la garagista

                  

la garagista: n. one who makes wine in a garage; one who works in a garage; one who utilizes all parts of a garage.

Our eight acre organic garden and vineyard is located on Mt. Hunger in Barnard, Vermont.  Here we grow greens, vegetables, fruits, and herbs for our restaurant and wine bar osteria pane e salute.  In 2006, we made our first digestivi, after dinner brandies, with fruits and flowers from the property and organic English walnuts.  In 2007, we made our first wine with grapes imported from Italy.  In 2008, we planted the first vines of our fledgling vineyard in a south-east-facing meadow.  The old garage on our property, initially the highlight of an unfortunate set of buildings, eventually became the eyesore, and gave way to a sunken stone garden with raised beds made from the old cedar walls and roof of the garage.  All our tasting tables for the future vinoteca are made from the old garage’s cedar boards as well. 

The old garage has given itself up to new life, and the new garage houses wine bottles waiting to be filled with our own wine, and a vinoteca, or small tasting room to be finished, stocked with our first la garagista vintage as well as regional varietal Italian wines, and newly released Vermont wines.

la garagista

vinoteca/gardens/vineyard

mt. hunger road

barnard, vermont