This past Memorial Day weekend on Sunday evening, I attended the Taste The East End Food and Wine event which paired local food vendors and restaurants with locally produced beer and wine. It was a consumer event and was held at the Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center at 431 East Main Street Riverhead. This is the beginning of the North Fork wine country about 80 miles east of Manhattan. It was the first time I went to a wine event in an aquarium which made for an interesting evening of wine, food and live fish swimming around. The wines served were all from Long Island.
Some of what I sampled:
2012 Lenz Gewürztraminer
2014 Raphael Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
2013 Martha Clara “Solstice” White
2013 Osprey’s Dominion Fume Blanc
2013 Osprey’s Dominion Sauvignon Blanc
2013 Osprey’s Dominion Reserve Pinot Gris
2013 OR Vineyards Chardonnay
2013 Roanoke Vineyards “Reserve” Chardonnay
2013 Suru Winery Sauvignon Blanc
2013 Suru Winery Pinot Grigio
2014 Water’s Crest Rosé
2014 Roanoke Vineyards Rosé
2010 Suru Winery “Red Bland”
2011 Raphael “Estate” Merlot
NV Raphael Cabernet
