A few weeks ago, something happened in Long Island Wine Country that doesn’t happen all that often — a new tasting room opened. Suhru Wines, co-owned by Susan (Su) and Russell (Ru) Hearn (h) has taken over the old Waters Crest tasting room on Main Road in Cutchogue. (more…)
Suhru Wines Sauvignon Blanc. (Credit: Lenn Thompson)
Australia-born local winemaker Russell Hearn is perhaps best known for his time at Pellegrini Vineyards or maybe for his work today at Lieb Cellars where he is making some of the region’s best value wines. But you may not realize just how busy he is. (more…)
The Winemaker Studio in Peconic is a tasting room for small producers on the East End.
The Winemaker Studio is a place for the unconventional and the obscure; a tasting room for the little guy.
Owner and independent wine maker Anthony Nappa opened the Peconic Lane studio this summer to highlight not only his own label, but to collaborate with other local and independent winemakers who may otherwise not have a place to showcase their wines.
“A region reaches a certain maturity when you can populate a tasting room with independent winemakers,” Mr. Nappa said. “None of us would have enough wine to support a tasting room, but it works if we do it together.” (more…)
SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO | James Ehrlein of Franklin Square and Yesenia Vasquez of East Meadow shared glasses of a 2008 Grapes of Roth Riesling and a 2007 Roanoke Vineyards Gabby’s Cabernet Franc in the wine library at Roanoke Vineyards in Riverhead.
James Ehrlein and Yesenia Vasquez spoke softly in the wine library of Roanoke Vineyards on a recent rainy afternoon as they sipped aged wine and nibbled on goat cheese drizzled with honey.
The two had come from Franklin Square and East Meadow, respectively, where they were working for El Salvador Needs You, a charity raising money for flood damage repairs in Central America. They said they were taking a break from fundraising in the Riverhead vineyard’s wine library, a wood-pannel room adjacent to the tasting room in the vineyard’s main building. (more…)
