Forty years ago, a young couple started a region
COURTESY PHOTO | Louisa and Alex Hargrave left Harvard University, where they met, 40 years ago to head to Long Island’s East End. The Long Island Wine Council celebrated its 40th anniversary Thursday...
View ArticleHargrave Column: Remembering the Borgheses
Marco and Ann Marie Borghese purchased their Cutchogue vineyard in 1999. (Credit: Jane Starwood, file) The tragic loss of Ann Marie and Marco Borghese has all of us who knew them reeling. My heart...
View ArticleEditorial: After 350 Hargrave wine columns, a changing of the grapes
Over the course of the past 15 years, Louisa Hargrave has written more than 350 columns for this newspaper. For much of that time, her column has also been published in the Southampton Press. With this...
View ArticleGuest Column: The positive impact of the North Fork’s wine industry
The first day in 1973 that my then-husband, Alex, and I arrived on the farm we’d bought in Cutchogue, on Long Island’s North Fork, to plant the region’s first vineyard, our neighbor Jeanie Zuhoski...
View ArticleCutchogue farmer remembered for generosity, passion for agriculture
Longtime North Fork farmer Mike Kaloski was known for his giving spirit. To some, his generosity came in the form of produce he shared in a time of need. For others, his benevolence manifested itself...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: A green, and tasty, future for Long Island’s wine region
Long Island, with a centuries-long history of farming, has undergone an agricultural revolution in just a few decades, sparked in 1973 by a pair of pioneers in planting grapes for fine wine, Louisa and...
View ArticleTown’s alcohol farm products working group aims to strike balance
Southold Town’s alcohol farm products working group faces a hefty task. Since May, the group has been trying to develop recommendations on how town code should address wineries, breweries,...
View ArticlePublic hearing on Southold’s wineries sure to stir debate Tuesday
Some members of Southold Town’s alcohol farm products working group are concerned about proposed amendments to town code that would, among other things, require that wineries use 80 percent of their...
View ArticleFinding inspiration at Mighty North Fork Triathlon
Race day began before sunrise, which suited Jean Mellano; she couldn’t sleep anyway. Dark clouds hovered over the North Fork and the whipping wind signaled less-than-ideal conditions ahead. Ms....
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