10.09.2017 Government Town’s alcohol farm products working group aims to strike balance Southold Town’s alcohol farm products working group faces a hefty task. Since May, the group has been trying to develop recommendations on how town code should address wineries, breweries,...
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...
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...
11.20.2016 Government Planning Board hosts hearings on additions to wineries, vineyards The Southold Town Planning Board held public hearings last week on several additions proposed to vineyards — discussions that took on greater meaning in the wake of Supervisor Scott...
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...
01.25.2016 Letters Featured Letter: A solution that raises too many red flags To the editor: This is another case of “it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.” It happens far too frequently and then we are asked to feel sorry...
11.30.2015 Business New law exempts small wineries from ‘nightmare’ of paperwork Some smaller wineries on the East End are being saved from what one winemaker called “an absolute nightmare” of paperwork, thanks to state legislation that went into effect last Monday.
09.18.2015 Business Autumn means a labor shortage for many local wineries Domenica Pugliese admittedly could use all the help she can get as the summer months fade into autumn. As the tasting room manager at Pugliese Vineyards in Cutchogue, she’s...
06.15.2014 News State announces new tax exemption for wine tastings They’ll drink to this! Local wineries and breweries both got some good news this week, courtesy of New York State.