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Behind the Bottle: The Rise of Wine on Long Island

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Profiling owners, winemakers, and personalities from around the country and the world, At the back of the Bottle is a fun and intriguing take a look at the individuals who have made Long Island into considered one of the most up to date wine regions in the country.

Long Island has been a leader in winemaking since 1975. In the last forty years, Long Island’s rise has been meteoric. Long a rural region famed for their duck and their potatoes, Long Island, now visited by 1.3 million people each and every year, has carved out a wine country second to none. With highly acclaimed wines garnering rave reviews from Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and lots of other publications, Long Island wines have been celebrated around the country and around the Atlantic ocean. Here, Safe to eat East End editor Eileen M. Duffy profiles winemakers and wineries that have received this high acclaim, and shares their stories. Women and men from as far away as California, France, even New Zealand have come here to create a wine country whose wines, including Chardonnay, Sauvingon Blanc, Merlot, and Meritages among others, are second to none. BEHIND THE BOTTLE illustrates the fascinating story from the region’s birth to its zenith.

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