East End Experience
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Scavenger Hunt - Explore NoFo
$140Learn all about the North Fork of Long Island through the North Fork Scavenger Hunts. These hunts are easy to play and will make a road trip around the North Fork with memorable, self-guided tours.
Each hunt includes at least 20 iconic landmarks & roadside attractions. Great for families, friends, other adventurers. You'll receive gaming information for 2 cars and 4 hunts per car.
Value $240
www.northforkscavengerhunts.com
The North Fork is an area rich in history. The Native American Corchaug tribe once lived here and the English later settled in 1640. The North Fork has also been a destination for pirates, rumrunners and more recently vacationers and day-trippers. Surrounded by water it has been a destination even before the Long Island Railroad laid tracks out to Greenport in the mid 1800s. Today people enjoy this slower-paced lifestyle that's rich in history, agriculture, maritime activities, and charm. There are also over 50 wineries in this area known as "Long Island Wine Country!"
For less than the cost of taking your family to the movies, you could be outside, getting some exercise, and learning something new.
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Macari Tour/Lunch/Tasting
$620
Rare opportunity to tour behind the scenes of Macari, 500 acre vineyard tour the waterfront farm, including a visit to the family's herd of cattle dedicated to vineyard compost production. You'll explore the Vineyard, enjoy sparkling wine overlooking the Long Island Sound followed by a private 5 flight wine tasting and delicious lunch in the handsome Barrel Cellar with Gabriella Macari, a third-generation grape grower.
Value $1000
Lunch and tasting will be held in wood-beamed subterranean Barrel Cellar, a unique and intimate setting, perfect for enjoying Macari premium wines paired with pizza, sandwiches, and cheese and charcuterie. Your guided tasting will highlight Macari holistic farming practises, viticulture, winemaking, vintage variation, and overall production.
https://macariwines.com/visit/mattituck/
The history of Macari Wines reaches back to the 1930s and '40s when, Joseph T. Macari Sr., made wine with his father and grandfather in their basement in Corona, Queens, New York.
In the mid '60s, he purchased a 500-acre former potato farm on Long Island Sound. It would be another 30 years before he began to realize his dream of growing grapes and making wine. The farm was fallow until 1995 when Joseph Jr. and Alexandra Macari moved to the North Fork with their four children to begin planting vines.
The turning point for Joseph Jr. was when he studied with world-renowned visionaries in biodynamic viticulture, the late Alan York from California and Alvaro Espinoza from Chile.
From his studies, he developed a complex composting program that includes a herd of longhorn cattle and a field devoted just to compost. His approach is ecological and holistic: He knows that the health of the plants and the character of the grapes depend on well-nourished, living soil and that each step in the process contributes to the final product.
The vineyard's devotion to biodiversity provides an extraordinary grape growing environment that yields some of the finest fruit on the East Coast.
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Palmer Wine + Wine Tasting
$250Join a fun wine tasting for four at Palmer Vineyards.
You'll not only expand your wine knowledge with a winery tour and will leave the tasting with four bottles of Vintner's choice wines from Palmer.
Palmer Vineyards has established itself as one of the most visible and well-reputed Long Island estate wineries. Throughout the years, the vineyard and its wines have received numerous accolades.
https://www.palmervineyards.com
Value $400
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Private Tour Hallockville Farm
$85Enjoy a private tour for up to 8 people of the Hallock Homestead and leave with a reusable HMF tote bag and a 36 oz jar of Hallockville Honey, harvested from bees raised on property.
Value $170.
https://www.facebook.com/HallockvilleMuseumFarm, https://hallockville.org
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Jill Schroeder Training
$105Jill Schroeder Training has donated a 1 hour personal training session at their Cutchogue studio.
Value: $125
Website: jillschroedertraining.com
With over 16 years experience on the North Fork, Jill Schroeder is highly regarded an expert who will help you achieve your fitness goals
Services include:
Personal Training
Medical Exercise
Group Strength Training
