Dear //FirstName//,
About a dozen years ago, I was in NYC with a friend and visited the Neue Galerie NYC, located on the upper East Side. The museum, housed in a 19th century historic building, features early twentieth century German and Austrian art and Café Sabarsky, an elegant Austrian restaurant. For dessert, I had some toasted hazelnuts which were lightly coated with chocolate and confectioner's sugar. I quickly realized that they were the perfect pairing for Vidal Blanc Ice Wine (and after all, Germany and Austria are home to the world's first ice wines). After looking for a source for this dessert without success, I realized that we'd just have to make them ourselves! Every year, we now order over a hundred pounds of estate-grown hazelnuts from family-owned Freddy Guys Farm in Oregon, to make these confectionary delights. Even Fred loves them, and he's not a sweet-food guy - or so he says, until he meets an apple pie!

This month's batch of Austrian Chocolate Hazelnuts will be available for sale in the winery and online. 
       
Perfect Pairings for Austrian Chocolate Hazelnuts: Vidal Blanc Ice Wine.
Okay, they are also nice with our Chambourcin Ice Wine and anything else you'd like to drink......!

WESTFIELD HOLIDAY
COOKIE TOUR
December 17, 11am-4pm - Westfield Shops
Westfield might be a small town, but there are cool shops to visit - Rosie's Workshop, antique stores, and more - perfect for Christmas shopping,
especially when free cookies are involved. Johnson Estate will be joining the party - with Vanilla Twist Cookies.

BUY LOCAL - MEATS FOR YOUR TABLE
Chautauqua County is home to many farms - here are a few with year-round sales of meat products:
Good Grass Farms (turkey/chicken/beef)
Finn-Star (beef - Call Robin 716-450-2174)
Toboggan Hill Farm (goat/pork/lamb)

BUY WINE    WINEMAKER'S COLLECTIONS    GIFT CERTIFICATES

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