2011: HARVEST: Wine Auction & Celebration of Long Island's East End: September 3, 10, 16 & 17
The second annual HARVEST: Wine Auction and Celebration of Long Island’s East End will begin on September 3 with the Wine Salons, culimating in activities on the weekend beginning Friday, September 16 with 10 Mile Dinners followed by the Festival Tasting and Harvest Moon Gala and Wine Auction on Saturday, September 17 at Ludlow Farm in Bridgehampton.
We are pleased to anounce that FOOD & WINE has joined HARVEST as the presenting sponsor.
Organized by the Long Island Merlot Alliance and Long Island Wine Council.
Proceeds from the live auction of Long Island wines will benefit the Peconic Land Trust as well as East End Hospice and the Group for the East End.
Sponsors: Bedell Cellars + Corey Creek Vineyards, Empire Merchants, Farm Credit East ACA, Fiji Water,Grand Cru Classes, GreenLogic Energy, Hotel Indigo East End, Riedel, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars of Long Island, Starbucks Coffee Company, Suffolk County National Bank, Tanger Outlets - Riverhead, WordHampton Public Relations.
Regional Media Sponsors: "The Faith Middleton Show", Edible Brooklyn, Edible East End, Edible Manhattan, New York Cork Report, WNPR.
Participating Wineries include: Bedell Cellars + Corey Creek Vineyards, Bella Vita + Sannino Vineyard, Castello di Borghese, Channing Daughters Winery, Clovis Point, Comtesse Therese, Croteaux Vineyards, Gramercy Vineyards, Grapes of Roth, Lieb Family Cellars, Macari Vineyards, Martha Clara Vineyards, Mattebella Vineyards, McCall Vineyards, Palmer Vineyards, Peconic Bay Winery, Pellegrini Vineyards, Raphael, Roanoke Vineyards, Scarola Vineyards, Sherwood House Vineyards, Shinn Estate Vineyards, Sparkling Pointe, Suhru Wines, Waters Crest Winery, Wölffer Estate Vineyard.
Chefs for the Gala Dinner are: Noah Schwartz of Noah's, Tom Schaudel of Amano and A Lure, and William Holden of West End Cafe.
Participating Restaurants & Food Purveyors for the Event included: 1770 House, Almond, Amarelle, Bay Burger, Beacon, Chokola'j, Comtesse Therese, Foody's, Fresno/Beacon/The Red Bar, Love Lane Kitchen & Cafe, Mecox Bay Dairy, Noah's, Old Mill Inn, Red Bar Brasserie, Sacred Sweets, South Edison, Southfork Kitchen, The Living Room at c/o The Maidstone, Vine Street Cafe
Mistress of Ceremonies: Faith Middleton
Honorary Committee: Fern Berman, Katherine + Marco Birch, Michael Braverman, Brian Halweil, Louisa Hargrave, Anthony Hitchcock + Jean Lindgren, Edie Landeck + Michael Coles, Stephen Munshin, Eric Ripert
For more information and to purchase tickets -- tickets go on sale July 1 -- visit Harvest East End. Also, you can follow updates via Facebook and Twitter.