The Hamptons, Long Island AVA is an American Viticultural Area located entirely within eastern Suffolk County, New York, and includes the entire South Fork of Long Island and the

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s of

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and East Hampton. Authored by winemaker Richard Olsen-Harbich in 1984, it was the first AVA to be approved for Long Island. The region covers an east–west oriented peninsula approximately long and between and wide. The local

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is heavily influenced by the nearby

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and

Peconic Bay The Peconic Bay is the parent name for two bays between the North Fork and South Fork of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is separated from Gardiners Bay by Shelter Island. Peconic Bay is divided by Robins Island into the Gr ...

. The region is generally cooler and more prone to fog than the nearby North Fork of Long Island AVA. The soil is

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and loam. The area is in hardiness zone 7a except for Montauk where it is 7b.

References

American Viticultural Areas New York (state) wine Geography of Suffolk County, New York 1988 establishments in New York (state) {{wine-region-stub