GARDINER, N.Y. — Wine country changes the rhythm of a Hudson Valley getaway. A bottle picked up from the vineyard next door becomes part of dinner. The Shawangunk Ridge occupies the horizon while everyone debates what to put on the grill. Later, the same local wine may find its way into an improvised cocktail […]
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From New York Farm Winery License No. 1 to wood-fired pizza overlooking the Hudson River, Benmarl Winery tells a much larger story about experiential hospitality, local wine and the feeling of belonging in the Hudson Valley. Benmarl Winery: Wine, History and the Feeling of the Hudson Valley – Story and Fine Art Photography by […]
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AMAGANSETT, N.Y. — Can a roadside seafood shack teach us the future of hospitality? At the iconic Lobster Roll Restaurant in Amagansett—known to generations of Hamptons travelers by its giant “LUNCH” sign—the answer arrives deconstructed, drowning in butter and bathed in shifting coastal light. Behind the classic East End seafood menu lives a real-time […]
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Travel in the Hudson Valley has entered a more interesting phase. A beautiful house, a dramatic view, and a respectable set of linens still matter, obviously, because civilization has standards. Yet the deeper luxury now is control over your own experience: when you arrive, how much interaction you want, what you drink, where you […]
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America turns 250 this weekend, and the truest way to take its measure is standing on the glass surface of Lake Taghkanic, where a thousand water lilies are running the oldest government on the continent. Four or five mornings a summer, this Hudson Valley mountain lake goes so still it forgets itself. The sky […]
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