Festival Tasting

THE FESTIVAL TASTING
Saturday, August 25, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.; VIP entry 5 p.m.
Co-Located with The Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton
Find directions here.

More than 30 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.

Tickets are just $125 until August 11. After that date and at the door, they’ll be $150. So buy yours early!

Wines to swirl, sniff and sip

More than 30 winemakers are expected to participate in HARVEST 2012, each showcasing their world-class still, sparkling and dessert wines at this grand tasting. Barrel samples will be available for sipping, years before the wines of this phenomenal vintage 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.