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Napa. Finger Lakes. New York City.
And the $100,000 question is: What are worthy wine destinations?
True, our fair city isn’t exactly overflowing with options, but we’ll always give points for destinations that only require the swipe of a MetroCard. And you’ll find several worthy of your precious time.
Most notable is Rooftop Reds, which claims “the world’s first commercially viable rooftop vineyard.” While it currently produces eight wines made from grapes grown at a sister vineyard in the Finger Lakes region, the dozens of boxes of Bordeaux varietals atop the Brooklyn Navy Yard space are slated for drinkable debuts in late 2019. The wine bar there serves a variety of the upstate wines, rosé to chardonnay, which you can drink while lounging in a hammock, playing lawn games or watching a movie under the stars.
Still in Brooklyn, Red Hook Winery is similarly state-centric, with wines sourced from the North Fork and Finger Lakes. And over in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Winery takes a bicoastal approach with grapes from the eastern and western U.S.
Probably the best known is decade-old City Winery in lower Manhattan. In the news recently due to Disney buying its block, you still have until 2020 to imbibe wines made from globally sourced grapes while you watch a concert at the Varick Street location.
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(Slightly) cooler weather begs for outdoor time, and nothing quite gets miles on the sneakers like exploring a completely new area. Long Island’s North Fork is a bit of a trek, true, but, unlike the journey to the more-touristy Hamptons, the road is dotted with quaint towns and plenty of foliage.
The many wineries are a big draw, as is just strolling around Greenport. Many restaurants and other destinations do shutter in the cooler months, but we’re not there yet. So grab a nice long meal, and have that second cocktail: You can catch the 9:11 p.m. train out of Greenport and snooze on the LIRR ride back to the city.
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