Long Island Wine Country: Award-Winning Vineyards of the North Fork and the Hamptons [Hardcover]

Jane Taylor Starwood (Author), Bruce Curtis (Photographer), Louisa Hargrave (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 5, 2009

Written by the editor of Long Island Wine Press magazine—with a foreword by Louisa Thomas Hargrave, cofounder of Long Island’s first vineyard, and sumptuously illustrated by an award-winning photographer—this book takes readers to each of the area’s more than forty producers, telling the colorful stories of the wines and the people who make them.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Well over 3,000 acres on Long Island’s beautiful East End have been planted with European wine grape varieties over the last three decades, and the vineyards are widely credited with keeping this beautiful landscape—officially designated one of the “Last Great Places” by The Nature Conservancy—green and growing. Add to that the recent praise for wine producers like Bedell Cellars, The Lenz Winery, and Wölffer Estate Vineyards (among numerous others) from sources like the New York Times, Wine Spectator, and Wine Advocate, and it’s not difficult to see why the New York Times, in a feature on Long Island wines, captioned a photo with the words, “Who needs Bordeaux? A tasting of wines from the East End.”

Written by the editor of Long Island Wine Press magazine—with a foreword by Louisa Thomas Hargrave, cofounder of Long Island’s first vineyard, and sumptuously illustrated by an award-winning photographer—Long Island Wine Country takes you to each of the area’s more than forty producers, telling the colorful stories of the wines and the people who make them.

Included are profiles of the owners and winemakers, notes on the wines, and essential details for visitors, such as contact information. Interspersed throughout are delicious recipes from the chefs who use the bounty of the region to prepare delicious dishes to pair with these wines, as well as lush color photographs of the natural beauty of the East End and its winemakers, wines, and wineries.

From the Back Cover

An insider’s tour of one of America’s leading new wine regions—with profiles of more than forty wine producers, lush color photographs, and recipes by top local chefs

 

From the Introduction

It’s your first trip to eastern Long Island. . . . The tension in your shoulders starts to melt as you realize you’ve finally traveled beyond the land of megamalls, giant chain stores, and endless car lots.
Soon you catch your first glimpse of a vineyard basking in the sun, its broad leaves silently turning sunlight into sugar, ripening Vitis vinifera, the European grapes that make the world’s finest wines. For a moment you might imagine you’ve been mysteriously wafted to the French countryside, but no, this is the East End of Long Island, the most exciting new wine region in North America. You’ve reached your destination, but your journey of discovery has barely begun. . . .

 

Features wines from:

 

The North Fork
Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard
Roanoke Vineyards
Palmer Vineyards
Martha Clara Vineyards
Comtesse Thérèse
Paumanok Vineyards
Jamesport Vineyards
Diliberto Winery
Clovis Point
Laurel Lake Vineyards
Harbes Family Vineyard
Macari Vineyards & Winery
Lieb Family Cellars
Shinn Estate Vineyards
Sherwood House Vineyards
Pellegrini Vineyards
Macari 2
Castello di Borghese
 Vineyard & Winery
Vineyard 48
Peconic Bay Winery
Waters Crest Winery
Pugliese Vineyards
Bedell Cellars
Pindar Vineyards
The Lenz Winery
Raphael
Ackerly Pond Vineyards
Bouké
Bridge  Vineyards
Christiano Family Vineyards
Medolla Vineyards
Schneider Vineyards
Sparkling Pointe
Osprey’s Dominion
Corey Creek Vineyards
Duck Walk North
The Old Field Vineyards Croteaux Vineyards
Jason’s Vineyard
Scarola Vineyards

The Hamptons
Duck Walk Vineyards
Channing Daughters Winery
Wölffer Estate Vineyard
The Grapes of Roth

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Three Forks; First edition (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762748397
• ISBN-13: 978-0762748396
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jane Taylor Starwood is the editor of the award-winning Long Island Wine Press, the official publication of the Long Island Wine Council. The Wine Press is published by TimesReview Newsgroup, based in Mattituck, New York.

A native of Southern California, Ms. Starwood moved to New York City in 1977 and has resided year-round on the beautiful North Fork of Long Island with her husband, artist David Starwood, since 1991. Her love for fine wine was born and nurtured among the vines of Long Island Wine Country. In 2009, Ms. Starwood earned an Intermediate Certificate in Wines & Spirits, with merit, from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust.

Ms. Starwood also holds a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell and the T. Colin Campbell Foundation. She blogs about diet and fitness at eatplantsforlife.com.