Try waters crest in cutchogue on rte 48 and cox lane. Nic edry rose and the best cab franc on LI. Also Roanoake in riverhead, it produces excellent red blends. These are a little off the normal tour. For a snack in greenport try...

://www.cakebread.com/tours/tours_tastings.cfm FYI – Frog’s Leap and Honig are down the lane from eachother and there are others on that little stretch as well, but don’t remember who just off the top of my head.

a wide selection of beers and bar food in case you want to while away the rush hour, BOP or Brick Oven Pizza is known in the area. There’s also Kalli’s Court and Mezze if you want to go a little more fancy,...

of the list by calling The Bureau of Tourism & Travel at 800-ALABAMA. ALBERTVILLE Grilled chicken pizza at The Lumpkin House White chicken chili at Jessie’s Cafe ALEXANDER CITY Blackened catfish at Cecil’s Public House...

Few of our favotites, Miner, Sinskey (organically grown grapes), August Briggs (fairly new, outstanding reds), Markham. If you head up north past Calistoga there is Summers, Calistoga Cellars and Bennet Lane, all are very good...

you can get a generous tasting of BOTH the Alexander Valley ($60/bottle) and Napa Valley Silver Oak Cabernets ($100/bottle) for only $10 (plus a free glass to keep!) to enjoy with your picnic. http://www.silveroak.com/ It’s...

's outside tasting area and what a view- good sparkling wines. Alexander Valley is another area to visit- just picked up Their New Gerwurz 2006 a excellent everyday wine. I am not into fruity wines but this is delicious, Indian...

The below suggestions are all in Dry Creek. You can also go to Alexander valley, which also has some small and interesting wine producers. As I mentioned, Preston of Dry Creek has wines you won’t find in NY. They specialize...

and then only those that have been directed there by someone in the know. If you’re there during the week getting around is easy. Calistoga and north of there have some wonderful little wineries, Bennett Lane, Calistoga...

, Newark Ace Diner_Route 130 North, Pennsauken Alexander's Diner _157 Fries Mill Rd., Turnersville Alexis Diner_3130 Route 10, Denville All Season’s Diner_176 Wycoff Rd., Eatontown Al’s Diner_869 Communipaw Ave.,...

Springs, or Three Valleys Sonoma County Seghesio - Alexander Valley Home Ranch or Sonoma County Old Vine Pinot Noir: Unfortunately the best are make in small amounts and highly allocated. You might be able to find Cristom, Argyle...

the least. Highway 29 is really only a highway in name. In reality, it is a two lane road that bears more visitors each year than Disneyland (trivia bonus). There are backroads and out of the way areas to see, although the...

is horribly slow and scattered, so make sure you’re not in a rush to go anywhere. Kokyo Sushi on Alexander (just off Yonge) may be a better bet as far as service, though the selection of fish isn’t exciting and...

of these places would ever be my first choice for a meal. It’s purely a hypothesis, of course, by I think the people behind Hero may have intended to do burgers well when they started out at Hazelton Lanes. Perhaps things...

(Jason gives a good rundown here, but Chef June is right: call and make appointments cause those folks aren’t hanging around tasting rooms in November!), south to Santa Rosa and Olivet Lane section of Russian River Valley....