For some time now we have been telling our friends and family about our affection for NY’s North Fork wine region. Jill’s Uncle Bob called us up yesterday to tell us about a story on the North Fork that we have to check out in Sunday’s NY Post Page 6 magazine. We’re actually taking our family to the North Fork this weekend, so we were pretty psyched to read about how the North Fork is becoming the “hottest weekend winery destination” and that “experts say now is the perfect time to visit, even though it’s chilly.”  There’s even a section of the story titled “A Winter Wine Weekend: How to eat, drink, shop and relax over two days in Long Island wine country.” Impeccable timing. All we had to do was show this story to our parents and they would know exactly what we have in store for them this weekend. The “where to stay” and “where to eat and drink” is almost the weekend we planned to a “t”. More on our weekend itinerary after the jump

We’re staying at (I should say ‘taking over’) The North Fork Table & Inn run by the husband-wife team of Claudia Fleming (former Gramercy Tavern pastry chef) and Gerry Hayden and eating at their amazing restaurant Saturday night. Friday night we’ll be dining at The Frisky Oyster in Greenport, where Eileen Duffy, the sommelier and author of the wine blog Cellarette, picks and chooses among the best local wines to comprise her wine list. We’ll also be hitting up some of our favorite North Fork wineries, like Bedell and Shinn Estate, as well as a few recommended by Lenn Thompson, publisher of Lenndevours wine blog, who has become our go-to resource for information on the North Fork and Finger Lakes wine regions. Lenn is doing great things in terms of promoting and educating people about New York wine.

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