NorthFork

North Fork, Long Island, Wine Field Trip

                                   

      July 15th to July 18th, 2014 - Val & Myself, Mark & Lisa Cantrell, Nancy Russell, Ed Bohrer

      Wineries Visited: Martha Clara Vineyards, Roanoke Vineyards, Long Island Craft Distillery (Potato Vodka Tasting and Tour), Macari Vineyards, Palmer Vineyards, Bedell Cellars, Pugliese Vineyards, Clovis Point Winery, Dilberto Vineyard.

      Favorite Winery: Bedell Cellars   Followed by: Roanoke Vineyards

      Favorite Wine: 2010 Bedell Cellars Musee WS-91

      Bedell Cellars   5 Wine Spectator Awards

      All the wines seemed pricy, although many places gave us a 30% industry discount due to my CWE.

We dined at a ecletic group of restaurants. Jerry & the Mermaid, Cooperage Inn (recommended), Farm Country Kitchen (BYOB), Touch of Venice (recommended), The Riverhead Project (recommended). Cooperage Inn Touch of Venice The Riverhead Project

Our base: Holiday Inn Express, Riverhead. Potatoes at "LIV" Distillery