Land prices have ballooned on the North Fork of Long Island, particularly since the Covid pandemic, adding to fears of “Hamptonization.” And these are felt in Greenport Village, long established as a fishing and boating burgh and in recent years as a foodie haven amid the fork’s surrounding farm and vineyard culture. (It’s also theContinue reading “‘Poor’ Greenport Wants Slice of a Preservation Bounty”
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An Excise Tax That Fortifies Long-Island Wine
Some milestone anniversaries on the East End of Long Island have been easy to overlook but not so its start as a wine region. Fifty years ago, as the “Hamptons” south fork of the island was consumed with some of its earliest development battles, the north fork saw the planting of its first commercial vineyardContinue reading “An Excise Tax That Fortifies Long-Island Wine”
Tim W. Ferguson 