Elfs Farm was recently honored with Four Medals from the 2010 NY State Food and Wine Classic. This is held annually in the Finger Lakes and has been called the Emmys of NY Wines. Elfs Farm took a Double Gold for our Apple lachian Trail Apple Wine, Silver for Lady Di's Apple Wine, Silver for our Pear-Honey Melomel and a Bronze for our first estate bottled Cayuga White. In addition Elfs Farm was honored with a Specialty Wine Champioship Award for our quality and overall consistency in fruit and honey wines. The headelf has been doing a lot of tasting of these fruit wines and giggling something about them being fruit forward.
Construction on our front room - (the new tasting room was inspired by Blackjack Winery in California) is 95% complete. We are finally, having our GRAND OPENING. Saturday and Sunday September 4th & 5th we will be having a fun time. Saturday is our vino and pig roast and Sunday is hot dogs and hard cider. There is no cover charge for food and music. We will also have fresh cider samples and are children friendly.
It has been estimated that the 28 inch rack and cloth oak cider mill is about 75 years old. When the head elf found it in an old barn west of Albany, just outside of St. Johnsbury it had not been used for over 15 years, That was in 2005. The previous owner had bought the cider press and production line from a farm near Middleberry, Vermont, where it had made cider for over 50 years!
The localvore movement is one of the foundations of Elfs Farm. We carry jams, jellies, syrups, spices and other locally made products. The head elf is constantly looking for new, unique, quality local NY products to introduce to our customers. If you have a quality product produced in the Adirondacksor North Country please email the head elf with details. headelf@elfsfarm.com.
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head elf out searching for new, quality products.
