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KONTOKOSTA WINERY 2019 SAUVIGNON BLANC 15 SEPT 2022

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  Time to crack open some of the wine we have picked up over the last few weeks.  The summer weather is still with us, and seafood abounds, so the first choice is a Kontokosta Winery 2019 Sauvignon Blanc.  The wine is bright shimmering gold in the glass with light notes of tropical fruit on the nose (fig 01).  The subtle hint of peach and melon complimented with well-balanced acid, much less than a New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.  Overall, a perfect match for fresh raw oysters and clams.  For more details on how the wine came to be, see the winemaker note (Fig 02).  #longislandwineries #vineyardviews #wineryvibes #liwine #licharacter #longislandwine #northforkwineries #longislandwinery #longislandnorthfork #northforker #discoverlongisland #topwineries #northforkwinetrail #liwinecountry #liwine #lisustainablewinegrowers #nywinegrapefdn #nofo #kontokostawinery FIG 01 - KONTOKOSTA WINERY 2019 SAUVIGNON 15 SEPT 2022 FIG 02 - KONTOKOSTA WINERY 2019 SAUVIGNON WINEMAKER NOTES

KONTOKOSTA WINERY FALL CLUB 07 SEPT 2022

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  Not all our wine clubs are pick-up in person, but some are delivered; such is the case with Kontokosta Winery .  While Kontokosta is the most distance from us, the beauty of the place and the view over the sound is well worth a few extra miles, and we will need to change from delivery to pick-up.  The menu for the three-pack of goodness consisted of 2021 Sauvignon Blanc, 2021 white Merlot, and a 2018 Cabernet Franc Reserve (Fig 01).  Based on past vintages, all three are fun, enjoyable, easy-drinking wines that are perfect for a backyard Bar-B-Que with friends (Fig 02).  However, restocking will be required as the wines are daily wines that do not last long.  #longislandwineries #vineyardviews #wineryvibes #liwine #licharacter #longislandwine #northforkwineries #longislandwinery #longislandnorthfork #northforker #discoverlongisland #topwineries #northforkwinetrail #liwinecountry #liwine #lisustainablewinegrowers #nywinegrapefdn #nofo #kontokostawinery FIG 01 - KONTOKOSTA FALL CLUB

KONTOKOSTA WINERY CLUB DELIVERY MAY 2022

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  Kontokosta Winery was the first of the June deliveries.  The 3-pack arrived at the same time as the road trip in June for the 6-winery pickup.  The 3-pack consisted of a 2020 “Field Blend” White, 2021 Rose, and 2017 Anemometer Red Blend (Fig 01).  The 2020 field blend has been enjoyed before and is a pleasant blend of Chardonnay, Riesling, and Viognier.  No butter here, just clean, crisp tropical fruits.  The Anemometer is the classic Long Island red blend along the lines of a fine Bordeaux.  The 2021 Rose is new, but past vintages have been excellent.  Kontokosta provided tasting notes that included technical details on each wine (Fig 02).  #longislandwineries #vineyardviews #wineryvibes #liwine #licharacter #longislandwine #northforkwineries #longislandwinery #longislandnorthfork #northforker #discoverlongisland #topwineries #northforkwinetrail #liwinecountry #liwine #lisustainablewinegrowers #nywinegrapefdn #nofo #kontokostawinery FIG 01 - KONTOKOSTA CLUB MAY 2022 FIG 02 - KONTOK

EXPEDITION: WINE PICKUP 09 JUN 2022

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  Summer is officially here, and it is time for the next wine club pickups and deliveries.   The summer pickup was structured as if we were on a ‘mission from God’(FIG 10).  The pickup runs covered six wineries, 152 miles in about 5 hours, retrieving fifty-four bottles of wine, including ten bottles for friends with some clubs in common with us.  First, of course, we needed the SUV to fit everything, so Jo became the designated driver, and I did the tuck and roll at each winery to dart in, grab the wine, and go.  We made stops at Pellegrini Vineyards (Fig 01), Lenz Winery (Fig 02), Sparkling Pointe (Fig 03), Sannino Vineyards (Fig 04), Terra Vite Winery & Vineyard (Fig 05), and Roanoke Vineyards (Fig 06).   Deliveries from Kontokosta Winery (Fig 07), Raphael Winery (Fig 08), and W ö lffer Estate Vineyard (Fig 09) round out the early June 2022 Clubs.   Each club selection will be covered in a separate posting and the late June pickups. #longislandwineries #vineyardviews #wineryvib

START OF THE FEBRUARY WINE PICKUPS 11 FEB 2022

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  February is a short month with many wineries to get to, so we were off to a quick start.  Today’s run was to Kontokosta winery , Roanoke Vineyard , and Cooperage Inn NOFO Pot Pies .   Our custom starts at the furthest winery and works our way back home, so our first stop is the Kontokosta winery.   Kontokosta was a 3-bottle pickup consisting of a 2017 Cabernet Franc Reserve , 2016 Merlot , and a 2020 Dry Riesling (Figure 1).   In keeping with the custom of some Long Island wineries, Kontokosta provides a technical data sheet on the wine attached below (Figure 2), and based on that information; the wines should be quite good.   The next stop was Roanoke Vineyards to pick up Roanoke’s future offering samples (full bottles).   We needed to pick them and taste them quickly as the pre-order period was opening at the end of the week.   Four of the five bottles are packaged in wood cases which we will reuse as wall covering in the new wine cellar (Figure 3).    The wines included 2020 The

LATE FALL-WINTER PICK UP 2021

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As our followers have noticed, this blog has been still for many months; nothing was wrong; the redoing of the front of our home kept us preoccupied and from wine country from the mid-summer till this week.  We are back on the road again, making the pick-up enjoying a few glasses of wine in the vineyards, and filling out the wine cellar for the coming holidays.  Good this Christmas day is at our home this year.  We had so many clubs and past club selections that we needed to do pick-ups on two separate trips.  Between the fall and winter club selection, we brought home over 100 bottles.  The first run on 19 Nov had us bringing home 44 bottles (Figure 1), and the 08 DEC run fetched 55 bottles from 9 wineries (Figure 2).  1 - 19 NOV 2021 WINE PICK-UP 2 - DEC 2021 WINE PICK-UP We still have Channing Daughters Winery and Wölffer Estate Vineyard for one more run before Christmas and delivery from Jamesport before we close out the year.  To balance all this fine Long Island wine, we also h

Kontokosta 01 May Pick Up

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  It is time for a May pickup at the excellent long island winery Kontokosta. Kontokosta selected three wines for their club this quarter, an incredible tri color selection.   First up was the 2016 Cabernet Franc Reserve. The 2016 season was dry through most of the spring and early summer, but the season finished with quite a bit of rainfall.   The Fruit ripened well by mid-October and remained well balanced but with a slightly lower Brix(sugar level) than other seasons.   The wine fermented in steel and barrel, with about six months in new oak and six months in used Hungarian oak barrels.   The Franc was bottled in July of 2018 and then rested till its release in mid-2020.   The nose is intense Tobacco and some old leather.   The wine has a full-body mouth feel with clear black cherry and anisette notes as it lingers on the palate. This wine is a refined expression of a Long Island Cabernet Franc.   By all means, enjoy now.   Next up is the 2019 field blend, a Meritage of Sauvignon

Kontokosta Winery Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Select 2018

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  A few weeks ago, we did a pickup run from two of the winery clubs we are currently in and brought home eleven different wines (15 bottles total).  Now we are drinking our way through each one.  Second, up is the Kontokosta Winery Sauvignon Blanc Barrel Select 2018. We chilled the wine to about 58 degrees and paired it with dinner, consisting of grilled Salmon and scallops in a light cream sauce.  The wine was allowed to breathe a bit before tasting with about five ounces in our universal stemmed glasses.  The color is pale gold with skinny legs in the glass.  The nose was light primarily with caramel and vanilla notes in part from the new French oak aging.  On the palate, the wine is dry with medium acid but far less intense than the Lenz Sauvignon Blanc .  The wine had a full mouthfeel, and the alcohol was medium, with medium flavor intensity.  The flavor was buttered pecans reflecting the Malo-lactic fermentation.  All of this combined, it was much closer to a Sancerre from France

Wine Pickups at Kontokosta, Lenz, and Sannino

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  Friday (12 Feb 2021) was a cold bright day perfect to do a quick pick up run to several of the wineries where we are club members.  The trip was an express pickup run with no tasting and only 15 minutes allocated for each stop.  I was the driver, Jo the copilot, and navigator for this run. We headed out at about 9:30, making the first stop at Kontokosta around 11:15 AM.  As this is the offseason outside, the winery was still, except for the wind turbine's gentle whoosh in the background. The tasting room's view was serene across the snow-covered field leading down to the bluff overlooking the sound.  We picked up a 2016 Merlot, 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon and a 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Barrel select. As my son is a member also, we picked up his quarterly club selection. From there, it was on to Lenz by 11:34 AM. Lenz has a fine selection of wines, and they allow you to customize your quarterly club selections, which always means that I add to the suggested list to fill out a case.