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This website is an archive of the Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food and Culture.  The center was shut down in 2009.

The Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food, and Culture strives to support the economic and cultural viability of regional wine and food producers through dynamic and relevant educational activities that are open to industry professionals and the general public.

On Long Island and throughout New York, our agricultural traditions are currently at risk, as farms and fisheries suffer from the pressures of population growth, global environmental changes, and government regulation. Suffolk County currently has the most economically importantagriculture industry in the state. Our cultural heritage and public security also depend on the sustainability of food production in the New York Metropolitan Area, which includes the Twin Forks. The community must be made aware of the importance and of the fragility of our farms in order to create conditions that will make them viable and sustainable.

To this end, the Center for Wine, Food, and Culture offers wine-and food-tasting classes, cultural lectures, exhibitions, interdisciplinary symposia, and academic programs. Consumers, students, researchers, and professionals are offered richly diverse experiences to enhance their knowledge, sensory awareness, health, and conviviality.

Links to our local partner associations:

http://www.liwines.com
http://www.longislandmerlot.com


The mission of the Center for Wine, Food, and Culture is to:

Foster the economic and cultural sustainability of  wine and food producers within the NY metro area

Expand the reach of the University through dynamic educational and social activities centered on gastronomy

Provide educational activities focused on issues relating to food, wine, and public health

Educate students and the public in techniques for sensory evaluation

The Center was founded in 2004 for the purpose of bringing together people and ideas that convey and sustain cultural connections to food and wine. The Center is not-for-profit and was supported by generous donations to help build and further its programming.

Center for Wine, Food, and Culture Brochure