Our Field Studies family of wines is an exploration of other landscapes in Vermont and partnerships with other farmers.

Of Mint and Lightning is one of three wines we are making from a high alpine vineyard on the backside of southern Vermont's Round Mountain, an undertaking of memory and dream. Fruit is grown by Shabir Kamal on the Thurber family farm {Lilac Ridge} in a field described by daisy fleabane, Carolina horsenettle, and limestone outcroppings. Dairy cows graze in the bony meadow above where lilacs must have once been.

100 percent Brianna grown alongside a block of Marquette, this is from the vineyard's fifth leaf, bright, textured, and full of promise. The name of this wine comes from a line in the poem ''When Storms Came in the Late Afternoon” by poet-farmer Ross Thurber from his collection 'Pioneer Species'.

WE LIKE THIS WINE WITH
Gougères
Country pate
Leeks in mayonnaise
Chèvre chaud
Fondu

HOW TO STORE THIS WINE: store me upright