The new facility in Batavia includes a full banquet room that can be rented out and seating along the Fox River.
Guests enjoy snacks and tastings of wine Thursday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Geneva Winery location on River Street in Batavia. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday at the new Geneva Winery location at 5 N. River St. in Batavia, with a grand opening event held Saturday. The new site joins the original Geneva Winery and Tasting Room at 426 S. Third St. in Geneva, which opened in the fall of 2020, followed by the Geneva Winery Bistro and Wine Bar, at 407 S. Third St.
Copstead said his own curiosity about winemaking fueled a career change that ended up with the opening of Geneva Winery. “The owner of the building here in Batavia reached out to us in June of 2022,” Copstead said. “She was already visiting the Geneva Winery and said, ‘We’re looking for a staple to be on River Street and would you come and take a look at it?’ So, I went and looked, and I thought this is a great location. Batavia is a great place – very similar to Geneva, and with the farmers market on Saturday, it was just an ideal solution.
Simon Foster, 24, of Geneva, who has worked as an assistant manager since 2021 at the winery’s original location, said the Batavia location should be successful. “This is a very welcome addition, and we have been waiting and waiting for them to come here. We’re so excited. They are going to be a fabulous addition to our vibrant town and a great addition to our walkable area down here,” she said. “They already have a successful venture, and to bring that here to Batavia is just so, so exciting.”
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