By Vera Chinese, Editor of northforker.com In June 2014, when Giovanni Borghese of Castello di Borghese Vineyards learned his father, Marco, had been killed in a head-on car crash, he had trouble processing the news. It made no sense — especially since his mother, Ann Marie, had died of cancer just 10
September 14, 2011 by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday September is harvest time in Long Island Wine Country - - and that's cause for celebration, plus a little education. "We're all together celebrating the bounty of what we're bringing in," says Donnell Brown, executive director of the Long Island Merlot Alliance in Greenport. To join
May 13, 2011 by Howard G. Goldberg Like regional vintners’ organizations nationwide, the Long Island Merlot Alliance seeks evidence that its wines are the peers of better-known ones elsewhere. In its first sponsored contest, the group, which promotes merlot as the Island’s signature red, pitted its six members’ merlots and their collective blend, called
October 7th, 2010 By Long Island Press Fall is a great time of year to head out to the wine country on Long Island’s scenic North Fork. You can take a tour of the vineyards and taste some delicious wine in the process. Fall is a great time of year to head out to the
Fall is a great time of year to head out to the wine country on Long Island's scenic North Fork. You can take a tour of the vineyards and taste some delicious wine in the process. Castello di Borghese Vineyard of Cutchogue offers guests a piece of history with their wine. The vineyard is one
Online Exclusive: Beverage & Spirits www.chefmagazine.com September 14, 2011 by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday For many years, the most prestigious wines in the world were the red wines of Bordeaux. Red Bordeaux are always blends, but the dominant grape is usually either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. Although those grapes first rose to fame in
September 14, 2011 by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday More than 500 Long Island business professionals came together, Monday, July 26th, to honor and acknowledge the most recent group of extraordinary Long Island women who are highlighted each week in Beverly Fortune’s column, “Fortune 52.” Also in attendance were more than 75 past Fortune 52
September 14, 2011 by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday Large-scale consumer tastings of wines from all New York wine regions are rare. So when the City Winery, a winery-restaurant-entertainment space in downtown Manhattan, sponsored a four-hour showcase last month, about 375 people spent $45 each to sample the output. I confined myself to Long Island's
September 14, 2011 by Jim Merritt, Special to Newsday Shortly after I walked into Long Island's Castello di Borghese vineyard, I found myself in the company of a prince and princess. It's actually quite common at this small vineyard on the North Fork of Long Island, N.Y., for Castello di Borghese is owned by Italian-born
