Long Island Wine Country Comes to Brooklyn Again:A Bigger and Better Brooklyn Uncorked at BAMCafé

Come join your food community at Edible Brooklyn's annual local-tasting soiree.

Sample a selection of award-winning Long Island and New York microbrews, including Blue Point Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Heartland Brewery, Sixpoint Craft Ales, and Southampton Publick House.

This is the only place, without getting on the L.I.E., where you can sample the full suite of Long Island wines, from austere steel-fermented whites to robust reds to varietal rosés.

In addition to cheese from Stinky Bklyn and Whole Foods Market, Long Island potato chips, palate-coolers from Wine Cellar Sorbets, freshly pressed coffees from Bodum, and natural sodas from Grown-up Soda (GuS), favorite neighborhood restaurants will be serving up samples, including Bonita, Flatbush Farm, iCi, La Maison du Couscous, Little D Eatery, Palo Santo, Smoke Joint, and Stonehome Wine Bar, as well as Great Performances caterers. Music will be provided by WLIU radio. Glasses are courtesy of Reidel.

Based on the sell-out success of last years inaugural event, and the strong turnout from outer boroughs (Manhattanites made up half of last years attendees), this year Brooklyn Uncorked will spill over into the lobby of BAM, making way for an increased number of wineries, local craft beers and much more food.

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Tickets cost $50 and can be purchased at:  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/26417 

Learn more @ the official event website »------------------------Long Island Wine Country is coming to Brooklyn again. On Wednesday, May 14, at BAMcafé (located inside the Brooklyn Academy of Music), New Yorkers will have a chance to sample the wines of Long Island at the region’s largest tasting event this side of the L.I.E.

With the ever-increasing demand for what is quickly becoming one of the world’s great vineyard regions, Brooklyn Uncorked—a joint effort by the Long Island Wine Council, Edible Brooklyn, and Edible East End, offers curious wine lovers a rare chance to sample multiple vintages, dozens of varietals, and an array of winemaking techniques from 30 Long Island wineries. (To whet local appetites for wine in the Big Apple’s backyard, the Astor Center will feature Long Island wine classes on May 10 and May 12.)

The event runs from 4-8 p.m. and tickets to the general public are $50. Based on the sell-out success of last year’s inaugural event, and the strong turnout from “outer boroughs” (Manhattanites made up half of last year’s attendees), this year Brooklyn Uncorked will spill over into the lobby of BAM, making way for an increased number of wineries, a selection of award-winning Long Island and New York microbrews, including Blue Point Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Heartland Brewery, Sixpoint Craft Ales, and Southampton Publick House. In addition to cheese from Stinky Bklyn and Whole Foods Market, Long Island potato chips, palate-coolers from Wine Cellar Sorbets, freshly pressed coffees from Bodum, and natural sodas from Grown-up Soda (GuS), favorite neighborhood restaurants will be serving up samples, including Bonita, Flatbush Farm, iCi, La Maison du Couscous, Little D Eatery, Palo Santo, Smoke Joint, and Stonehome Wine Bar, as well as Great Performances caterers. Music will be provided by WLIU radio. Glasses are courtesy of Reidel.

Nearly 40 wineries lie just 70 miles east of New York City in the ocean-tempered climate and rich soils of Long Island’s Hamptons and North Fork. Most of the wineries participating in this event, including Bedell Cellars, Bridge Vineyards, Castello di Borghese, Channing Daughters, Clovis Point Wines, Corey Creek Vineyards, Duckwalk Vineyards, Jamesport Vineyards, Jason’s Vineyard, Lieb Family Cellars, Lenz Winery, Long Island Meadery, Macari Vineyards, Martha Clara Winery, Old Field Vineyards, Osprey’s Dominion, Palmer Vineyards, Paumanok Vineyards, Peconic Bay Winery, Pelligrini, Pindar, Raphael, Roanoke Vineyards, Shinn Estate Vineyards, Vineyard 48, Waters Crest Winery, and Wölffer Estate Vineyards, are members of the Long Island Wine Council. The Council serves as an industry association dedicated to achieving recognition for Long Island as a premium wine-producing region.