A Nose for the North Fork
Bedell Cellars CEO Trent Prezler knows the art of making award-winning wine.
From very early in life through graduate school at Cornell, I have always been enamored by plants and farming," says Bedell Cellars chief executive Trent Prezler. "I grew up on a ranch in South Dakota, and so I guess you could say it's in my blood." Today this natural instinct for wine is paying off in spades...
Bonnie Drank Bridgehampton
Exploring Long Island wine, past perfect and future
Once upon a time, many years ago, Bonnie drank Bridgehampton. Usually the Sauvignon Blanc. Tangy, prickly, delicious. "We should drink local," she said, as I gazed at her befuddled with delight. "Local. Local... yes... we should." Where is Bridgehampton? Local... somewhere. Did I ask? No. Was I happy? Yes.
My Idea of Fun: Michael Lynne, Co-CEO, New Line Cinema
The studio boss is a self-taught art enthusiast who collects work from emerging artists. He commissioned a piece by Barbara Kruger (above) to hang in New Line's Manhattan office...
On Long Island, a Case for Respect
Long Island wines don't get much attention. They certainly don't get much respect, and it's not hard to understand why.
They are East Coast wines, and despite the occasional blips on the radar screen for rieslings from the Finger Lakes or viogniers from Virginia, the East Coast is largely consigned to the cut-out bin...
Northern Exposure
Long Island's North Fork, long seen as the sleepy stepsister to the Hamptons across the bay, is finally getting its moment in the sun...
My Parents Are Driving Me to Drink
Will his parents liquidate IRAs to buy Merlot? Alarmed, writer Chip Brown considers this on a family trip in Long Island wine country...
Long Island is Now Making Some Seriously Good Wine
The 10 Best Wines, and How to Spend a Happy, Soused Weekend in the North Fork
Vineyard Haven
Youth and naivete—and, in this case, quite a few grapes—can be the perfect ingredients for success. In 1973, Louisa and Alex Hargrave, a young couple fresh out of Harvard, set out to build a vineyard in Cutchogue, NY. It wasn't considered an ideal spot. For centuries, would-be vintners had been discouraged by...
On the North Fork, Wine Chat
To hear Michael Lynne, co-chairman of New Line Cinema talk about it, making wine and movies are not dissimilar.
"Both rely on creativity and placeing the creative process in a situation you cannot control," he said, strolling the grounds of Bedell Cellars, the 57-acre vineyard in Cutchogue, NY, he bought two years ago...
Accolades Roll in for L.I. Wines
Long Island wineries, on something of a roll, aspire not merely to regional but also to full-scale national and international recognition.
In recent years, they have deservedly recieved the beginnings of flattering notice — of awareness that East End wines can hold their own in the survival-of-the-fittest commercial wine world...
