EXPEDITION LUNCH, WINE TASTING, BEEF AND PICKUP 01 SEPT 2022

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A week later, we are back on the road again to grab lunch, explore a new winery and ranch then do two pickups.  Four stops and 183 miles later, we had delicious lunch and lots of wine to replenish our stock (Fig 00).  The first stop was at Barrow Food House, a wonderful place to have lunch, which we found, through Sparkling Pointe Vineyard.  A few weeks ago, Barrow Food House provided the Lobster Roll to the Sparkling Pointe Lobster Roll, North Fork Potato Chip, and Pearl Street Caviar pairing event at the end of August.  The Lobster roll (Fig 01) was so good that we needed to come and check out Barrow Food House, and it did not disappoint with a detailed posting to follow (Fig 02).    The next stop was a quick pickup at Terra Vite Vineyards, which we had missed the week before (Fig 03).  The next was a duel stop for a wine tasting (Fig 04) and to acquire a block of fresh free-range grass feed beef from a long Island Ranch (Fig 05).  Yes, Long Island has had cattle ranches for almost four centuries, the first being in Montauk around the mid-1600s.  Again, the wine was great and the beef fantastic, so both will require a separate posting soon.  Lastly, it was time to pick up our case of “Long Arc Futures” from Roanoke Vineyards that we had ordered almost a year ago, and they were well worth the wait (Fig 06). 

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FIG 01 - BARROW LOBSTER ROLL AT SPARKLING POINTE 28 AUG 2022



 


FIG 02 - BARROW FOOD HOUSE 01 SEPT 2022




FIG 03 - TERRA VITE VINEYARD SEPT CLUB 01 SEPT 2022




FIG 04 - MCCALL WINES 01 SEPT 2022




FIG 05 - MCCALL BEEF 01 SEPT 2022



FIG 06 - ROANOKE VINEYARD LOG ARC FUTURES 01 SEPT 2022





FIG 00 - EXPEDITION 01 SEPT 2022 CALENDAR

 


Location: North Fork, Northville, NY, USA

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