Monday, January 30, 2012
Borghese chardonnay gets airtime on 'The Dish' segment over the weekend.
Kerry Heffernan, executive chef of South Gate in New York City, shared his love of Castello di Borghese chardonnay while describing one of his favorite dishes to hosts Nancy Cordes and John Miller on "CBS This Morning" this past Saturday. "THE Dish" segment featured a roasted whole black sea bass stuffed with crab and other dishes made with shellfish harvested from Long Island's East End. Watch the full five-minute segment here. Related: Borghese Wine Bottles Hand-Painted by Former Art Teacher
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Check out the artwork of Greenport resident Mary Twomey at the Cutchogue winery.
Thinking of getting your sweetie a special bottle of wine for Valentine's Day? Or how about getting a bottle for a good friend on his or her birthday? For the past year, Castello di Borghese winery in Cutchogue has been featuring bottles of wine with hand-painted designs for special occasions — and those designs are meticulously applied by Greenport resident Mary Twomey. Twomey, 59, has worked part-time at the Cutchogue winery for 12 years in the tasting room, and she’s also sold wine at the Greenport Farmer’s Market for Castello. She was an art teacher at Riverhead High School for 35 years. “This whole thing came about because a customer wanted something different for his wedding last October,” she said. “We did it, and he was …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Get ready for a busy North Fork weekend.
Don't miss some great theater, comedy, jazz, ice skating — and Mattituck 7-Eleven deals during its grand opening — this weekend on the North Fork: • Winterfest's fifth-annual Jazz on the Vine series kicks off on Friday at 6 p.m. at Hotel Indigo East End, 1830 West Main Street in Riverhead, with a live jazz jam with surprise appearances by this year's headliners. Wine will be served along with light food. Tickets are $25 and all proceeds support East End Arts. • Though it's been open since Dec. 21, Mattituck 7-Eleven will hold its grand opening on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the corner of Route 25 and Factory Avenue. The WLNG radio team will host the event, which will feature free coffee, Slurpee, Gulp fountain soda, samplings of …
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Local winemakers say that the spring-like weather probably won’t disrupt the 2012 growing season — but a sudden deep freeze could damage the vines.
With recent temperatures in the 50s in the middle of January, grapevines, like the rest of us, think it feels like spring. That means the sap in the vines, instead of spending most of its time underground, is still flowing through the upper portion of the vine, which could mean an early bud break, according to local vintners like Ann Marie Borghese of Castello di Borghese in Cutchogue. Borghese said that in her 13 years of winemaking on the North Fork, she’s never experienced a January as warm as this. But with the warmth comes with a major danger: If sudden deep freeze hits, the sap will expand and the vines might break. “If they freeze and crack, that would be a problem,” she said. “That happened at a vineyard up the island a few years …
mary slovak
9:24 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2012
The wine bottles are so beautiful with Mary's art work! We had some at Thanksgiving which made everything so festive. Thanks Mary we loved them! more ›