5/19/2023 0 Comments Southold farm and cellar![]() ![]() Southold Farm + Cellar opened its tasting room in June 2014 after launching a successful Kickstarter campaign. The accessory building is on the same one-acre parcel as the Meador family home along Old North Road. In April, the Meadors filed a notice of claim against the town, saying the ZBA “acted beyond the scope of its authority” in making the decision.Īt the time of the decision, 22.5 acres had been planted with grapes. These decisions “effectively closed to the public,” Mr. The ZBA also voted unanimously to deny the Meador’s a variance to set the winery building back 60 feet from the road as opposed to the required 100 feet. On March 17, the Southold Zoning Board of Appeals rejected Southold Farm + Cellar’s request for variances to allow the winery to convert an existing accessory structure into a 400-square-foot wine tasting area, and to build a 3,600-square-foot winery building on their property, saying the certificate of occupancy for that one-acre parcel was for a single-family dwelling and not a winery or tasting room. “We’re looking forward to the industry itself and to be part of something that’s so new and growing,” Mr. The entire business - name, inventory and all - will be relocated, he said. Meador said the move to Texas, where he is from, will likely have to wait until after the sale of the family’s property in Southold. The couple went on to write that they have watched the wine industry in Texas grow, and made the decision to relocate after numerous visits to that region. “Furthermore, this zoning decision, coupled with recently uncovered conflicting Town Code and State Liquor Authority regulations, means we are left with no viable options to continue here in Southold Town,” they continued. “Without being able to offset the costs of land and living through the ability to grow, make and sell our small batch wine from our farm, our ability to sustainably run our small business here has been diminished,” the Meadors said in an email to customers Tuesday. The family’s farm and three-bedroom home have been listed with Town and Country real estate for $1.9 million. Less than three months after the Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals rejected a request for variances to convert an existing accessory structure into a wine-tasting area and build a winery building on the property, Regan and Carey Meador said in an email to customers that they plan to pack up their operations and head for Texas Hill Country. We lament the exit of this talented family and their sorely-needed innovation from a wine region that rarely dares to break the mold.Southold Farm + Cellar, the embattled local winery that failed to get necessary approvals from the town to continue its tasting room operations, has announced it is planning a move off Long Island. A vivid, bone dry and bubbly light red wine, with flavors of earthy black cherry, roses, red currant, sweet smoke, and a hint of clove. This is a huge blow to Long Island and New York wine, yet it is hard to shed tears with a glass of this joyous Pet Nat in hand! You Pretty Things is 75% Syrah and 25% Goldmuskateller from Southold’s young estate vineyard, fermented with native yeasts and bottled with no SO2. Understandably unable to expend more time and money haggling with small-town bureaucrats in order to survive, the Meadors decided to cut their losses and re-locate Southold Cellars to Texas wine country. As some of our customers already know, following a year-long battle with the town of Southold, the Meadors were denied a variance to operate their tasting room at Southold Farm+Cellar. They have defied the odds to make what are (frankly) the most interesting, natural, and high-quality wines coming out of Long Island today. Reagan and Carey Meador are unflinching in their commitment to responsible viticulture and experimental, small-scale vinifications.
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