Friday Tasting Hours at Fable Farm

by Hannah Palmer Egan on August 9, 2018 at 8:19PM

The idea is that people will come and enjoy a little wine, have some snacks, and unwind while taking in the gorgeous rolling view from the winery tasting room. "It's meant to be really casual, low key," Christopher Piana told Seven Days.

Dedalus Wine Reopens and Expands

by Julia Clancy on February 17, 2017 at 1:21PM

Next was a board of speck and smoked ham under a blanket of still-bubbling Raclette cheese, plated alongside salt-roasted fingerlings, grainy mustard and a little bowl of cornichons. "How do you pair a wine with a dish like Dedalus’ version of the chopped salad?"

Pulling the Cork on Vin

by Julia Clancy on November 26, 2016 at 9:51PM

A Vermont Nouveau Wine Release

by Julia Clancy on November 15, 2016 at 7:00AM

"This is the first year we made a nouveau wine, and I'm happy with the results," says Granstrom. "We had such a big crop of beautiful grapes after a perfect growing season — the bountiful yield gave me some extra Marquette grapes to 'play' with.

Wine Lunch at La Garagista

by Julia Clancy on August 17, 2016 at 7:55AM

Lunch is finished with a bitter pot of French press. It’s 3:30 in the afternoon, and Heekin, Hugh, Feiring and Barber are almost late — their evening will continue at Sparkling Wine Bar in Middlebury, then extend to a tour of La Garagista’s West Addison and Vergennes vineyards and end with a wine-sluiced feast at Hen of the Wood in Burlington.

Grazing: Last Bites

by Corin Hirsch on April 11, 2014 at 5:04PM

Today has been one of those glamorous workdays when I eat lunch at my desk — specifically, half of a day-old turkey wrap from the Pine Street Deli (which had been delicious when fresh) and some stale popchips. Such is the last day of production on 7Nights, our annual, 136-page dining guide, which shipped to the printer early this afternoon.

Grazing: Why Hatin' on Beaujolais Nouveau Is So Wrong

by Corin Hirsch on November 22, 2013 at 5:46PM

Last night, I dropped in on what was probably one of Vermont's only Beaujolais Nouveau release parties. And though I planned to write about some raw-milk cheeses today, a bee has landed in my bonnet: The snark that many wine industry people (writers, retailers, distributors, etc.) reserve for this wine.If you're unfamiliar with BN, it's a very young, Gamay-based wine that ferments only for only a few weeks before it's bottled.

After 20 Years, Trattoria Delia Owners Open a Wine Bar

by Corin Hirsch on October 29, 2013 at 3:19PM

For most of Trattoria Delia’s 20-year existence, its Italian-centric wine list has earned awards from the Wine Spectator. Yet would-be guests at the cozy Burlington spot may not always get to taste those wines, because the resto's popularity often means waiting for a table.Tomorrow, Tratt owners Tom and Lori Delia will change that when they open Sotto Enoteca, a wine bar connected to the restaurant via a back hallway, and with an entrance a few feet north on Saint Paul Street."I've been working the concept in my mind for awhile," says Tom Delia.

Grazing: The Summer Drink I'll Miss the Most — Orleans Bitter Spritzer

by Corin Hirsch on September 6, 2013 at 3:41PM

Brrr. The heat kicked on last night, and the basil narrowly missed a date with frost-induced death.

Dishing With...Winemaker Kathleen Inman

by Corin Hirsch on June 21, 2013 at 2:39PM

Since yesterday, Burlington has been quietly filling with prominent winemakers who are in town for this weekend's waterfront Burlington Wine & Food Festival.Among them is Kathleen Inman, the winemaker at Inman Family Wines in California's Sonoma County, who arrived in BTV yesterday for her first-ever visit, starting with a dinner at Pistou where her wines were featured.Inman has been making wine since 2002, three years after she and her husband purchased a Russian River Valley farm and planted thousands of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris vines. At her Olivet Grange Vineyards, she resolved to make the "lower-alcohol, higher-acid wines," that she grew fond of while living and traveling in Europe over the previous 15 years.Even before that long spell across the pond, winemaking was perhaps always lurking in Inman's blood; she was born in Napa Valley, albeit to a teetotaling family of Seventh-Day Adventists.