LI wine growers agree: 2008's weather was a challenge

I go out to the vineyards several times a year and have enjoyed supporting L.I. wines. I do see a problem on the horizon though.

The international wine scene is filled with good reasonably priced wines. I've paid more for L.I. wines realizing that they are at a disadvantage due to land costs etc...
A trend is developing where some of the vineyards have raised prices on their ribbon winning bottles to $40-$50 or more. They're not competative with the world market at all.

Sorry to say it but our "wine region" is picturesque and good for tourism but the wine is so-so at best. Way overpriced.

Some of the vineyards are owned for tax write-offs and vanity bragging rights in the Hamptons.

Blind taste testing produces some amazing results. The reporters at the New York Times had arguments about which beer is best. They all were "experts". Blind test showed that they chose Rheingold.

I think in the past 5 years the overall quality of
East End wines have improved immensely; In some cases the quality has caught up with the price, yes as a group they are overpriced but in a number of cases the price/quality ratio is good.

This is why the French have a vintage year control board. Not every year is a vintage year, and the wine during non vintage years vary from good, so-so, to awful.

Sorry, not into those vineyards on the North Fork. They take up way too much land, hindering commercial development and new residential construction. All this for mediocre, over-priced wine and wineries that supply few jobs for the immense resources they soak up, seasonal jobs to migrant workers aside.

i dont drink that much chardonnay, and i believe its always a matter of personal taste, but i fondly remember the 1988 Hargrave.

LI Louie, maybe that is what the residents of this lovely area want, Minimal commercial development and a quiet pace of life. Possibly you should consider staying where you are, and don't try to impose your will upon others.

I would rather see the potato farms of years past. A much nicer view in my eye's.

LI Louie wrote:

Sorry, not into those vineyards on the North Fork. They take up way too much land, hindering commercial development and new residential construction. All this for mediocre, over-priced wine and wineries that supply few jobs for the immense resources they soak up, seasonal jobs to migrant workers aside.

You don't think LI is crowded enough already? Dude, there's plenty of land in other places to build....

I can go for a bottle of Pindar...yum-o

Pindar is awful. Get out and try some real hand crafted wines here on Long Island. The LI Louie guy is a joke, he pops up randomly and plays on Nassau County stereotypes.

Bonacker wrote:

Pindar is awful. Get out and try some real hand crafted wines here on Long Island. The LI Louie guy is a joke, he pops up randomly and plays on Nassau County stereotypes.

I have to say, I'm not a big fan of Pindar either. I usually hit Macari to buy wines out east...

ETR wrote:

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I have to say, I'm not a big fan of Pindar either. I usually hit Macari to buy wines out east...

OK, after two posts, i'm convinced.

Pondering Pundit wrote:

This is why the French have a vintage year control board. Not every year is a vintage year, and the wine during non vintage years vary from good, so-so, to awful.

huh? i think you're mixing up port with france

Corked wrote:

Sorry to say it but our "wine region" is picturesque and good for tourism but the wine is so-so at best. Way overpriced.
Some of the vineyards are owned for tax write-offs and vanity bragging rights in the Hamptons.
Blind taste testing produces some amazing results. The reporters at the New York Times had arguments about which beer is best. They all were "experts". Blind test showed that they chose Rheingold.

they chose rheingold? please cut and paste that article.
folks don't believe everything you read on these boards. all you need is an e-mail address to post on here.

Pondering Pundit wrote:

This is why the French have a vintage year control board. Not every year is a vintage year, and the wine during non vintage years vary from good, so-so, to awful.

non vintage means its a blend of different wines from different years (vintages).
HELP!!!!!!!!!!
american wine drinkers are uneducated enough. please stop spreading the disease.

LI Louie wrote:

Sorry, not into those vineyards on the North Fork. They take up way too much land, hindering commercial development and new residential construction. All this for mediocre, over-priced wine and wineries that supply few jobs for the immense resources they soak up, seasonal jobs to migrant workers aside.

We North Forkers like things the way they are.

It's wine......BIG DEAL!

Why won't Newsday allow readers to post comments about the real news stories? It's their headlines for crying out loud! Today's headlines alone are proof positive that we need to fence in Hempstead and put a 50 foot moat around the electrified fence. Or we could go the way of the Simpsons Movie and simply dome Hempstead. Let's keep the danger in, and in a few years , when there's no longer a human population there, we can build something nice.