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Louisa Thomas Hargrave was the co-founder of the Long Island wine industry, planting the first wine grapes on the North Fork in 1973. Her Hargrave Vineyard wines won numerous awards and accolades before she sold her winery in 1999 and became a writer, columnist, wine judge and consultant.
After serving as Interim Director since October, 2004, in July, 2005, Louisa was named Director of the Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food and Culture.
Louisa is a founder and a member emeritus of The Long Island Wine Council.
She has served on the New York State Governor’s East End Task Force and the Blue Ribbon Commission to Preserve Agriculture in the Town of Southold, and was President of the East End Economic and Environmental Institute.
Furthermore, she is a member of the Long Island Regional Planning Board and Les Dames d'Escoffier International. She has been a trustee of both the Oysterponds Historical Society and the Cutchogue Library, and is currently a trustee of The Old House, Cutchogue (a national historic landmark).
Louisa frequently speaks on and writes about the wine industry. She is the wine writer for the Suffolk Times and The News Review, and a columnist for the Wine Press. In 1986, she authored “The History of Wine Grapes on Long Island” for the Long Island Historical Journal. Her articles have also been published in Connoisseur and Bon Appétit magazines. Her memoir, The Vineyard was published by Viking in May, 2003, and released as a Penguin Paperback in April, 2004.
Louisa's business, Winewise, LLC, does consulting for the wine industry.
Louisa received her B.A. in 1969 from Smith College and Harvard University and her M.A. in education from Simmons College in 1971. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Dowling College in 1998.
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