providing education and certification for Long Island vineyards
providing education and certification for Long Island vineyards
Bedell Cellars is an 80-acre estate winery owned by Michael Lynne, with over 30 years of excellence and a dedication to sustainable farming principles. Bedell's Winemaker, Richard Olsen-Harbich, is the author of all three Long Island AVAs and one of the only winemakers in New York using all natural indigenous yeast fermentations.
Our foremost commitment at Channing Daughters Winery is the care of our grapevines and the quality of wine in the bottle. We do everything by hand in small batches with lots of love and attention. We believe in celebrating the place, vineyards and region from which we are lucky enough to produce wine.
Corwith Vineyards is an aspiring new vineyard focused on low impact, sustainable farming practices. David Corwith, proprietor, comes from a long farming heritage. Located on Long Island's south shore in the hamlet of Water Mill, we are committed to producing exceptional quality fruit in harmony with the delicate soil food web that all plants depend on.
The Harbes Family has been tilling the fertile soils of Long Island for 13 generations. In 2003 the family planted their vineyard on a boulder-strewn, south-facing hill on the coast of the Long Island Sound. Under the watchful eye of vineyard manager Edward Harbes IV, the vines are producing some of the most promising wines on the North Fork.
Our mission at Lieb Cellars is to produce and deliver the highest quality estate-grown wines without compromising the land on which we live. The Lieb vineyard, with first plantings from 1983, has always been herbicide free, farmed using sustainable agricultural practices, and been repeated recipient of sustainable farming grants from the USDA.
Martha Clara Vineyards is a bucolic 200 acre farm on the North Fork of Long Island in the Northville District of Riverhead. There's always something going on YEAR ROUND from wine tastings, live music, horse drawn carriage tours, and educational wine classes. Visit Martha Clara Vineyards and let our story become part of yours.
Mattebella Vineyards is committed to using sustainable viticulture practices, while incorporating various organic methods into our farming. We seek to find new solutions to old problems by maximizing the health of the vineyard. In following a responsible approach, we hope to make a footprint in your memory but not on the environment.
Growing up on her family's farm in Italy Claudia Purita learned from her father to value the land and the fruits it provides. After moving to L.I., Claudia decided it was time to "return to her roots" and began planting her 16 acre vineyard that she now meticulously tends to using sustainable practices.
Since 1986, Palmer Vineyard's 100 acres have produced wines that showcase the distinctive, fresh character of varietals grown on the North Fork. By participating in the Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing program, we believe we are not only embracing a movement towards more healthful farming, but also producing the best wine possible, and ensuring that we protect the land for future generations.
The vineyards of Peconic Bay Winery are managed by Charlie Hargrave whose meticulous care and attention to detail provides absolutely clean and ripe fruit with the minimum environmental impact. It is Charlie's depth of experience that keeps our sustainability program strong and our wines excellent.
Making great wine is all about the future. The grapes we care for now will accompany wonderful dinners with friends and family many years from now.
Much will change between now and then, however we will still depend on the land. At Roanoke Vineyards, we take our obligation to the future seriously.
Sannino Bella Vita began when Anthony and Lisa Sannino purchased a well-established vineyard. It would become the location for their home and result in the creation of the first custom winemaking program in the region. Always keeping in mind the health of their family, they use environmentally sound, low impact farming techniques.
Shinn Estate Vineyards has a working philosophy of low-impact, sustainable farming. Since its first planting in 2000, husband-wife team and former restaurateurs David Page and Barbara Shinn have integrated both organic and biodynamic practices in the vineyard, producing consistently balanced fruit-driven wines with long aging potential that have a distinct sense of place.
Wolffer Estate winery has a European character and the former potato fields have become the foundation for world-class wines created by Winemaker Roman Roth. Wölffer Estate Vineyard is an American Winery in the Classic European Tradition and whole heartedly practices sustainable farming.
Long Island Sustainable Winegrowers believe that vineyards should work in harmony with our natural world leaving the land we steward in better condition than when we found it.
Knowing your winegrower and their farming methods is the best assurance that the wine you buy is responsibly grown. That is why every winegrower who is a member of our Sustainable Winegrowers group takes a yearly pledge to farm according to the guidelines created by the group. The Winegrowers Pledge also includes a thoughtful approach to farming our land.