North Fork wine country turns 40

Coffee Pot Cellars is a new winery in Cutchogue that offers four types of wines and honey, candles and seeds for sale. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Coffee Pot Cellars, a new winery in Cutchogue. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Adam Suprenant, Coffee Pot Cellars co-owner with his fiancee, Laura Klahre, greets a visitor in the winery's tasting room. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Coffee Pot Cellars co-owner Laura Klahre, right, shares a laugh with visitors in the Cutchogue winery's tasting room. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Wines that are ready to be tasted at Coffee Pot Cellars, a new winery in Cutchogue. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Friends going wine tasting at Coffee Pot Cellars in Cutchogue. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Kontokosta Winery, a new winery in Greenport, used siding from a 100-year-old barn for its building. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Kontokosta Winery's vineyard produces seven varieties of grapes: cabernet franc, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, Syrah, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, and riesling. (Oct .5, 2013)

Grapevines at Kontokosta Winery in Greenport. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Kontokosta Winery's first vines were planted in 2002 and now fill 23 acres near the tasting room. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Kontokosta Winery's airy and light-filled tasting room has a view of Long Island Sound. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Customers can order cheese and charcuterie platters to accompany their wine in the Kontokosta tasting room. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Kontokosta Winery also produces grape and ginger soda. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Adirondack chairs and benches overlook the Long Island Sound behind Kontokosta Winery in Greenport, inviting customers to relax and linger awhile. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Bruce and Sandy Lefkon and Sue Marx, all of West Orange, N.J., decide which wine to try next at Kontokosta Winery's tasting room. (Oct. 5, 2013)

Sisters Susan Alexander of Bridgehampton, Reenie O'Connor of Boca Raton, Fla., Eileen Fox of West Hempstead and Ann Costigan of Garden City enjoy the wine, the view and each other's company on the bluff behind Kontokosta Winery in Greenport. (Oct. 5, 2013)