Posts under ‘winery’

Friday, June 18, 2010, 4-7 PM
Ice Cream Social at New Morning Natural Foods store
to benefit Safe Haven Shelter and services for victims of domestic violence located in Waterbury and Southbury. Rain or shine.
Saturday, June 19, 2010, 2-3 PM
Sherri Brooks Vinton, author of Put ‘Em Up,  at Sport Hill Farm
Demo on preserving food and book signing.
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May 1 was opening day of the 2010 Passport contest and Sophie and Cecelia are back on the trail.
First Excursion – weekend of May 16 and 16, 2010: Hopkins, White Silo, Sunset Meadow, and Miranda.

Hopkins – May 15, 2010
Since Hopkins was having a barrel tasting on this day, we began there.
A barrel tasting is an [...]

This week’s forage technically began on Friday evening on the ride home from work. Sport Hill Farm was still open so I picked up:

arugula
spinach
a lovely potted lavender plant

The new barn at Sport Hill is really coming along. It is beautiful. Sorry, no photo since this was an impromptu visit! Next time.
Cecelia is up for a [...]

The 2010 Passports are out! Last Saturday was opening day of the Passport to Connecticut Farm Wineries contest. Pick up a Passport at any of the participating wineries.

Visit 16 of the 30 wineries, get your Passport stamped, and submit it by November 7, 2010. The 2 grand prizes are 2 week trips to Spain!

The program [...]

This week’s forage took me to
Holbrook Farm, where I scored:

spinach
mustard greens
scallions
raw goat’s milk from Beltane. (Yes! Holbrook carries raw goats milk!. Tastes like, um, milk.)
cheeses from Cato Corner Farm and Sprout Creek Farm. This one, with a tangy brie-meets-light-blue-cheese kind of taste, had my name all over it.

DiGrazia Vineyards, where I picked up the [...]

One of the events of  Cecelia’s Birthday weekend was the Five S’s of Wine Tasting class at McLaughlin Vineyards. The class, also known as Wine 101, was given by Leo Gulino, The Wine Tutor.
The Five S’s are:

See
Swirl
Smell
Slurp
(S)chew (poetic license)

Leo told us about the different regions of the tongue and where bitterness, saltiness, sweetness, and sourness [...]

Since the both the Fairfield Market and City Seed Wooster/New Haven Market were closed yesterday, I didn’t do my usual Saturday forage. Instead, I went up to the “quiet corner” of CT to Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret. I am quite fond of their Cabernet Franc and my local liquor store ran out. It’s a [...]

On this sixth installation of Passport to Connecticut Wineries, Sophie and Cecelia hit the trail, this time with Phyllis in tow. Standard disclaimers apply: we are not a professional wine connoisseurs—we’re just enjoying local wines.
On Saturday, September 26, 2009, we visited Hopkins Vineyard and Jones Winery.
Hopkins Vineyard
25 Hopkins Road, New Preston, CT 06777 (860) [...]

This is the fifth installation of Passport to Connecticut Wineries, or Sophie and Cecelia’s adventures tasting their way through Connecticut wineries! Standard disclaimers apply: we are not a professional wine connoisseurs—we’re just enjoying local wines. Another note: I cannot emphasize enough the value of writing these posts as soon after the tastings as possible. I [...]

This is the fourth installation of Passport to Connecticut Wineries, or Sophie and Cecelia’s adventures tasting their way through Connecticut wineries! Standard disclaimers apply: we are not a professional wine connoisseurs—we’re just enjoying local wines.
On Saturday, August 29, we visited Gouveia Vineyards, Priam Vineyards, and Heritage Trail Winery.
Gouveia Vineyards
1339 Whirlwind Hill Road, Wallingford, CT [...]