Farmstead Cheeses and Wines: Jeff’s Blog

Here’s an article I wrote on Sherry, which appeared in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Alameda and Oakland Magazine Sherry – Not Just for Grandma Anymore Sherry is one of the world’s most misunderstood and under-appreciated wines. Most folks who don’t know about Sherry think it’s either for cooking or for solely to serve when [...]

Day Three – Chianti Rufina Today we visited two iconic producers of Sangiovese-based wines – Selvapiana in Chianti Rufina, and Badia al Coltibouno in Chianti Classico. Both are dedicated to organic viticulture and both are making wonderfully balanced, long lived wines with great fruit/acid balance. We departed from Montalcino in the morning and drove north [...]

I am off to Italy for a few days to tour the central and northern Italian wineries represented by Dalla Terra, an importer of some great Italian wines. I land in Rome tomorrow, then onto a bus for a few hours eastwards to the hills above Pescara in Abruzzo to taste at La Valentina. Despite [...]

Cy Musiker wrote about Farmstead in the 3/23 Bay Area Bites food blog. Here’s the gist: “…and that’s also the mark of a great wine shop. It’s one reason I stop in often at Farmstead Cheeses and Wines, with its two East Bay locations, Alameda and Montclair Village. Wine makers and wine brokers stop in [...]

Here’s an article that I wrote for Alameda Magazine’s December ’08 issue Bubbly Holiday Spirits A Short Course and Selective Guide to Sparkling Wines, by Jeff Diamond Most of us associate sparkling wines with festive occasions: weddings, romantic evenings and the traditional New Year’s toast. It’s December, and New Year’s Eve is just around the [...]

Wine Dinner Fran Kysela Oct 21 Wine Dinner with Fran Kysela October 21 @ The Bay Wolf We’re proud to announce our first wine dinner of the Fall, featuring one of the wine world’s great personalities and palates – Fran Kysela, the mind behind Kysela Père et Fils, a world class wine importer (and the [...]

We traveled back from the Estancia tired but happy, and arrived at the hotel a little after dark (we’re in the height of winter, and have about 10 hours of daylight – from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.). After a wee siesta, some of us gathered in the hotel and wandered around in search of [...]

Farmstead wins award!