Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
\nOn May 4, 2012 Schumer was at Sheldrake Point Winery in Seneca County to urge the federal government to pressure China to crack down on their counterfeit wines that are flooding the fast-growing and profitable Chinese wine market, keeping high-quality Finger Lakes wines from competing with these cheap fakes. Specifically, Schumer called on the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Customs and Border Protection and several other federal agencies to pressure China to crack down on cheap Chinese counterfeit wines, to ensure that New York's high-quality ice wines have the opportunity to meet the increasing demand of the fastest growing wine market in the world.