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Heated igloos, greenhouses and bungalows are allowing Long Island wineries to
extend their season into the peak of winter.<br>
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News 12</b>'s Doug Geed visited&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lenzwine.com/">Lenz</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rgnywine.com/">RGNY</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://macariwines.com/">Macari Wines</a>&nbsp;to check out what they
have to offer!

Heated igloos, greenhouses and bungalows are allowing Long Island wineries to extend their season into the peak of winter.

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Ok. Ok. We've got some, uh, kind of ugly stuff moving in but the weekend's gonna be kind of warm most of it for most of it, which is the good takeaway from this is that we are looking for majority of the next few days to be fine. It's just really gonna be our Sunday afternoon and evening hours where we're gonna have to just be weather aware. So what we need to know we're looking at Friday. Not bad. It's gonna actually be a warmer start to a trend that's gonna get even better. By the time we get into our Saturday, Saturday, we're still on the dry end. Temperatures will start to warm into the middle fifties and then Sunday, we're going to be near 60 degrees if not at the 60 degree mark. But that's also when we're gonna be looking at the storm system to move in from a Sunday afternoon into our Monday morning. So around at dinner time or even early into our afternoon is when we're gonna be anticipating to see some rain from the storm system to move its way across to Long Island. Now, early parts of our Sunday, it's mainly going to be light rain. But as we get to the overnight transitioning into early Monday morning, heavy rainfall is going to start to develop for us just into around the five o'clock mark, which is going to lead into our early Monday morning. So we could see between 1 to 2 inches of rainfall by the time the event is over with and gusty winds from 30 to 40 MPH. The good news is though, once we're into our Monday afternoon, it looks to clear up for us, but until we get there overnight, it's partly cloudy cold conditions, temperatures just a degree or two below freezing or at the freezing point. Again, Friday and Saturday, you're not gonna need the heavy coats but still gonna be nice and chilly. At least until we get into our Saturday, quiet conditions heading into our Friday for us. Plenty of sunshine, cloud cover will move in for Saturday and then for Sunday into Monday, we're gonna be monitoring that storm system.

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East End: Long Island wineries extend their season into winter

wineries out east are a hot spot in the spring, summer and fall but don't sleep on the winter. You can still sit in style and do it outside. News 12 Dougie shows us where you can cozy up. People still want to sit outside and keep the season going as long as possible. That idea led to these heated Igloos where guests could gather even in the peak of winter and enjoy food and wine outdoors. This is the first year that lends one of long island's earliest wineries has been renting them. We have a 90 minute block to rent them. They're available every single day for $100 included with a bottle of wine and they set up to six people. They're very cozy. They have fireplaces, we have nice cozy winter blankets. There's music in all of them and lights at R. G. N. Y. In Riverhead. Their outdoor adventure involves greenhouses. They hold up to six people and you get them for three hours when you come in, you're welcomed with a glass of sparkling, you get two glasses of wine of your choosing and then you get a choice of soup and charcuterie and cheese and dessert. And if you really want to go in style McCarry wines and Mata talk has these outdoor bungalows sort of like in large luxury tents with wood floors and board games. They are gorgeous. They're like a wine style lounge where they get to enjoy a tasting of five of our top wines message board so there's some cheese and charcuterie, some dip some burrata guests. You have. The option to add on lunch as well, so that is a little additional charge they would like to, and then we can include some sandwiches and other good stuff to for more information about the wineries. We just showed you other fun spots to visit in the area and to see more of my East End segments, go to News 12 dot com slash East End in Peconic Doug News 12 Long Island.

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