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1 week ago | 
southforker.com | Lana Bortolot
Live Social Share Jessy Fingleton of Au-Delá Real Estate.
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2 weeks ago | 
northforker.com | Lana Bortolot
Living on the North Fork can be a tantalizing proposition, with its historic villages, farm-to-table (and other!) restaurants, iconic farms and close proximity to the water. Whether you’re looking for a house to put down roots, a second family home or a weekend getaway, there is plenty to choose from. Here are five North Fork open houses scheduled for this weekend, all priced at under $1 million. Who says you have to spend a lot to get a (literal) lot?
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Lana Bortolot
After growing up and cultivating their careers in different countries, Melissa Smith and Monte Harhouri found common ground working in the hospitality industry in San Francisco. They met in 2016 as coworkers at Hakkasan, the high-end Cantonese-fusion restaurant that originated in London. The couple married in 2017, and Mr. Harhouri - who was raised in Tunisia and has a background as an import entrepreneur - moved across the bay into Ms. Smith's two-bedroom home in Oakland.
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2 weeks ago | 
southforker.com | Lana Bortolot
If the third season of “The White Lotus” has made you a little gun shy (almost a spoiler alert!) of luxury resorts, you might want to look for accommodations a little more stateside and a whole lot safer. These five estates offer grand living, such as the stuff in novels, but without the poison cocktails, nefarious characters and other creepy twists and turns. Even if it’s just for the summer, you, too, can live like The Great Gatsby.
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3 weeks ago | 
northforker.com | Lana Bortolot
Live Social Share (Photo courtesy of Douglas Elliman) 3 bedrooms 2 baths 1,560 square feet .48 acres Built in 1991 and recently updated from top to bottom, this light-filled one-story house on a cul de sac offers easy access to the North Fork at an attractive price. “This is an emerging area in the western portion of the North Fork that has really started to gain a foothold in popularity,” says Scott Bennett, the Douglas Elliman agent representing the listing. “This is in a quiet community of...
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3 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Lana Bortolot
You might not immediately think of red wine when you think of Italy’s northeast, where white is the dominant category. But the region is home to indigenous reds—from Valpolicella, of course—to the Venezia/Veneto area and the Dolomites. The Schiava grape produces a light-bodied red. In Italy, it is native to the South Tyrol/Trentino/Alto Adige region in the foothills of the Dolomite Mountains, and documented as far back as the 16th century.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Lana Bortolot
The saying, “March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb” was almost true until today—a chilly rainy day in the northeast that had me reaching into the freezer for some comfort soup. Hearty soups are among my favorite pairings with white wines—from a dry Riesling to a round French blend. A long-time favorite recipe in my rotation was developed to pair with dry Rieslings from Alsace, which, with sausage as a main ingredient, was a fine match.
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1 month ago | 
northforker.com | Lana Bortolot
Live Social Share 3 bedrooms 3 bathrooms 2,800 square feet 4 acres Though renovated for modern living, the house retains many of its original details such as the wide-plank pine and oak floors, wooden beams with pegs and hand-made nails, fireplaces and doors, one of which bears a stamp of the building date. An extension in 1975 added a family room, moved the kitchen and added two upstairs bedrooms and bath. “The owners really took care of the home, meticulously. It’s a very personal house,”...
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1 month ago | 
forbes.com | Lana Bortolot
It’s National Cocktail Day and with the new world order changing every couple of days, you probably need a stiff drink. Enter Casa Lotos, a Mexican spirit made from sotol, an ancient wild native plant of Chihuahua. This newly emergent brand is produced by a fourth-generation “sotolero” and is showing well in prestigious awards competitions.
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1 month ago | 
southforker.com | Lana Bortolot
4 bedrooms4 bathrooms 2,500 square feetBuilt in 1987, this home underwent a gut renovation in 2019 that updated systems, expanded the kitchen, added a propane fireplace, replaced the interior staircase railing and created a modern open layout. The first floor includes the common rooms in an open format, an ensuite primary bedroom and second bedroom with a hall bath. There are two ensuite bedrooms upstairs with skylights. The home features a wraparound deck with multiple access points.
