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Southforker Stories: At 55, the Wharf Shop is still a kid at heart

by Amy Zavatto on February 18th, 2023
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(Photo credit: Doug Young; Podcast editing: Christian Gueits)

At the Wharf Shop in Sag Harbor, you’re invited to pop your hand in a puppet for an impromptu puppet show; shake a snow globe and watch its flakes dance around in a magical, wintry swirl; pick up and touch the blocks and games and puzzles. It means you have to open your eyes and your imagination, which is exactly what Gwen Waddington and Nada Barry are counting on—and know is still needed after 55 years in business.

Amy Zavatto is the Editor-in-Chief for Southforker, Northforker and Long Island Wine Press. She's a wine, spirits and food journalist whose work has appeared in Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine, MarthaStewart.com, the New York Post, Liquor.com, SevenFifty Daily, Imbibe, Men’s Journal and many others. She's the author of The Big Book of Bourbon Cocktails, Prosecco Made Me Do It: 60 Seriously Sparkling Cocktails, Forager’s Cocktails: Botanical Mixology with Fresh, Natural Ingredients, and The Architecture of the Cocktail. She has judged regional wine and spirits competitions, and has moderated numerous panels on the topics of wine, spirits, cocktails and regional foodways. She is the former Deputy Editor for the regional celebratory publications Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, as well as the former Executive Director of the Long Island Merlot Alliance. She is a member of the New York chapter of the international organization of women leaders in food, wine, and spirits, Les Dames d’Escoffier. The proud daughter of a butcher, Amy is originally from Shelter Island, N.Y., where she developed a deep respect for the East End’s natural beauty and the importance of preserving and celebrating it and its people.

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