Food & Wine
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Saturday will be a big day for foodies, when a host of local restaurateurs and wineries serve samples of their fare at A Taste of the Hamptons, the annual Family Service League fund-raiser. This year, the event will be held at the Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Sheridan Says: Blue Water Cafe, Montauk
What does this conjure up - a place called Blue Water Cafe on the ground floor of a Montauk motel in a spot that used to be the Shark Shack?

Uncorked
I hope to taste the Wolffer Estate Premier Cru 2000, a Pomerol-style Merlot released last month, and at $100 per bottle the most expensive wine to be offered by a Long Island winery. It is the first Long Island wine I know of that aims to match the deep, rich bouquet and intense, layered taste of a top-flight Bordeaux. But that is a pleasure that I will reserve for the chilly nights of fall, when its complex structure can be matched with a rich, hearty meal.


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