Experimentation, not mimicry, is what drives the most thoughtful winemaking here now. Valerie Kathawala on the state of Long Island wine.
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- October 23, 2017"We have cattle, goats, pigs, different natural areas. Any type of diversity it's going to be better for growing whatever you're growing, in this case the vines." Joseph T. Macari Jr. on the importance of biodiversity.
- Kareem Massoud winemaker at Paumanok Vineyards in Long Island is making some very serious Chenin Blanc.
- Miguel Martin has taken his Spanish sensibility to the North Fork.
- David Page and Barbara Shinn have pushed the boundaries in terms of organic viticulture on Long Island shunning pesticides and herbicides and embracing biodynamics and the result is great wine.
- Long Island as a wine region is coming into its own.