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For several centuries, the North Fork (if you think of Long Island as an alligator with its mouth open, the upper jaw would be the North Fork) of Long Island was made up of farming communities, their chief products corn and potatoes. Fast forward to the later quarter of the twentieth century, when Europeans discovered that the soil in the area was similar in composition to that of the fertile Burgundy region in France. The rest has been magical. Today the North Fork supports over 30 wineries, many of them producing award-winning and world class vintages. And, where formerly the North Fork was a farming community, today its primary cash crop is TOURISM.
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