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Cutchogue & Nassau Point
It is perfectly understandable if you feel like you are in France's Bordeaux wine region rather than the East End when you drive past the villages and hamlets that unfurl on the North Fork. Cutchogue, halfway down the island, is a good case in point.
The biggest crop of this traditionally agricultural hamlet is grapes. In fact, nine of the North Fork's 30 wineries are located in Cutchogue. But the main case is more than 12 bottles of wine. It's the open spaces that the vineyards provide. The verdant vistas, with row after row of grape vines, ensure an uncluttered horizon that is an amenity in other areas.
There are also plenty of farms here, many with stands along Route 25 and Middle Road. Bring your gloves and hand pick nature's bounty at Wickham's Fruit Farm, a family operation that started in the 1600s. Serious potato chip lovers probably know that Cutchogue is the home of the award-winning North Fork Potato Chips.
Cutchogue's two beaches are by calm bay waters that are also perfect for a fishing expedition. Everywhere you look there is the feeling of expansiveness that links you to yesterday's Cutchogue and today's.
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