Category: Local Businesses
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Garvin Mesa Day
On Saturday, October 4th, we had our big Garvin Mesa Day Open House. All three wineries and our farm were open, with special events planned. We had a barbecue with mutton legs for tasting, plus some locally-produced cow’s milk cheese. The three wineries – Terror Creek Winery, Stone Cottage Cellars, and Azura – all had Continue reading
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Abergavenny, September 3rd, 2008
This is the Park Guest House, the B&B where I stayed in Abergavenny. I took the first day there to recover, then spent all day on the fourth walking around Abergavenny and doing touristy stuff. Our first stop was, of course, the castle. The ladies at the castle museum sent me on to the St. Continue reading
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July 4th Paonia Cherry Days
The 4th of July is the big local Charry Days festival. We took the entire day off to enjoy the show. It starts early in the morning with a pancake breakfast that benefits the local fire department. Next is the Cherry Days Parade. If you aren’t in the parade, you better be watching it! The Continue reading
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Shop and Sign Progress
The new sign hanger is done. We still have to paint it black, but it’s finished. We’re going to have it welded onto the big elk fence at the corner. It’ll be visible from both sides of the road there. In shop news, the garage door got installed, and painting is starting inside. Next week, Continue reading
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Working at the Winery
Yesterday, Ken and I went up to Terror Creek Winery to help bottle wine. With the four of us, we can bottle nearly 40 cases in just a few hours if everything’s set up. Terror Creek makes wonderful wine. We helped bottle Chalet, a red table wine, yesterday. Joan makes the most wonderful Pinot Noir, Continue reading
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Farm Tour Tomorrow!
Anyone in western Colorado is welcome to come visit us at the Paonia Harvest Festival’s Self-Guided Farm Tour tomorrow between 11 AM and 4 PM. We’ll be here all day talking about our sheep, geese, and chickens. I’ll have meat, wool, and yarn for sale. They’ll also be for sale all day Sunday at the Continue reading
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Wine, Mutton, and Cheese
This past weekend, the three main agricultural businesses on our mesa held a wine, cheese, and mutton tasting. Our farm had slow-cooked mutton shoulder roasts and two Welsh cheeses to taste. Terror Creek Winery brought lovely fondue to go with their Swiss-style wines. Stone Cottage Cellars had a selection of cheeses paired with their wines, Continue reading
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Local Food Dinner with Zephyros Farm
One of our local farms, Zephyros Farm, hosted a farm dinner yesterday evening. About 125 people attended the event celebrating local foods. Each course was prepared by a local top chef, and the menu included the sources of all ingredients. Ryan Hardy from Montangna (The Little Nell, Aspen) did the appetizer course. Eleni Stelter (Eleni’s Continue reading