Bedell Cellars, North Fork of Long Island

"Bedell...is among the leaders in this rapidly evolving region and testify to the high potential of the 2007 and 2005 vintages for red wines. Bedell owns arguably the North Fork's best track record for Merlot. In an earlier tasting, the winery's 2005 Musée, a Merlot blend, earned an outstanding review (90 points or better on Wine Spectator's 100-point scale), and its newly released 2007 reds are balanced, fresh and full of ripe fruit."
- Thomas Matthews, Wine Spectator

"The new ownership at Bedell is working - liberating them creatively and allowing them to deliver the goods. Bedell is making good on the promise of Long Island wines that was first made 30 years ago."
- Oz Clarke

"Long Island wines are like what Bordeaux used to be - the choice to have at meals. [Bedell Musée] makes the mouth water, and makes food taste better. It has a brightness; an optimism!"
- Oz Clarke

"Nine years into Michael Lynne's ownership, Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue has consolidated its status as a world-class estate."
- Howard Goldberg, The New York Times

"As custodians of 27-year-old Bedell Cellars' enviable reputation for merlot — the region's signature red grape and wine — [Bedell's winemaking team] have elevated it with the 2005 regular merlot and 2005 merlot reserve. Lushly aromatic, the regular version offers a bouquet of dark fruits and inviting woodiness. It tastes like a mélange of black currant and tobacco, with a background of wood; it is gutsy, meaty, grapey, yet supple."
- Howard Goldberg, The New York Times

"Michael Lynne recently purchased Bedell and its affiliated Corey Creek vineyards, and substantial improvements to what was already among the North Fork's most expansive facilities guarantee that both grapes and human visitors will receive generous and gentle hospitality. The impeccable attention to detail of which Dave Thompson's viticultural team is capable was proven by the way in which Bedell's 2005 crop flourished."
- David Schildknecht, for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"... Long Island merlots are often very different from California merlots — more refreshing and better with food.... The Bedell style has evolved, and more recent vintages taste sleek and polished, with integrated oak and fruit flavors.... I think Long Island wines are proving themselves worthy of respect.... people are going to find a lot of pleasure in the wines from the North Fork."
- Eric Asimov, The New York Times

"After years of obscurity, the North Fork of Long Island is emerging as a promising wine region, with aspirations of greatness. Take Bedell Cellars, founded in 1980 and perhaps Long Island's most famous winery. It was the Merlots made by winemaker Kip Bedell in the early nineties that put the region on the map, and his creations have remained among the North Fork's most prestigious wines."
- Lawrence Osborne, New York Magazine

"There are only a handful of winemakers on Long Island's North Fork who qualify as true pioneers. [Bedell winemaker] Richard Olsen-Harbich has earned that moniker over the past 30 years."
- Lettie Teague, The Wall Street Journal

"Bedell has helped Long Island grow to become a globally recognized, world-class quality wine region."
- Wine Business Monthly, in naming Bedell to its annual list of "Top 10 Hottest Small Brands"

"Bedell has helped Long Island grow to become a globally recognized, world class quality wine region. Year in and year out Bedell Cellars is consistent and it has good backing and management. Bedell is #7 on our annual list of the world's Top 10 Hottest Small Brands."
- Wine Business Monthly

"[on the North Fork] the wine industry has transformed the place like few others outside California... at the summit: Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue, whose wines are widely acknowledged as the benchmark..."
- Chip Brown, Food & Wine

"Sniffing and tasting [a Bedell wine], I was awe struck... It was balanced, well-structured, complex, juicy, mouth filling - in a word, delicious.... indeed, the profile for Long Island wine has surged."
- Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens

"Top 25 Tasting Rooms in America."
- Wine Enthusiast

Bedell Cellars 2008 Cabernet Franc "Best Red Wine in New York"
- 2010 New York Wine & Food Classic

"Best Chardonnay in New York (2006), Best Merlot in New York (2007)"
- NY Wine & Food Classic

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