Pristine but rugged, historic but modern, immense but cozy are but some of the design dualities The Lake House embodies. The five-building resort is a multilayered canvas—a lush backdrop for locals to experience Canandaigua Lake in a way only a privileged few hitherto could. And for Manhattanites and others even farther flung, The Lake House is designed to attract people who otherwise might never venture as far as the Finger Lakes, people who didn’t even know the region exists. Two restaurants, a spa that spills out onto the grounds, a timber-frame barn that will serve as an event space and more than 80 rooms with decks and lake views give people a reason to make the discovery. That is what the Sands hope for, to highlight the wineries they helped put on the map more than half a century ago with their family business, Canandaigua Wine Co. Now a publiclyheld alcoholic beverage company based in Victor, NY, Constellation Brands Inc. today has a market capitalization of nearly $40.9 billion and more than 100 brands in its portfolio. That portfolio started with wines from the Finger Lakes. “All the sommeliers know about Finger Lakes wineries. They haven’t all been here though,” says the project’s developer William Caleo, general partner at The Brooklyn Home Company. “Now this hotel can be a gateway for those wineries and breweries. There’s a lot happening the world needs to see, and we feel like we have a venue now to expose that.”
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