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Seared Free Range Chicken from Misty Knoll Farms  in New Haven, VT served with VT Maple~Ginger Sauce & Grilled Spring Asparagus.

There are many things we love about fall at the Lake House and we especially look forward to serving Papa Ray’s Apple Pies!  Handmade using only their own apples with the best crust ever!  Allenholm Farm is located in South Hero.  They have a small farm store featuring both their own and other great VT products as well as a small animal petting paddock.  Maple Creamies too!  Stop in and check them out when you are visting the Champlain Islands.

We use at least one, often even two, variety of Londonderry’s Taylor Farm’s handmade, small batch goudas on every VT Cheese & Fresh Fruit Display.  Working with a herd of fifty Jerseys & Holsteins, this small family owned farm makes first class, awarding wining European style Goudas. 

Our absolute favorite is their Maple Smoked Gouda featured here in VT Apple & Smoked Gouda Tartlets.  We bake a smoked gouda custard in phyllo dough and finish them with a dollop of Macintosh Apple Chutney. 

Boucher Family Farm, north of us in Highgate Center, makes several cheeses and their Gorgonzola style Gore-Dawn-Zola is often included on our ever present VT Cheeses & Fresh Fruit Displays during VT Wedding receptions at the Lake House.  Nutty & dry textured; it’s also great with dried cranberries, or pears, and our tarragon vinaigrette in a green salad.

Dawn & Dan are always at the Burlington Farmer’s Market on Saturdays!

http://boucherfamilyfarm.blogspot.com

In addition to the 25 – 30 Vermont Weddings and numerous non-profit retreats here at the Grand Isle Lake House, we always host at least two wine tasting dinners for the public; usually one in May and another in October.  

The kitchen team (Russ, Phil & myself) always enjoys preparing these dinners as we are completely free to develop our own creations outside the bounds of a predetermined menu.  This free reign gives us fabulous opportunities to both call up old favorites and to try new preparations…constantly expanding our reportoire of options for our individually custom designed wedding menus!

Approximately 55 guests from the Champlain Islands community joined us for a 5 course meal paired with wines from Argentina & Chile.   We had lots of familar faces that are loyal wine dinner attendees as well as some new folks that we hope will be returning in the future.   Both the wines and menu (listed below) were met with rave reviews! 

We have not yet planned our next dinner, other than anticipating sometime in October, so we would love to hear any suggestions for themes that potential guests might be interested in!  We would also be happy to add you to our mailing list if you would like to be informed of future public events.  Just send me an email:  Sheryl Eddy

Santa Rita Reserva Sauvignon Blanc

Shrimp with Salsa Chilena

Pannotia Torrontes

Green Apples, Honey Toasted Pepitas & Lakes End Chevre over Baby Greens

Root: 1 Chardonnay

Sea Bass in Parsley Broth with Hazelnuts

Don Miguel Gascon Argentina Malbec

Montgras Carmenere Reserva

Grilled Lamb with Mint Salsa Verde

Sweet Potato Polenta

Santa Rita Medalla Real Cabernet Sauvignon

Fresh Fruit & Gore~Dawn~Zola

Dried Cherry & Chile Brownies

We are so very lucky here at the Lake House to have Jane & Bob Pomykala as our neighbors on the East Shore of Grand Isle on Lake Champlain.  They have been supplying us with gorgeous asparagus, strawberries, tomatoes (hot-house & vine-ripened), potatoes, fresh herbs, perfect baby field greens….the list goes on and on!  We always check with Jane to see what she has to offer before out-sourcing any produce from the “mainland” for our Vermont weddings!

Please visit their farmstand when you are in Grand Isle or check them out at the Farmers Markets (Wednesday afternoons in the village of South Hero and Saturdays in Burlington’s City Hall Park) starting in May. 

Pomykala Farm