Here we are.. in an Amish Farmhouse, just south of Geneva on Route 14 as we made our way through wine country near Seneca Lake. The lighting looks kind of eerie but as we look at the handmade patchwork quilts that hung above us – it was only natural light (no electricity!) peeking through each…
Let’s go back! Every time we leave Upstate New York.. it calls us back. We love it. Brian, grew up in the small village of Manchester, NY in the Finger Lakes region. The Hulbert Family still has a family home on Waneta Lake, one of the many beautiful lakes of the region, East, between Keuka…
Have you ever stood in the store (because we know not every bottle comes from your favorite winery – wink, wink) and wondered what you were going to enjoy? Most of the time we stick with our tried and true, the favorites, the usuals… but we wanted to try something new. Craving? Why, yes… Mushrooms……
We have been on the move! It has been almost two weeks since posting updates and we’ve missed you! Temecula, has been beautiful this last week or so. While working on our wine outside and on our many of walks, we couldn’t help but notice how much Temecula is in a yellow bloom. Yellow is…
Bright and early the 2022 Inaugural Harvest started. We awoke by 3am and in full harvest mode by 4am. Grapes were at optimum ripeness. Hardworking vineyard crew was scheduled and ready for picking. Bins, sheers, buckets were all ready to go. Coffee was pre-made. Protein bar was ready. It was an exciting morning for us….
Dress like Coco. Live like Jackie. Act like Audrey. Laugh like Lucy. All good advice. Good advice when you’re arriving at your destination for the weekend. We think it’s essential to step back, relax and reset your state of mind in this busy world. Does anyone else struggle with their state of mind, daily stress…
It’s no fig deal… we’ve got figs! And tons of them… Do you like figs? We love them. But… let’s start at the beginning, though. My grandmother had a fig tree in her 1950’s home. She was an avid gardener, definitely had a green thumb and the figs were just the beginning. She had citrus,…
We have finally reached the most exciting part of the year for Hometown Wine Company! Sara is calling it, ‘our Super Bowl’. This week the grapes have reached their optimum ripeness and we are thankful that we will have a good harvest. But… let’s back up and take a look at what the grapes have…
If we could surround ourselves with all things from nature… trees, plants, flowers, sand, water, dirt, all the time, we would. We are both outdoor people. We dream of the property we will one day own. Land. The home where we bring the outside, natural, organic, homemade, handmade, raw .. all of it, inside. A…
This is it. A new recipe to throw into your weekly rotation! Salmon & Sage is a must on our shopping list, if not weekly at least biweekly. It’s a perfect quick week-night dinner or elegant enough to serve with company. We know, we know, you can thank us later! And trust us, you will!…