This past weekend we spent a much needed day outside of the city with friends, so we ventured out to the Long Island Wine Country in Suffolk County for wine tasting. It's easy enough to get to from the Long Island Expressway (LIE).
To me, the quality of the wine country here is not quite up to par with the Napa Valley, but there are great attributes to this northeast wine region. They say that the region is comparable to the French Bordeaux region, as it has similar temperature, soils and lays on the same latitude.
The rieslings are quite nice and many wineries use the red wine grape Petit Verdot as part of the blends.
Here are the wineries we checked out:
- Paumanok
- Laurel Lake
- Pindar - we picked up a bottle of the Pythagoras. It has characteristics of a merlot.
- Clovis Point - try the 2007 Chardonnay
Pindar (left); Clovis Point (right)
Vineyards during the cold season
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