Our Visit to Coastal Vineyards

After we left Travessia we went to South Darthmouth, MA to visit Coastal Vineyards. We have visited Coastal Vineyards before and we know Dave Nielson, so we wanted our friend to meet Dave and to taste his wines. We found Dave working in the vineyard, replanting some vines (we know all about that). Dave told us about his vineyard devastation in 2014 and we know about that, too. Dave told us how he is training his vines. He showed us his fermentation room and said that it should at least be twice as large as what he has for the 800 cases that he produces annually.

We knew that Dave had a lot of work to do and were feeling a little guilty about taking him away from planting duties. Dave turned us over to Bob, the taste master who expertly poured and described the various wines that we were tasting. Bob also had hummus that he made and gave Mary the recipe. It turns out that Bob puts his recipes on the website for Coastal Vineyards provided above.

We ended our day at Matunuck Oyster House with a cup of hot tea and a soft shell crab po'boy.