Long Island AVA

Long Iceland AVA ( recognized since 15 May 2001) is an American Viticultural Area in the U.S. state of New York. The area is located in the administrative regions Nassau County and Suffolk County and only the complete peninsula of Long Iceland includes a few small offshore islands.

The AVA was founded only in 2001 and so. Only 10 to 15 years after the recognition of the subordinate appellations of North Fork of Long Iceland and AVA The Hamptons, Long Iceland AVA Firstly, was hence the fact into account that outside these subregions located wineries a locally specific marketing platform should be given, and on the other, Long Iceland AVA allows the blending of vines of both sub-regions.

The microclimate of the vineyard is influenced positively by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean of the Long Iceland Sound and the Peconic Bay and benefits the wine.