Terroir de Queens
When you think of all the things growing in New York City, grapes are hardly at the top of the list. But now they are actually on the list. A one-acre vineyard was planted in Queens in 2004 and the fruit is now ripening on the vine. The first vintage for wine production will be next year, the NY Post reports today.
Contrary to what you might think, this diminutive vineyard is not nestled in between some non-descript apartment buildings. It’s actually on the 47-acre Queens County Farm Museum, which dates back to 1697, claiming to be “New York City’s largest remaining tract of undisturbed farmland and is the only working historical farm in the City.” Good that they finally added vines then.
The Post story quotes the Farm Museum’s director as saying that they have high hopes for quality for this new terroir: “We don’t want to sell a jug wine just for the novelty of it. Obviously, we can’t expect to be world class the first year. It’s going to take a lot of trial and error.”
He also admits that they haven’t named it yet. Do you have any suggestions? Here are a few to get the ball rolling:
Bottega di Laguardia (LGA)
Hommage a John F. Kennedy (JFK)
The Wine-ing New Yorker
Flushing Wine
I love New York Queens
