Festival Tasting

THE FESTIVAL TASTING
Saturday, August 25, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.; Vin-IP entry 5 p.m.
At The Hampton Classic Horse Show grounds in Bridgehampton
Find directions here.

Up to 40 East End wineries and 30 top restaurants will come together  to celebrate the wine-and-food bounty. Here, you can taste an exciting array of award-winning wines—including barrel samples of not-yet-released wines—and local, seasonal dishes from some of the region’s finest chefs, using all locally sourced produce and meat, fish and fowl. We’ll even supply you with fresh-brewed local Hampton Coffee Company coffee for the ride home!

Live music by the Steve Watson Trio generously provided by Hotel Indigo East End.

Tickets are just $125 until August 11. After that date and at the door (if available), they’ll be $150. Buy yours now!

Wines to swirl, sniff and sip

Up to 40 East End winemakers are expected to participate in HARVEST 2012, showcasing a total of  more than 200 world-class still, sparkling and dessert wines at this grand tasting. Barrel samples will be available for sipping, years before the wines will be commercially available. Long Island offers all your favorite vinis vinifera wines, plus a few lesser-known European varietals, in an elegant, food-friendly style all our own. (See the column at right for participating wineries; list is in development.)

Dishes to savor

Chef Kevin Penner (left) shares his local beef tartare with guests

Up to 30 of our region’s best chefs will cook up tasty, ultra-local creations in partnership with East End purveyors—farmers, fishermen, cheesemakers and more. (See list at right; list is in development.) The Festival Tasting truly is a celebration of our  Fall harvest—the bounty of our seas, skies and farms.