by Jayme on August 21, 2008
Music at Tanglewood
Is there a better pairing? I know its one of my favorite combinations. I have a passion for both and both make life just a little bit better. Music and wine are great on there own, but together the results can be sublime. I don’t play an instrument or make wine, but I have great respect for those that do.
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Tanglewood Food and Wine Classic in the heart of the Berkshire Mountains. Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox, Massachusetts and it has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home since 1937.
The TFWC is the brain child of Denis and Susan Toner and one of my favorite events of the year (the other is The Nantucket Wine Fest, also started by Denis). The setting is beautiful and I get to do what I love, talk about wine, meet great people, eat good food and listen to music.
One great thing about this venue is you can watch and listen to the musicians practice and prepare for the evening concert. After the tasting event my wife and I found a soft patch of grass and listen to the BSO with a bottle of Michel-Schlumberger Pinot Blanc. Music and wine certainly help to make a great afternoon and memory.
Jayme Pouring for the People
by Brooke on August 8, 2008
People often ask me (someone just did today!) what kind of things we do at the winery. Do we have parties? Do we do stuff for our wine club? Do we travel?
Yes.
I can’t really mention ALL of the things we have upcoming at (and away from) the winery but I’ll say that just looking at them all sometimes makes me dizzy. And excited……………
As usual, this Friday we’ve got our live music in the courtyard, this week it’s John Youngblood ( a bit country and a bit bluegrass). Last week (a very warm and sultry evening for sure) we all had a great laugh when we had a little musician ‘mishap’ and had to call in one of our favorite local musicians to help us out. Thanks Steve!
He was just down the road in Healdsburg so he was able to set up and start his magic before people got impatient. In the meantime it gave everyone a chance to take a look at our displayed local artist’s work in the tasting salon, and to get their picnics all set up before the show. I was getting hungry just looking at the amazing spreads people brought!
Next weekend we’ve got the Bay Cruise event down in Sausalito-can’t wait!
We’ve got harvest (yes it is that time of year already!) starting within a few weeks, and a long series of our now famous ’Harvest Luncheons’ starting up soon after (sept 11th will be the 1st). We’re also laying plans to visit our Southern Californian fans in the next few months.
I’m heading off to LA myself here this weekend to sample the smorgasboard of fun things we could potentially do down there. Stay Tuned…………..
by Brooke on July 25, 2008
So we’re off to Tomales Bay with a small group of customers and Wine Bench members this weekend (Mike-the winemaker, Tony (aka ‘Nature Boy’-the cellarmaster and vineyard biologist, and myself) to take in some fresh air, some great views, and……..LOTS of oysters. First the hike, then………..lunch: an oyster picnic at Hog Island Oyster Company in Tomales Bay with some of our awesome wines.
We leave the rest of the team behind to take great care of our guests and host Friday night music at the winery (we do this every Friday from May-Oct!) One of the most wonderful thing about this winery is that there’s always something going on. If Tony’s not in the cellar or at an event-he might be out in the vegetable garden picking fresh veggies for us to enjoy (I’m taking basil home tonight-mmmm…..) or writing us all an email about the happenings with Mother Nature in the vineyard. There’s a good chance you’ll see Jacques out in his bee suit checking on the bee hives or on that rare occassion, getting some yummy honey for us all to enjoy at our weekly morning meetings…….
I’ll be posting pictures of our these two events (our Bastille Day Luncheon and the Tomales Bay picnic) in the next week. Stay tuned!
