Monthly Archives: May 2011

Viticultural Practices in LI–Part III: Paumanok Vineyards

Posted on 23 May 2011 by JoseM-L

Based on an interview with Kareem and Nabeel Massoud on 3 May 2011 with additions from “Sustainable Viticulture at Paumanok Vineyards,” an essay by Kareem “At Paumanok we practice viticulture that allows us to achieve our goal of growing the ripest, … Continue reading →

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Viticultural Practices in LI–Part III: The Lenz Winery

Posted on 16 May 2011 by JoseM-L

Based on an interview with Sam McCullough & Eric Fry at the Lenz Winery on 20 and 27 April 2011 A statement on the Lenz Winery Web site by Sam McCullough, its vineyard manager for 20 years, says that: At … Continue reading →

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Viticultural Practices in LI–Part III: Peconic Bay Winery

Posted on 9 May 2011 by JoseM-L

Based on an interview with Jim Silver and Charlie Hargrave, 20 April 2011, with some additions from the Peconic Bay Website. Peconic Bay Winery, which derives its name from the eponymous body of water by which it is located, was … Continue reading →

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Viticultural practices in LI–Part II: background.

Posted on 2 May 2011 by JoseM-L

In order to avoid repeating myself with each report on viticultural practices at a vineyard, I want to point out some factors that I believe appertain to most of the vineyards that I’ll be writing about—which is to say, all of the ones in LI Continue reading →

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Can 100% Certified Organic Grapes be Produced in Long Island?–Part I

Posted on 2 May 2011 by JoseM-L

The organic movement in wine is one of the most important developments in the wine world in recent years. Whether or not it results in superior wines is difficult to say with any certainty, but that is a separate argument that I will not pursue here. Rather, I want to focus on the efforts to produce organic wine in Long Island, which represents a special viticultural challenge.

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