There’s lots of wildlife at Shinn Estate Vineyards in Mattituck. Those walking around the vineyard can spot rabbits, birds, deer, raccoons and even a fox. In the next few months, there will be even more: a new frock of baby chicks and a bunch of new beehives. There are currently about a dozen laying hens [...]
Chef Kerry Heffernan of South Gate, a modern American restaurant in Manhattan, prepared his favorite dish, roasted whole black sea bass stuffed with crab — a meal made with ingredients from the East End — on a recent episode of This Morning on CBS. He paired the dish with a Castello di Borghese Chardonnay. The side dishes, [...]
Channing Daughters wines will be featured at a small restaurant in the NoLita section of Manhattan Wednesday. Ellabess on Elizabeth Street is hosting the dinner, which will feature eight of the Bridgehampton winery’s selections, including the pazzo 2004, research cab 2007 and mosaic 2008. Ellabess chef Troy Unruh will specially create dishes complimented by the [...]
If you’re selecting a bottle of merlot any time soon, you might want to snag a bottle of McCall Wines’ Ben’s Blend. That 2007 merlot-based blend won first place at The Merlot Focus, a blind tasting competition held by the Long Island Merlot Alliance on Jan. 26. Members of the wine trade and media rated [...]
The food-friendly whites made at Waters Crest in Cutchogue and sold in its adjacent tasting room, in the North Road Commons industrial park, are noteworthy for their texture. This characteristic, known in wine jargon as mouth feel, significantly contributes to the pleasures of all the winery’s 2010 whites. Think of it as approximately the fluid equivalent [...]
The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library presented “Introduction to Spanish Tapas with Chef Richard Kanowsky,” the latest in the library’s popular series of cooking programs, last week. Chef Rich, who is the chef/owner of Kanobley Catering, gave a short history of Spanish tapas and a quick lesson in their preparation before participants began cooking. Within an hour [...]
Do you like to take your time with a nice, full glass of wine? Do you cherish each bite of a particularly great meal, trying to take in each ingredient and ponder where they were grown and how they were made? If you’re a part of the so-called Slow Food movement, an event this Monday [...]
Those who want to learn more about winemaking and wine tasting should attend Diliberto Winery’s Vine to Wine instructional class this Saturday at 1 p.m.. Led by owner, vineyard manager and winemaker Sal Diliberto, the class will explore everything from growing grapes and pruning vines to crushing fruit, fermenting juice and blending wine. The class [...]
Twenty years ago, Long Island’s wineries went into virtual hibernation during the winter months. Visitors who ventured here might find shuttered doors with a shivering winemaker behind them, or be invited into a dark tasting barn by a trio of cats. Today, the wine scene has become positively lively after Christmas, with many interesting and [...]
Here’s a fun Valentine’s Day idea: a sparkling wine and cupcake pairing at Long Island’s only vineyard exclusively dedicated to sparkling wine. That would be Sparkling Pointe Vineyard and Winery in Southold, of course. Wines made by méthode champenoise by winemaker Gilles Martin will be paired with the yummy, frosted hand-held treats. Is there anything [...]
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