McCALL WINES BEEF CATTLE 01 SEPT 2022
After lunch at Barrow Food House , it was on to McCall Wine, two events in one place. First, is the wine tasting discussed previously, and the second is McCall Beef. McCall Wine is well set back on the south side of the main road in Cutchogue, just before Pellegrini Vineyards ( McCall Wine Google Map ). To the back of the patio is a tasting barn, and beyond the bar on the inside is a separate room full of freezer cases packed with farm-raised beef ready for picking (Fig 01). A cattle ranch should not be surprising as Long Island has a long history of Cattle ranches, having the first one in the U.S. and dating back to the mid-1600 in Montauk. McCall Beef Cattle has a unique history; starting to raise cattle in 2010, selecting a rare breed in the U.S. McCall selected the Charolais Cattle , which can trace back their origins to the late 800s C.E. (Fig 02). The cattle are free range, Grass feed, within a minimal intervention environment producing fine quality beef. T