"This dry, earthy wine is terifically balanced, tasting of both fruit and oak, but not too much of either. Tremendously refreshing."
Eric Asimov, "The Pour" N Y Times, November 15, 2006

"Barbara Shinn and David Page show promise with their young winery"
Mitch Frank, May 2006

"I have an announcement to make... I have a new favorite local red wine for every day, food friendly drinking."
Lenn Thompson, May, 2006
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"An appealing mouthful, this deeply fruity, nearly opaque, lingering red is lush, round, and velvety, with soft tannins. It is redolent of licorice and tar, with traces of a Bordeaux-like lead-pencil aroma and light, nicely integrated oakiness."
Howard Goldberg,
New York Times, Sunday, May 2, 2004

A Times tasting panel has chosen our first ever vintage as the best among 25 Long Island reds tasted.

"Hot zones, like newcomers Shinn Estate Vineyards on the North Fork of Long Island."
Food and Wine Magazine,
"The Wine Issue" 125 Favorites, October 2003

if Long Island is going to take the high road to acquiring local soul, this is the kind of wine it ought to make."
Lawrence Osborne,
New York Magazine, August 16, 2004

"Shinn's impressive 2004 First Fruit, a fragrant sauvignon blanc and sémillon blend, successfully echoes the style and flavor of a Bordeaux blanc, particularly one from Graves, a region south of the city of Bordeaux."                     more
Howard Goldberg,
New York Times, Sunday, May 5, 2005

and help push the quality higher. David Page and Barbara Shinn are proving that point at Shinn Estate Vineyards."
Thomas Matthews,
Wine Spectator, September 1, 2004