Miranda Vineyard held their annual barrel tasting yesterday at the vineyard. A barrel tasting gives us a chance to sample the wine in its final stages before it is bottled. They held the tasting in three sittings which provided great opportunities to see the operation and ask questions. The tasting included music, a tour of [...]
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This Weekend in the Foodshed
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 [...]
CT Wine Trail 2010, First Installment
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 [...]
Saturday’s Forage 5/16/2010
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. [...]
CT Wineries – Passport 2010
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! [...]
Saturday’s Forage, 5/1/2010
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 [...]
Five S’s of Wine Tasting
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 [...]
Sunday’s Forage, 1/31/2010
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 [...]
Passport-Wine Trail: Saturday, September 26, 2009
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 [...]
Passport-Wine Trail: Sunday, August 30, 2009
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 [...]
