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April 6, 2012 Page 39
NORTH FORK HAMPTONS EPICURE Stacy Dermont
MAKE and Enjoy Local Wine!
As a year-round South Forker, I am a huge fan of the North Fork. The wine, the farms, the people, the vistas, the wine, the food, did I mention the wine? The new book Making Wines, Liqueurs and Cordials was written by an Englishwoman, Beshlie Grimes. Grimes offers a wide selection of recipes for wines, syrups, cordials, lemonades and liqueurs. Significantly – and deliciously – these recipes are easily transferable to the East End of Long Island. The ingredient lists, the instructions and the required equipment are all quite basic. Beshlie offers a no-nonsense approach to natural, home wine and spirit making. I can’t think of a better place to put this book to use than the North Fork, and I can’t wait for local produce!
Peaches and cherries from Davis Peach Farm will make spectacular peach and cherry wines. Fresh, organic herbs from the Greenport Farmers Market for lovage liqueur and lemongrass syrup…lavender from Lavender by the Bay to make lavender-ginger lemonade and lavender liqueur. There’s that cute little fig tree behind the North Fork Table restaurant in Southold right next to their Lunch Truck. Do you think they’d let me defoliate it a bit for a batch of fig leaf liqueur? I’d share. There are no recipes for asparagus beverages in this book but rhubarb season is right around the corner and the rhubarb-vanilla liqueur recipe looks fabu. In fact all of the photos in this book are gorgeous. I’m sure that there are other good winemaking books out there but this one is beautiful and simple - like my ideal trip to the North Fork. I’ve become a devotee of this tome. So far I have a pear liqueur and an apple liqueur steeping in my basement. It takes MONTHS for this stuff to mature! But that’s part of the joy of this enterprise.
When (if) winter winds start to blow, I’ll have bottles of fruity bright flavors to enjoy. Bottle some good stuff for yourself. Full disclosure: Inspired by this book, I snipped some mint from my neighbor’s yard and stuffed it into a bottle of LiV vodka. I expect mint schnapps in a week, with daily shakings. There’s no recipe in the book for this…but I’m confident that drinking it won’t kill me. I’m also confident that I won’t be putting any North Fork wineries out of business anytime soon. In fact my home winemaking may make me appreciate professionallyproduced local wine even more. Some of my favorites come from Comtesse Thérèse, Macari, Sherwood House and Shinn. Yeah, I’m definitely due for a tasting at Sherwood House…
MONDAY, APRIL 9
musical performance by the Cleftones. http://eastendarts. org/events/Fantastic40.html. GREENPORT TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE 2012 – May 26-28, www.greenportvillage.com. TATTOO {ART OF THE SAILOR} – 5/26 – 10/8 at the East End Seaport Museum, Greenport. See a pictorial history of American tattoing, as brought home by the men who sailed the seven seas. Keith McCamy 631-477-0272, www.eastendseaport.org. Send North Fork Calendar listings to kelly@danspapers. com before noon on Friday. Check out www.danshamptons.com for more listings and events.
Making Wines, Liqueurs & Cordials, 101 Delicious Recipes Using Natural Ingredients (Cico Books, 2012) by Beshlie Grimes is available locally and online.
North Fork Events Kid Calendar pg: 43 Arts & Galleries Listings pg: 49 Day by Day Calendar pg: 50 Contact organizations, as some require ticket purchase or advanced registration.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
SHERWOOD HOUSE MUSIC – 4-8 p.m., Sherwood House Vineyard, 1291 Main Road, Jamesport. 779-2817. www.sherwoodhousevineyards.com. Free. OPEN MIC NIGHT – 6-9 p.m., Peconic Bay Winery, 31320 Main Rd., Cutchogue. www.peconicbaywinery.com. 631-734-7361. Free.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
FOOD FOR THE NEEDY – noon, every Friday. Old Sweezys building, East Main Street, Riverhead. Free food and clothing provided by The Lighthouse Group. No questions asked. FIRESIDE FRIDAYS – 4-7 p.m., Sherwood House Vineyards, 1291 Main Rd. Jamesport. Live music and glass specials. www.sherwoodhousevineyard.com, 631-779-2817. LIVE MUSIC – 5:30-8:30 p.m., Peconic Bay Winery, 31320 Main Rd, Cutchogue. Live music! www.peconicbaywinery. com, 631-734-7361. Free.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
SKATEBOARDING – Skate park in Greenport offers ramps and a half pipe. 631-477-2385. LIVE MUSIC – 2-5 p.m., Diliberto Winery, 250 Manor Lane, Jamesport. Live music with Ahmad Ali. 631-7223416, www.dilibertowinery.com. SATURDAY EVENING STARGAZING – 7 p.m. – midnight., Custer Observatory, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold. 631-765-2626. www.custerobservatory.org. Suggested $5 donation adults, $3 Kids, Free for members.
SUNDAY, APRIL 8
FREE TOUR SUNDAYS – 1-2 p.m., Sparkling Pointe Tasting House, 39750 County Rd. 48, Southold, 631-7650200. Learn the secrets of Methode Champenoise and Sparkling Wines. Reservations Required. Groups are limited.
EAST END ARTS “KIDS ARTS CAMPS” – 4/9 – 4/13, East End Arts School in Riverhead (also Brecknock Hall in Greenport) featuring spring break workshops of Art, Music, and Theatre for children and teens. To register call 631- 369-2171 or education@eastendarts.org. FREE YOGA – 3-4:15 p.m., Mary Smith Recreation Center, Greenport. Free Hatha Yoga classes for beginners. Bring non-skid, body-length mat. 631-765-3005.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10
DRIVE-BY BIRDING – 8 a.m., North Fork Audubon Society’s Tuesdays with Tom program. Meet at the Mattituck Shopping Center, Route 25, Mattituck. Drive to East End hotspots looking for wintering species of birds. Call 631-275-3202 if you plan to attend. Free.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
Italian • Seafood • Waterfront
GIRLS NIGHT OUT – every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., Cooperage Inn, 2218 Sound Ave., Baiting Hollow. Reservations 631-727-8994. www.cooperageinn.com.
UPCOMING
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA – 4/19, 6:30 p.m., Third Thursdays Arts-in-Community Series at Brecknock Hall, 1 Brecknock Road, Greenport. Discover the beauty of opera, led by Long Island Executive Director Joy Berta. 631-3692171, www.eastendarts.org. SPRING LONG ISLAND RESTAURANT WEEK – 4/22 – 4/29, Over 125 participating restaurants offer a threecourse prix fixe for 24.95 all night, every night they are open except Saturday when the menu is offered until 7 p.m. www.longislandrestaurantweek.com. CALL FOR ARTISTS – 4/27 – 6/1, 133 East Main Street Riverhead. “La Morte” An East End Arts gallery show. Open for all artists to submit works inspired by the subject of death. www.eeac.org. ACHIEVEMENT DAY AND CRAFT EXHIBIT – 5/4, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., George Young Community Center, 446 South Jamesport Avenue, Riverhead. Contact Jane Kropp 631-298-4239. 5th ANNUAL OVARIAN CANCER DAY – 5/5, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., East Wind Inn and Spa, Wading River. Day of education begins with breakfast followed by a meet the experts Town Hall Forum, workshops, luncheon, awards ceremony. 516-365-7277, www.sassfoundation.org. Free. EAST END ARTS 40th ANNIVERSARY GALA – 5/5, 6-11 p.m. Raphael Vineyard, Peconic. Featuring a
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