{"id":2568,"date":"2024-01-28T18:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T18:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2024-01-28T18:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T18:41:49","slug":"paumanok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=2568","title":{"rendered":"Paumanok"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most American wineries that we are aware of have names that include words like Vineyards, Estate or Cellars.\u00a0 But Paumanok, on Long Island\u2019s North Fork, doesn\u2019t have one of those words; it\u2019s just plain Paumanok.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay, in part because the word is Algonquian for Long Island. It\u2019s a no-nonsense name for a winery that\u2019s basically about the wines they serve, without a lot of frills.\u00a0 If your purpose for visiting is also all about the wines, you\u2019ll be happy there.\u00a0 If you\u2019re looking for a party atmosphere, not so much.<\/p>\n

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The Paumanok winery, with its tasting porch.<\/em><\/p>\n

It starts with the architecture of the winery.\u00a0 It\u2019s a renovated old barn, simple and a little weather-beaten.\u00a0 Big barns do reflect the agricultural history of the North Fork, where potatoes and duckling were once the main crops, not grapes.\u00a0 Founded in 1983, Paumanok is a family-run enterprise.\u00a0 The interior is also plain and simple: a wooden bar and an expansive though rather empty wooden floor.<\/p>\n

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The Adirondack chairs, where you can sip and watch the workmen tend to the vines.<\/em><\/p>\n

But if you are visiting on a pleasant day, you don\u2019t want to be inside anyway.\u00a0 You want to be on the winery\u2019s porch or near the vineyards, where Paumanok comes into its own.\u00a0 You can sit at a table or in a field of Adirondack chairs, facing the vines.\u00a0 You choose some wines to try, a server brings them to you and then you\u2019re left alone to enjoy them.\u00a0 Again, plain and simple; if you want a buddy to converse with you, bring your own.\u00a0 The servers are informative but not chatty.<\/p>\n

And to an extent, this straightforward approach is reflected in the wines as well.\u00a0 As is the case with almost all Long Island vineyards, they make wine from a wide variety of grapes, both red and white.\u00a0 Paumanok specializes in the Bordeaux grape varietals in their red wines.\u00a0 Power Tasting<\/em> doesn\u2019t review wines, but we can say that we were particularly impressed by their white wines.\u00a0 That\u2019s quite a compliment coming from us, whose cellar is 90% made up of red wines.\u00a0 The Sauvignon Blanc and especially the Chenin Blanc were our favorites.<\/p>\n

[Pardon us for a bit of a rant.\u00a0 Why do Long Island winemakers think they need to grow a dozen different grapes, when clearly the terroir there is supportive of only a few?\u00a0 Make what you\u2019re good at and don\u2019t try to please everybody with everything.\u00a0 And while we\u2019re ranting, why don\u2019t more vineyards grow Chenin Blanc?]<\/em><\/p>\n

For those driving to the North Fork from the west, which is just about everyone, Paumanok is among the first you\u2019ll encounter when you leave the Long Island Expressway, which makes it an excellent first stop (or last one on your way home).\u00a0 For people from New York City, visiting Paumanok is like letting out a long sigh: \u201cAaah, we\u2019ve made it\u201d.\u00a0 This good, solid winery with its good, solid wines sets a standard that the rest of the North Fork vineyards needs to live up to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most American wineries that we are aware of have names that include words like Vineyards, Estate or Cellars.\u00a0 But Paumanok, on Long Island\u2019s North Fork, doesn\u2019t have one of those words; it\u2019s just plain Paumanok.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay, in part because the word is Algonquian for Long Island. It\u2019s a no-nonsense name for a winery that\u2019s … Continue reading Paumanok<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}