Envelope
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted pork, vegetable tagine, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
An avant-garde expression of Long Island's maritime terroir, Envelope by Channing Daughters is a pioneering skin-contact white wine that beautifully pushes the boundaries of traditional winemaking. Crafted in Bridgehampton on the South Fork, this orange-style wine is produced by fermenting white grape varieties on their skins, a technique that coaxes out deep amber hues, complex phenolic structures, and an aromatic tapestry of dried stone fruits, exotic spices, and earthy undertones. The maritime climate, defined by cooling breezes from the Atlantic Ocean and the Peconic Bay, allows the grapes to retain vibrant acidity while developing full flavor complexity. This bottling represents the winery's spirit of experimentation and artisanal, low-intervention philosophy, resulting in a structured, texturally captivating white wine with red wine sensibilities.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded by Walter Channing with initial vineyard plantings dating back to 1982 in Bridgehampton on Long Island's South Fork, Channing Daughters Winery stands as one of New York's most inventive and boundary-pushing artisanal producers. Guided by partner and winemaker Christopher Tracy alongside partner Larry Perrine, the estate champions low-intervention, sustainable viticulture across its distinctive maritime terroir. The winery is celebrated for its remarkably diverse and adventurous portfolio encompassing more than two dozen grape varieties, ranging from skin-contact orange wines like Meditazione and complex field blends like Mosaico to expressive single-vineyard expressions such as L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay and Scuttlehole Chardonnay. Through experimental fermentations, pet-nats, and traditional method sparklers, Channing Daughters continues to showcase the dynamic potential and saline elegance of East End winemaking.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris