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Farmstead Cheeses and Wines was founded in 2003 to provide quality wines and artisan cheeses in a convivial and educational setting.
Since that time, we've become a destination for Bay Area foodies and have been named Best Cheese Store and Best Wine Store by several East Bay publications.
“Relax, it’s just food” is more than just our motto - it’s how we approach the often intimidating process of selecting great cheeses and wines with and for our customers. We dislike food and wine snobs as much as you do, but that won’t stop us from finding under the radar and hard-to-find wines and perfectly presented artisan cheeses.
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We're pleased to present a wine dinner featuring Melville and Samsara Wineries at the Wood Tavern on Monday, June 8 at 8:00 p.m. Viticulturalist Chad Melville will be on hand to present the wines.
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five course dinner is priced at $80 per person, plus tax and gratuity
($105 total) -- $75 per person, plus tax and gratuity ($100 total) for
Farmstead Wine Club members in good standing.
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I hope everyone survived Tax Season without too many scars, and that
you'll be enjoying the great weather that'll be on hand this weekend.
We've brought in some warm weather wines (Rosé'll do the trick for the warm weather, and a grilled cheese sammich will balm your tax wounds, so come on down....)
We're coming into the home stretch and still have a few seats available for our Jim Clendenen Wine Dinner at the Bay Wolf this Tuesday 4/21.
Jim is the mind behind Au Bon Climat, one of the best winemakers on the planet,
and one of the main forces behind the great wines being made in Santa
Barbara County. His wines are elegant, well balanced, vinted to both
drink well now and to age beautifully.
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A bit of a long newsletter today, so please bear with me.....
We still have some seats available for our Jim Clendenen Wine Dinner at the Bay Wolf on Tuesday 4/21. Jim is the mind behind Au Bon Climat, one of the best winemakers on the planet,
and one of the main forces behind the great wines being made in Santa
Barbara County. His wines are elegant, well balanced, vinted to both
drink well now and to age beautifully.
The dinner features six courses dinner and seven wines is priced at $89 per person, plus tax and tip! (that's
$115 per person or $110 total per person including gratuity and tax
for Farmstead Wine Club members in good standing). The Baywolf is
located at 3853 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.
Prepaid reservations are a necessity and can be made by calling Farmstead Cheeses and Wines at 510 864 9463. For further information, please click here.
 Holiday Wines
- I wrote about our fine selection of Kosher Wines for Passover last
week, and wanted to alert you to our great selection of wines to go
with your Easter meal.
I'd pair Ham with an off-dry Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chenin Blanc or an Alsatian wine (try the Sinskey Abraxas - a locally made, organically farmed Alsatian-style blend, Pino e Toi a northern Italian blend or one of the great Rieslings from the Terry Theise portfolio).
For Spring Lamb, think Rhône varietals - especially Syrah and Grenache, or maybe a California Pinot Noir. The C & L Griffin's Lair Pinot is drinking really well right now, as is the Guigal St Joseph (syrah), and the Grand Veneur Champuvins Côtes du Rhône Villages - all of which would go very well with your dinner.
For Asparagus, there's really only one wine that will do -a Grüner Veltliner, and for the dessert course, I'd pair Chocolate Bunnies with a Banyuls Rimage and a Muscat-based sticky wine is a perfect foil for my favorite, Marshmallow-filled Peeps.
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Bay Area Bites article on Farmstead |
By Cyrus Musiker, KQED
I'm a wine devotée, so I'm also a habitué of wine shops, and a
seeker after their treasures. The best stores are often cool,
warehouse-like spaces, with cases of wine stacked precariously, row
upon row. The wine shops where I've worked--in Northampton, Mass., New
York City, and San Francisco were all modest establishments, but in
each one a customer could find a small masterpiece, a miracle of art
and nature.
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Wine Dinner - Jim Clendenen |
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We're very proud to announce our second Wine Dinner of the Year, featuring Jim Clendenen, the mind behind Au Bon Climat, and one of the world's most acclaimed wine makers, to be held at The Bay Wolf restaurant 7:00 p.m. Tuesday April 21
The
six course dinner is priced at $115 per person, including tax and
gratuity ($110 per person for Farmstead Wine Club members in good
standing). The Baywolf is located at 3853 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.
Prepaid reservations are a necessity and can be made by calling Farmstead Cheeses and Wines at 510 864 9463.
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I've been thinking a lot about community and localism and the new economy lately. I'm sure that you've noticed more and more empty storefronts in Montclair Village and on Park St. Every day, the news media pounds the drums of economic gloom and doom, and customers like you ask me "Are you doing okay?," with a great deal of concern in their voice.
We're doing fine here at Farmstead, and thanks for asking. Business is down a bit, but it's down everywhere, and Carol, the staff and I are truly blessed to have located our shops in Alameda and Montclair Village - two communities that have been been more than superlative in supporting local, family owned businesses.
I wonder what my community would be like if there were no shoe repair shop and I'd have to drive miles to get a prescription filled or to have my computer repaired. I shudder when I think of the suburban sprawl that I see in my travels - chain stores, big boxes and franchise restaurants as far as the eye can see.
I try to shop locally, and go out of my way whenever possible to buy from locally owned businesses. It may cost me a buck or two more, but I feel that somehow I am paying it forward. I understand that I have a responsibility to keep my hard earned dollars in my own community.
Yet, I still get my DVDs from Netflix, my toilet paper from Costco and dog treats from Trader Joe's instead of the local alternatives, and I occasionally just have to have a burger from In and Out instead of the sublime ones available at The Wood Tavern.
Does occasionally shopping at big boxes make me an evil hypocrite? I don't think so. What it does mean is that perhaps we could all be a bit more conscious of the economic power that each of us possess in our wallets and purses. This isn't meant to be a plea for you to spend more money at Farmstead (although we'd certainly welcome your patronage), just a reminder to maybe think about the potential ramifications of the choices that we all make each and every day.
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