Barndiva’s Event Director Susan Bischoff at Sunday’s Féte Blanc
We promised the most exciting white wines of the season and we delivered. We promised an elegant Féte and thanks to our guests in their sparkling whites and the sumptuous shades of high summer florals we delivered there as well. The music, the food, all a delight, but with respect, last Sunday’s Féte du vin blanc delivered something much more important: a perfect if brief respite from the heat and drama this summer has already delivered, and it was clear everyone there knew it. The world and its many problems would wait a few hours: rediscovering what we love about our wine shed and why we love to drink together as a community delivered what we needed most and it was the energy and good will of everyone who attended who brought it home.
Thank you to everyone who participated pouring or sipping away the afternoon, for your savor faire, your care in balancing fun with serious contemplation of what was in the glass, and your support of Corazón Healdsburg. We had a blast.
This coming Sunday we turn our attention to another special event, our 3rd Conversation Worth Having, The Future of Fashion. Tackling difficult subjects with compassion is what Barndiva life is all about for us, making them beautiful, delicious, and sustainable. We promised to ‘mix it up’ in this, our 20th year in Healdsburg, and we intend to deliver.
Barndiva Wine director Emily Carlson with the tasting crew of Sutro Wines
Wine Director Emily Carlson’s brilliant line up for Barndiva’s Féte du vin Blanc 2024: RAEN Pax Sutro Idlewild Copain Daniel Hirsch LaRue Monroy Littorai Brick&Mortar Bon Vivant Breathless Moshin Carpenter Comstock Dot Wines Maggy Hawke Handley Gros Ventre Radio Coteau Marine Layer Merry Edwards Desire Lines Quivira Overshine Reed Holland Roederer Estate Sharffenberger T. Berkeley Three Sticks Trail Marker Wines …. Raffle Benefitting Corazón Healdsburg!
We all need more moments to show affection to one another but time and place, boy do they affect our ability to live in the moment. The time and attention to detail to pull off our annaul collaborative wine events in-house, as our dedicated staff continues to turn out an extraordinary dinner services Thurs-Mon along with hosting a variety of spectacular private events is no mean task. We wish to thank Chef David Morales and his team for the delicious food at Féte blanc, DJ Collin Peacock for the cool sounds, and last but not least, Misha Vega, Barndiva farm director and the owner of her own nursery and flower design company @philo.floral.flowers. Along with Emily, Cathryn, Charles, Scott, JASON and his staff, this was a dream team.
All photographs in this blog: Chad Surmick.
