05.23.2023 Agriculture Guest column: Fifty years making ‘beautiful wine in a beautiful place’ In 1973, when Alex and I came to the North Fork looking for a place to plant grapes, make wine and start a family, we wanted to make beautiful...
04.30.2017 Columns Guest Spot: Wine to table on the North Fork While the East End of Long Island offers beautiful scenery and recreation, it is the distinct food and wine landscape and deep pride in it that sets this area...
02.25.2017 Columns Guest Column: The positive impact of the North Fork’s wine industry The first day in 1973 that my then-husband, Alex, and I arrived on the farm we’d bought in Cutchogue, on Long Island’s North Fork, to plant the region’s first...
11.03.2016 Government Town Board members wary of proposed winery moratorium Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell has suggested a temporary moratorium on new winery, brewery and distillery applications, saying the town needs time to revamp the “sparse” codes it has...
01.26.2016 Business Waters Crest Winery to open new Cutchogue tasting room After spending several years searching for a centrally located tasting room space, Waters Crest Winery is moving into new digs on Main Road in Cutchogue.
10.19.2015 Business Branding L.I. Wine: How the Wine Council is looking to shape the region’s image What do you think of when you hear the term “Long Island wine?” Does it call to mind supple, sophisticated bottles of cabernet franc and merlot, or a crisp...
08.15.2015 Business North Fork Corks & Taps to open its doors on Sunday North Fork Taps and Corks is scheduled to open Sunday next to the Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown Southold.
08.14.2015 Editorials Editorial: After 350 Hargrave wine columns, a changing of the grapes Over the course of the past 15 years, Louisa Hargrave has written more than 350 columns for this newspaper. For much of that time, her column has also been...
09.05.2014 Business Orient’s first winery, Tuscan Vineyards, in the works Tuscan Vineyards could one day become the North Fork’s easternmost tasting room. Purchased in March by a Manhattan businessman, the property contains lush gardens, a man-made pond, and plenty...
08.24.2014 Business Macari honored by Gov. Cuomo at Dan’s Harvest East End When asked at the food and wine bash Dan’s Harvest East End on Saturday which New York wine was his favorite, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he could not choose....