Farmstead Cheeses and Wines

Sunday, January 01, 2006

The New Year

Well, we made it! Our third Holiday Season is over, and we surpassed all expectations! Thanks to great customers, great employees and great vendors, who all combined to make this the best Holiday Season we've had. YAY!

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What's next?

Well, Jeff is taking a few days off to rest his tendonitis, while Scarth is off to Portland to visit old friends, and Carol is back to school.

The west coast Fancy Food Show is coming up the 3rd week of January. It's the big trade show of the year for folks like us - literally THOUSANDS of vendors, offering wares from cheese and wine to housewares to candies to - well - everything that you can think of in the Specialty Food arena. We get to sample new products and re-cement relationships with vendors, while trudging bleary-eyed from booth to booth. It takes a full day to walk HALF of the show floor, so Jeff devotes three full days to the show each year. Be on the lookout for new cheeses, new accessories, and new wines in the coming months.

We'll be starting up the Farmstead Wine Club in late January, and boy are we excited!! Many of our customers have expressed interest in joining the club, and we have been in conference with several of our vendors to come up with a club that will be fresh and exciting.

In early February, Jeff is off to a wine tasting in Virginia, put on by Fran Kysela - an importer who's palate aligns very closely with Farmstead's (about 20% of the wines in the store are from Fran). I am sure that even more of Fran's fantastic offerings will appear in the store after the tasting.

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