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Long Island Wine Country. Com's

8th Annual Harvest Fest Celebration

a day at the vineyard!

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Harvest is a vintner's celebration of the culmination of a year's hard work. It marks the transition period in the winemaking cycle from vineyard to cellar. In physical terms, it is the process of picking ripe grapes from the vine.

Long Island Wine Country. com cordially invites you to take part in this once-a-year activity by joining our fifth annual Harvest Fest 2009"Day in the Vineyard".

This full day event will take place at Laurel Lake Vineyards, in the quaint hamlet of Laurel, on the North Fork of Long Island. Laurel Lake Vineyards is a modern vineyard & winery focusing on producing premium quality estate wines. The winery building features a massive elevated wrap around deck that offers a picture perfect view of the vineyard below.

Harvest Fest 2009 is a full day, fun-filled educational event. Attendees will gain a new appreciation for how wine gets into the bottle. Clip the vines, pick the grapes, and have the opportunity to custom blend your own bottle of wine*!

The event is hosted by Christopher Davies, Publisher & Co-Founder of Wine Country International® magazine, and president of Long Island Wine Country. COM. Davies’s is an internationally recognized wine authority who preaches “attitude-free” wine!

Harvest Fest 2009 will include:

• Food & Wine paring demonstration

• Welcome toast with sparkling wine

• Winemaking overview and presentation

• Picking grapes in the vineyard

• Live demonstration of the crush & winemaking process

• VIP Tour of the wine cellar

• VIP Barrel Tasting of pre-release vintages

• Delicious Vineyard Lunch

• Live Music performed by the hit blues/rock band "The Merc's"

• "Barrel Rolling Contest" with valuable prizes

• Tasting of artisan cheese & Ice wine

• Optional-Blend your own bottle of wine of "Meritage" style red wine with the winemaker. Cost: $40

• Plus more!

Special Purchasing Opportunities Long Island Wine Country.com offers packages with or without transportation. Both packages include the grape picking, tours. wine tasting & lunch.

LUXURY TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE:

Includes round trip transportation in a luxury motor coach (on-board restroom, panoramic windows & video monitors) with departures from

Manhattan (SOHO or GRAND CENTRAL STATION), Nassau County

& Western Suffolk County.

COST: $129 per person (RT Transportation included)

Tickets may be order online at:

www.longislandwinecountry.com/havbustickets.html

For telephone orders call 866 946-3268

YOU DRIVE PACKAGE:

Attendees drive directly to the winery. You must arrive by 10:45AM.

Departure is at 4:00PM

COST: $114 per person

Tickets may be order online at:

www.longislandwinecountry.com/havbustickets.html

For telephone orders call 866 946-3268

This event will sell-out, so make your reservations early!

Dress code: Casual / jeans

Motor Coach Departure Locations & Schedule:

Convenient departures from Manhattan, Hicksville, Dix Hills/Commack and Farmingville.

NEW YORK CITY:

•8:30am SOHO (New location!) SOHO Grand Hotel, 310 West Broadway New York, NY 10013

•8:40am Grand Central Station (across 42nd street) at Pershing Square Café (Returns by 6:25pm)

NASSAU COUNTY:

9:40am Hicksville at Sears Parking Lot North corner by Nevada Rd.

(Broadway RTE 106 & 107) LIE EXIT 41 SO.(Returns by 5:15pm)

SUFFOLK COUNTY:

•10:00am COMMACK/DIX HILLS PARK & RIDE LOT Commack Road at LIE South Service Road (EXIT 52 SOUTH)(Returns by 4:55pm)

•10:20AM FARMINGVILLE at Crowne Plaza Hotel LIE Exit 63 South-North Ocean Ave. (Returns by 4:30pm)

All tours are rain or shine!

Personalized gift certificates are also offered!