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Posts by Samantha Brix:
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Wine Press: Meet winemaker Les Howard of Raphael
Les Howard doesn’t see himself as a winemaker. He considers himself a shepherd who guides grapes into wine. He doesn’t push the grapes, and he doesn’t change them. In the cellar of...
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How North Fork wineries survive the winter months
While this winter is shaping up be kinder and gentler than last winter, the ground is still cold and hard. Vineyard managers and their crews are pulling on warm boots...
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Real Estate: Check out one of the North Fork’s more unique offices
The only rehearsing going on nowadays in this former Mattituck theater involves courtroom drama. In a building where 19th-century North Fork families once put on plays and operas, two trial lawyers...
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Real Estate: Has the warm winter played tricks on your plants?
Have your plants begun to bud? Is the kale in your vegetable garden already ready to harvest? This winter’s unusually warm weather has caused plants, fruits and vegetables to bloom and...
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Weekend at the wineries: First weekend of Winterfest concerts
The weekend we've all been waiting for is finally here. The first performances in the 2012 Winterfest Jazz on the Vine concert series will be held this Saturday and Sunday...
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Riverhead restaurant to host ‘The Homo Project’ for charity
Patrons of The Riverhead Project are guaranteed to have themselves a gay ole time this Friday night, and restaurateur Dennis McDermott is even reaching into his own cash register to...
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Wine Press: Meet Sparkling Pointe winemaker Gilles Martin
Gilles Martin doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t making fruit juice. The winemaker at Sparkling Pointe Vineyard in Southold remembers picking, coring and slices apples for cider as a child...
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Energy-efficient lighting trend gains traction on the North Fork
The switch to energy-efficient light bulbs is increasingly common on the North Fork as people recognize the move’s money-saving benefits and bask in the bucks saved on their electric bills. Light-emitting...
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Video: See just how they get those labels on wine bottles
We visited Sparkling Pointe in Southold last week to capture winemaker Gilles Martin labeling and boxing bottles of 2002 Brut Seduction, the winery's signature sparkling wine. The bottles are washed, dried,...
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Photos: Real estate photography a dying trade
Real estate photography has changed drastically over the past decade — and not necessarily for the benefit of longtime professional photographers. Compounding the effects of the housing crisis, the transition from...
