Long Island Wine Council Archives

07.20.2018 Business

New legislation aims to limit tax-free wine tastings

A new law passed by state lawmakers could bring radical change to how alcohol tastings are served on the North Fork. In a bill passed by both the State...

06.21.2018 Government

Southold Town says food trucks at wineries not a permitted use

The Southold Town Board has officially notified local wineries that food trucks are not a permitted use within the town code. Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell and Councilman Bill...

08.09.2017 Business

Long Island Wine Council searches for new executive director

The Long Island Wine Council is in search of its next executive director following the recent resignation of Ali Tuthill. Ms. Tuthill, of Greenport, held the position for just...

08.07.2017 Business

Harvest East End a celebration of Long Island wine industry

About 700 oenophiles gathered at Martha Clara Vineyards in Riverhead Saturday to sip wine, slurp oysters and celebrate the late men and women who have contributed to the Long...

07.16.2017 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: A green, and tasty, future for Long Island’s wine region

Long Island, with a centuries-long history of farming, has undergone an agricultural revolution in just a few decades, sparked in 1973 by a pair of pioneers in planting grapes...

11.16.2016 Government

Long Island Wine Council, businesses wary of proposed moratorium

After recent debates over Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell’s idea for a moratorium on new winery, brewery and distillery development, Mr. Russell and a representative of the Long Island Wine...

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...

10.28.2016 Business

Supervisor proposing moratorium on new wineries, distilleries

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 for regulating the...

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...

08.23.2015 Business

Record attendance at Saturday’s ‘Harvest’ event

Perhaps it’s a sign of the Long Island wine industry’s rising star that Dan’s Harvest East End drew a record crowd to McCall Wines in Cutchogue Saturday evening.

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