The North Fork and its Wineries

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The true experience of wine appreciation is heightened immeasurably actually touring the vineyards, seeing the wine cellars, discovering the process of fine winemaking first-hand. On Long Island an award-winning community of wine growers opens its doors each season to wine lovers from around the world. And for our neighbors on the Island, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the journey is delightfully short.

Here in a picture book setting of historic fishing villages, unspoiled beaches, woods and farmlands, renowned inns and restaurants, acres upon acres of premium european vines now yielding wines of rare sophistication. And here is where you will find over wineries to share unique tasting and learning experiences with you. The journey to Long Island Wine Country is one that you will want to make with friends and family time and again. One that each time will reward you with some of the world's finest wines!

"An Ancient Tradition Finds A New Home"
3000 miles from Napa Valley, 5,358 Kilometers from Bordeaux, and 70 miles from New York City, the world's most exciting and influential new wine region has emerged on the historic land of Eastern Long Island. Since 1973 this beautiful maritime vineyard has grown from one small vineyard and will soon reach 2000 acres if vines with over twenty wineries. As the praise and awards continue to accumulate, Long Island wines have become sought after products in fine restaurants and wine shops from coast to coast and beyond national borders. "Long Island wines are now being cellared and served alongside premium California and French releases" asserts noted writer Peter Meltzer in the Wine Spectator.

A Unique Climate
Once you have toured the area's vineyards and wineries you will better understand this astounding success. For few regions in the world offer the unique combination of climate, soil characteristics, and growing conditions so essential to the production of premium wines. Snuggled between ocean, bay, and sound, Long Island vineyards flourish in moderating sea breezes, nourished by rich, glacial soils. Here, age-old growing techniques combine with state-of-the-art technology to produce world class Chardonnays, Merlots, Cabernets, Rieslings...And a tradition that will linger for generations to come.

North Fork Vinyards
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