Pellegrini Vineyards can host weddings with exclusive use of the vineyard, and private lunches, dinners, wine receptions and corporate meetings for up to 60 seated or 100 standing guests. The winery stands at 23005 Main Road in Cutchogue, on the North Fork of Long Island, about 85 miles from New York City.
Seminars and company events
The winery opens its indoor and outdoor spaces to private events throughout the year. Its site lists corporate meetings alongside seated lunches and dinners and wine and cheese receptions, so a team can combine a working session with a meal and a tasting in the same place. A seated meal takes up to 60 people and a standing reception up to 100.
For a smaller group, the Vintner's Room is booked by appointment for private tastings. Group tastings can also be arranged in the tasting room and the areas around it. The building is laid out for self-guided visits: a stairway leads down to the cellars, and balconies at both ends look over the production floor, which gives a team an easy look at how the wine is made between two sessions.
Weddings and receptions
Pellegrini has hosted weddings for more than 20 years. Ceremonies take place among the vines, then the tasting room and the courtyard serve for dinner and dancing. On the wedding day, the couple and their guests have the vineyard to themselves. Wedding tours are arranged through the tasting room or the events team by email. The winery also hosts bridal showers.
Rooms and capacities
The winery publishes one figure for its private events: 60 seated and 100 for cocktail-style parties, indoors or outdoors. The spaces in use are the two-story tasting room, its loft, the courtyard, the upstairs private tasting area overlooking the courtyard, and the Vintner's Room. Ask the team which space suits your layout and season.
Catering
The site does not say whether food is prepared in-house or by an outside caterer. It lists wine and cheese events, seated lunches and dinners, so ask the team how menus are arranged for your event.
History and setting
Bob and Joyce Pellegrini were among the early wine growers on Long Island. After a share in a small vineyard in the 1980s, they bought their own vineyard in 1991 and built a 14,000-square-foot winery complex, one of the first on the North Fork to bring the whole winemaking process under one roof. Bob, a New York graphic designer, worked with the builders on a two-story tasting room framed with oak posts and hand-hewn beams. A trellised walkway connects it to the production building. The courtyard at the center of the winery follows the design of an Italian cloister. Some wines are produced in small quantities and poured only in the tasting room.
Getting there
The winery is on Main Road, Route 25, in Cutchogue, in the heart of the North Fork wine region. The tasting room is open every day of the year except Easter, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, from 11 am, with longer Saturday hours in summer. The building is wheelchair accessible.
