Posts Written OnApril 03, 2007

Long Island Dines: Andrew’s by the Pond

Sunday night, Nena and I had our first baby sitter (thanks MIL) and were finally able to enjoy our first meal out-just the two of us-in several months. After Nena called our favorite local restaurant, La Plage, several times at several different times of day (both before and during dinner service) and nobody picked up, including a machine, we settled on another local restaurant that we’ve enjoyed in the past-Andrew’s by the Pond in Wading River. We looked forward to the 6:00 p.m. reservation for well over a week, which is a sign of how our lives have changed. A…

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WTN: Brotherhood Winery 2004 Chardonnay (New York)

I’ve written a few times about Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville, NY up in the Hudson River Valley. It is one of the region’s larger producers and makes a wide array of wines-from honey wine to spiced holiday wine to riesling to a ruby ‘port’. They don’t have any vineyard holdings of their own, so they source grapes from throughout New York State-primarily the Finger Lakes and Long Island. The grapes that went into this 2004 chardonnay were grown on Long Island’s East End, but no further details are available. There’s a lot of chardonnay grown here, so it certainly isn’t…

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If you like what you read here on LENNDEVOURS, make sure that you visit our sponsors: Wine Library TV. I challenge anyone to visit this site, watch a couple episodes of Gary Vaynerchuk’s awesome videocasts and not get hooked. I watch it every day and every bottle of wine I’ve bought from Wine Library has been based on his recommendations. Greene Grape Wine Company. Co-creators of the New York Cork Club, they have a focus on small-production, artisanal wines. I’ve loved many of the wines I’ve picked up at their online store. Wine Anthology. Our newest sponsor is another online…

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