Sparkling Pointe Winery Celebrates 20 Years on the North Fork

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Sparkling Pointe, a popular North Fork winery located in Southold , is celebrating its 20th year in business in 2024.

Founded in 1997, Sparkling Pointe is unique from other Long Island wineries in that it exclusively produces sparkling wines. The winery was cofounded by Gilles Martin, an experienced French winemaker who moved to New York in 1997. Back then, Martin says that only a handful of local wineries were producing sparkling wines, and mostly on a small scale. So over the next few years, he and a group of business partners set out to make Sparkling Pointe the premier destination for bubbly wine on the North Fork.

A Growing Operation

The operation has grown considerably over the last two decades as Sparkling Pointe established itself as a must-visit location on the North Fork. Today, in addition to producing its own wines, Sparkling Pointe also supports the operations of dozens of other wineries by serving as a “custom crush facility.”
According to its website, Sparkling Pointe’s current winemaking facility, opened in 2010, features “a tank room of 30,000 gallons for temperature controlled fermentations, 3,000 bottle-per-hour bottling line, 2,000 bottle gyro pallet riddling machine, fully automated disgorging line, and a well-equipped laboratory delivering daily wine analysis.”
We congratulate Sparkling Pointe on their 20th anniversary and wish them continued success on the North Fork!
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