Food & Wine Blogger Tour of the North Fork?

It occurs to me that very few of my fellow food and wine bloggers have actually been visited the wineries on the North Fork. And, those who have, have probably chosen their destinations randomly and may or may not have ever tasted the region's best wines.

So what can I do about it? I can organize a North Fork trip for interested food and wine bloggers.

This little project is obviously still in the early planning stages, but I wanted to post this so that any New York-area (or outside of the area really) bloggers are interested.

The tour company I'm thinking of partnering with can accommodate 12, so there are 11 slots available potentially. I'm thinking early February for timing.

Email me if this is something you might be interested in. Once we have final head count, I'll be able to organize meals, tastings etc. and come up with a final per-person cost.

Comments

[winehiker]

Lenn, I'm certainly tempted, if not schedule-free! But should you get a wild hair and decide you want to do a food/wine blogger's pow-wow out here in California, I trust you'll consider me for your tour guide. Indeed, it's something I've been thinking about for 2008.

[Ryan]

I'm in! ;) all I need to know is how your getting the plane ticket to us! ;)

[Michelle]

Lenn -
I think this would be a blast, but it might be cost prohibitive for us. I'll be able to give you a better answer once you have costs. And Russ, I'd love to come out to California with you as a tour guide. Heck, you were a great tour guide via Twitter in Arizona!
Cheers!

[Mark]

While I'm no blogger, I can give Lenn a hearty endorsement as a tour guide. Before my wife and I visited the North Fork a few months ago, I imposed on Lenn to give us his "must visit" and "must avoid" lists. Following his recommendations, we tasted some excellent wines, met some great winemakers and growers, and visited beautiful vineyards. The experience far exceeded our expectations, and convinced us of the quality that North Fork wines are capable of achieving.

So, I recommend that all you wine bloggers (who I read regularly) step away from your computers and explore Lenn's LI Domain. It will definitely be worthwhile.

[Andrew]

Lenn,
This is a marvelous idea. Besides allowing bloggers to seeing the LI vineyards in from a different prospective, connecting bloggers’ to their faces will help this blogging community a great deal too.
I am in.

[ann]

Yes yes yes yes yes! Thank you for finally reading my mind Lenn! (uh, in case it's not clear, count me in!)

[ann]

Yes yes yes yes yes! Thank you for finally reading my mind Lenn! (uh, in case it's not clear, count me in!)