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2008 PREMIUM VIP TOUR SCHEDULE

PUBLIC TOURS
Long Island Wine Country. COM has specialized in producing corporate tours and wine events on Long Island since 1999. We have created delicious events for corporate 500 companies, celebrities as well as professional associations. We are affiliated with Wine Country International magazine, your attitude-free, passport to great wine and delicious food!

Long Island Wine Country. COM offers 9 "public" tours every year. Our season kicks off in February with our Valentine's day weekend and ends mid-November. "Public" tours are the most cost efficient way for experiencing our all-inclusive, highly educational day in Long Island Wine Country. Tours include RT transportation, Expert Tour Guide, Tasting & Tours at 3 exquisite
wine estates, delicious winery lunch & special purchasing opportunities. Itineraries focus on providing our guests with a premium wine & food experience.

Small groups, couples or singles may purchase from 1 to 55 seats. Tickets are available on first come, first serve basis!

ALL-INCLUSIVE "PUBLIC" TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:

  • Roundtrip transportation in a luxury motor coach with expert tour guide
  • VIP tours and wine tasting at three prestigious winery estates
  • Complimentary snacks and water served onboard the motor coach
  • Exclusive Wine Country International® Wine 101- a virtual crash course on
    the basics of wine
  • Area history and points of interest covered by expert tour guide
  • Wine cellar tour with winemaking overview
  • Rare & exclusive barrel tasting with award winning winemaker
  • Walking Vineyard Tour & viticultural discussion
  • Gourmet winery lunch with a selection of three delicious entrees. Includes
    salad and bottled water
  • Bon Voyage! Artisan Cheese Course served at the last winery prior to departure
  • Special-purchasing opportunities available at winery gift shops
  • Complimentary Issues of Wine Country International Magazine
  • Our tours are all-inclusive. All wine tasting fees are included!
2008 Public Tours Currently Available: Holiday Cost
July 19,2008- (Sat) "Summer Vines" Tour, Vineyard Lunch Summer
SOLD OUT!
September 20, 2008-(Sat) "Autumn Vines" Tour, Vineyard Lunch Fall $124
October 5, 2008 (Sun) "Harvest Fest II" Event Harvest $129/$114
Nov 8, 2008 (Sat) “Holiday D'Jour Tour Pre-Holiday’s $149

RESERVE YOUR TOUR TICKETS:
You can make your tour ticket reservations or purchase gift certificates below: Flexible Tour Date Gift Certificates

Want to give someone a gift certificate for a Long Island Wine Country.com tour, but you are not sure of which date to choose? Don't worry! We now offer flexible date gift certificates, that are good for use on the following tours:
Gift Certificates can be imprinted with the recipients name and delivered to
the purchaser or the recipient. For special requests or questions please call 866 Wine Country (866 946-3268).

Order Online
Long Island Wine Country Flexible Tour Gift Certificate $149.00 per person

Quantity
Select pick up location Tour dates subject to availability. Recipients are encouraged to make their reservations early.

New!

Wine Blending Course- (select tours only) $40 surcharge. We will work with an award-winning winemaker to learn about the art of Wine blending. All participants get to create one bottle of custom blended Wine (value $55-75). We will provide a custom wine label & certificate of course completion.

Note: Bordeaux blended wines are made with two or more of the traditional Bordeaux grape varieties. The main Bordeaux red grapes are Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Malbec, Merlot and Petite Verdot. In the United States, such blends are referred to as MERITAGE wines, providing they meet certain requirements.

Flexible Date- Gift Certificates

Good for 12 months,to be used on any available public tour!

Looking for a unique gift?
Why not treat your special friends or loved ones to a Long Island Wine Country.com tour? As Long Island's premier wine tour specialists, our tours have received rave reviews from Time Out New York, The Daily News, Newsday and New York Magazine. We are thankful that Joan Hamburg and Arthur Schwartz of WOR 710 Radio have considered our tours as an exceptional value for their radio listeners.
All of our packages are all-inclusive, including all tasting fees, lunch and roundtrip transportation from convenient locations in New York City, Nassau & Western Suffolk Counties.

You can select a specific event on this website and complete the online ordering process with your credit card. Please indicate (in the comments box) that "this is a gift for". We will send a certificate to you for presentation to the recipient.

If you are not sure as to what date will be convenient, we also offer gift certificates that may be used by the recipient on any of our public tours, reservations are required.

We do the driving. You can sit back & relax while enjoying the view. Round trip transportation (included) in a luxury motor coach. (on-board restroom, panoramic windows & video monitors) with pick-ups in Manhattan, Nassau County & Western Suffolk County. (See schedule below)

Dress code: Casual / jeans

Departure Locations:

Long Island Wine Country.com's public tours depart from Manhattan, Nassau County and Western Suffolk. For detailed departure locations click here.

Pick-up Locations & Schedule:

Ticket holders should arrive at the departure locations 15 minutes early. We
CAN NOT delay departures for late arrivals.

NEW YORK CITY:
8:25 AM Front of "Vintage New York" wine store (Broome & Wooster Streets)
8:40 AM Grand Central Station on 42nd St at Pershing Square Café

NASSAU COUNTY:
9:40 AM Hicksville at Sears Parking Lot North corner by Nevada Rd.
(Broadway RTE 106 & 107) LIE EXIT 41 SO.

SUFFOLK COUNTY:
10:00AM COMMACK/DIX HILLS PARK & RIDE LOT Commack Road at LIE South Service Road (EXIT 52 SOUTH)

10:20AM FARMINGVILLE at Radisson Hotel LIE Exit 63 South-North Ocean Ave



Flexible Tour Date Gift Certificates

Want to give someone a gift certificate for a Long Island Wine Country.com tour, but you are not sure of which date to choose? Don't worry! We now offer flexible date gift certificates, that are good for use on the following tours:

Gift Certificates can be imprinted with the recipients name and delivered to the purchaser or the recipient. For special requests or questions please call 866 Wine Country (866 946-3268).

Order Online

Long Island Wine Country Flexible Tour Gift Certificate
$149.00 per person

Quantity

Select pick up location

Tour dates subject to availability. Recipients are encouraged to make their reservations early.


July 19, 2008 Sat "Summer Vines" Tour #LIWC721
Celebration: Summer

Details: Three North Fork wineries, exclusive Wine 101 course, delicious
vineyard lunch included, artisnal cheese tasting prior to departure.

$124 per person

SOLD OUT!


September 20, 2008 Sat "Autumn Vines" Tour #LIWC920
Celebration: Fall

Details: Three North Fork wineries, exclusive Wine 101 course, delicious
vineyard lunch included, artisnal cheese tasting prior to departure.

$124 per person

Quantity

Select pick up location


October 5, 2008 (Sun) "Harvest Fest"

#LIWC1005 Celebration: Harvest at single winery location Details: Grape picking, multiple wine tastings, wine making demonstration, wine & food pairing class, winery lunch, live music by "The Mercs", fun activities.

$129 per person with transportation

Quantity

Select pick up location


October 5, 2008 (Sun) "Harvest Fest" With Optional Wine Blending

#LIWC1005 Celebration: Harvest at single winery location Details: Grape picking, multiple wine tastings, wine making demonstration, wine & food pairing class, winery lunch, live music by "The Mercs", fun activities.

Includes optional wine blending class. You get to make your own bottle of
Meritage wine!

$169 per person with transportation

Quantity

Select pick up location


October 5, 2008 (Sun) "Harvest Fest" Drive to winery

#LIWC1005UD Celebration: Harvest at single winery location Details: Grape picking, multiple wine tastings, wine making demonstration, wine & food pairing class, winery lunch, live music by "The Mercs", fun activities.

$114 per person drive to winery

Quantity

Select pick up location


October 5, 2008 (Sun) "Harvest Fest" Drive to Winery with Optional Wine Blending

#LIWC1005UD Celebration: Harvest at single winery location Details: Grape picking, multiple wine tastings, wine making demonstration, wine & food pairing class, winery lunch, live music by "The Mercs", fun activities.

Includes optional wine blending class. You get to make your own bottle of
Meritage wine!

$154 Drive to Winery with Optional Wine Blending

Quantity

Select pick up location

 

 


Nov 8, 2008 (Sat) ́Holiday D'Jour Tour
#LIWC1108

Celebration: Pre-Holiday Season
On our last tour of the season, we will search for Long Island's newest great wine releases and dine at the legendary Claudio's Restaurant on Greenport Harbor.

Details: Three North Fork wineries, gourmet restaurant lunch at Claudio's Restaurant in Greenport, artisnal cheese tasting prior to departure.

$149 per person

Quantity

Select pick up location




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Telephone Orders:
CALL TOLL FREE (866) 946-3268

Gift Certificates:

We are pleased to offer several Gift Certificate options. Gift Certificates are custom imprinted with the recipient(s) name and may shipped directly to the purchaser or recipient. For online orders please indicate the recipient(s) names in the comment box at check out. For example, “Gift for Mary Jane & William Smith” love Bob & Megan.

Flexible Gift Certificates:
These are our most popular type. They can be used(subject to availability) on any public tour within one year of issuance. Recipient must call or email us with their gift certificate number and desired tour date. Cost: $149 per person

Date Specific Gift Certificates:
You may also reserve a specific tour gift certificate. Gift certificates for a specific tour date are priced accordingly. Our VIP Public Tours with three wineries, restaurant lunch and transportation cost $149 per person. Our Harvest Fest gift Certificates are priced at $129 with transportation or $114 for drive-ups.

Answers to common questions:
1) How do I order a gift certificate online for delivery directly to the recipient? A)
Insert recipients name, address, phone into the deliver to section of the order page. Also include recipient info in comment box so we can imprint as you wish.
Note: if your order does not include info in the deliver to section, we will
ship the gift certificate directly to the purchaser address.

2) I am ordering the gift certificate as a holiday gift. How long will it take to get to the recipient? A) We ship all gift certificates within 24 hours.
All orders received by 3 pm EST are shipped the same day, All orders
are sent via US Priority Mail and take 2-3 days. Our Christmas 2007 cutoff
date for orders to be received by 12/24 is Friday 12/21. We also offer
overnight delivery via Fed-Ex. The added shipping cost is $20 and we must
deliver to a street address(not PO Box).

3) I am giving a flexible gift certificate to my Brother and his Wife. The cost is $149 ea/ $298.00. What happens if they choose to attend a lower priced Harvest Fest event? A) We will provide them with a complimentary bottle of wine (one bottle per person).

4) We have an expired gift certificate. Can we still use it? A) Yes, by paying any difference in cost from when it was purchased and when the new tour is ordered. For example, our 2007 gift certificates cost $124. We have enhanced the 2008 tours with a gourmet restaurant lunch. The cost difference is $25 per
person.

 

For additional Information contact:
Wine Country Network Inc.
Tel. (866) 946-3268

E-mail: info@longislandwinecountry.com

 

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VIP GROUP TOURS:
(30 person minimum)

Corporate, organizational and alumni group Tours are our specialty. Great Summer & Fall 2008 weekday & weekend
dates available!

We offer professional service, 7 days per week. We are proud that 90% of our business is repeat business!

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TOLL FREE 866-946-3268
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