Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Introducing Lieb Estate 2024 4 Pinots: A Rare White Wine Blend of Four Pinot Varieties
May 4, 2025
We are thrilled to introduce the newest addition to the Suhru & Lieb Vineyards portfolio—Lieb Estate 2024 4 Pinots—a rare and refreshing white blend made from four Pinot varieties. This unique and delicious wine is a harmonious combination of Pinot Grigio, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir, offering a...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Our Wines Featured Among Best of New York in Wine Enthusiast
April 10, 2025
We’re excited to share that Wine Enthusiast has named Long Island’s North Fork one of New York’s premier wine regions. Even more thrilling, two of our wines were highlighted among the top selections! 2023 Suhru Rosé Earns 92 Points Our 2023 Suhru Rosé 2023 Suhru Rosé earned a stellar 92-point...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Lieb Cabernet Franc Featured in The New York Times: A Must-Try Wine from Long Island
March 16, 2025
We’re excited to announce that our Lieb Cabernet Franc has been featured in The New York Times' 10 New York Cabernet Francs to Find Right Now! With its exceptional quality and complex flavor profile, this wine is a must-try. Lieb Cellars North Fork Cabernet Franc Eric Asimov of The New...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes: Preparing for the Growing Season
March 16, 2025
As winter gives way to the early signs of spring, our vineyard in Cutchogue, nestled in the heart of Long Island Wine Country, is beginning to stir, preparing for another season of growth and exceptional wines. The Vineyard's Winter Dormancy: A Time of Rest During the winter months, vines enter...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
What’s Happening: March 2025
February 27, 2025
We know—winter feels like it’s dragging on forever, and we’re all ready for a little fun! That’s why we’re making March extra special with live music, indulgent pairings, and a brand-new wine release to keep things exciting. If you need a reason to get out of the house (or just...
Wine Guides
Blending Trials: How Red Blends Are Made
February 9, 2025
A Closer Look at how Blends are Made! From the outside looking in, winemaking is a glamorous profession filled with days spent drinking wine, nibbling cheese, and wandering the vineyards. And while we do all of that, that is a small percentage of the job. As our winemaker Russell often...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
What’s Happening February 2025
January 28, 2025
February is a great time to visit Wine Country with fewer crowds, quieter days, and a great way to beat away the winter blues. We have a full month ahead of us with a number of great things planned at the Tasting Room as well as two exciting events happening...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Vintner’s Choice: A New Wine Club Level
January 14, 2025
We are thrilled to announce the release of our brand New Wine Club level. We invite you to join the Vintner's Choice Wine Club! A highly asked for club level, Vintner's Choice Wine Club features four (4) bottles of wine pre-selected each quarter—in March, June, September & December—by the Suhru...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Vineyard & Winery Update: December 2024
December 29, 2024
With the year coming to a close and the 2024 wines all having completed fermentation we wanted to take a moment to give you an update of where those wines currently are in their journey. Take a look behind the scenes at what the winery and vineyard teams have been...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
2024 Harvest Report
November 20, 2024
Harvest 2024 has now officially come to a close. With the last of our red wines having finished fermentation and been pressed off, we want to take a moment to reflect on the 2024 Harvest season and share what happened this year in the Vineyard and in the Winery....
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How Red Wine is Made
October 9, 2024
Over the last week the focus in the winery has switched over to the red harvest. So we thought we'd take a quick moment to review how red wine is made. Once our red fruit has been hand-harvested and delivered by tractor to the winery, the grapes are destemmed. The...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Vineyard & Winery Update: October 2024
October 1, 2024
October is upon us which means everything is Harvest related here on the North Fork of Long Island! As you drive about Long Island Wine Country, you will pass many a tractor loaded up with freshly picked grapes heading from the vineyards to the winery. The Fall is a magical...
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New Release: Lieb Sauvignon Blanc
September 30, 2024
You asked for it—so we made it! We are thrilled to announce the release of our brand New 2023 Lieb Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, the latest addition to the Lieb Cellars portfolio and one that we are particularly proud of! The bottles have officially landed in the Suhru & Lieb Vineyards...
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How White Wine is Made
September 11, 2024
If you have spent much time on the North Fork of Long Island or in any wine country in the Fall you likely know that September and October are harvest season. On Long Island Harvest typically starts the second week of September. This time of year the grapes for sparkling...
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Vineyard & Winery Update: September 2024
September 3, 2024
September marks the beginning of Harvest on the North Fork! Over the coming weeks and months all of the crops across the East End will be harvested, including our grapes! Our Harvest is still a few weeks off, with the harvesting of our sparkling wine expected to start mid September....
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
What’s Happening: September 2024
September 2, 2024
September has arrived and our attention has turned to what is happening in the vineyard, the upcoming harvest, the cooler weather still to come, and the return of school, but just because Labor Day has come and gone does not mean that the warm weather is! The forecast these next...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
What’s Happening: August 2024
July 30, 2024
August is upon us and the warm weather is not going anywhere! We have a great lineup of special events, tastings, and popups planned to celebrate the peak of Summer on the North Fork! We hope you will join us for one, two, or maybe more of these exciting (and...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
Vineyard & Winery Update: August 2024
July 29, 2024
August in the vineyard is an exciting time—the grapes are developing on the vine and the countdown to Harvest has officially begun! On Long Island, the grape harvest season typically begins around Labor Day. In the past few years, looking at our vineyard and the grape varietals we are growing,...
Winery & Vineyard: Behind the Scenes
The Age-ability of Long Island Reds
May 26, 2024
One of the things I love most about winemaking is the cyclical nature of the profession and its ties to nature. It is very rewarding each year watching the progression of the vine throughout the growing season moving from bud break in the Spring, to fruit set and cluster development...
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Q&A with Winemaker Russell Hearn
May 10, 2024
Russell Hearn, Winemaker Russell has made extensive contributions to the New York wine industry over the past three decades with his wines garnering extensive critical acclaim and industry wide respect. His innovative winemaking style has influenced the quality of many wineries in our region, none more so than Pellegrini Vineyards...