News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Leah Mojer • The Nantucket Wine Festival on the island is something truly special. The third weekend in May the festivities begin, with thousands in attendance. A wine enthusiasts wildest dream come true, it lasts four days with intriguing seminars, tastings, incredible wine dinners, and parties. So much […]
• by Leah Mojer • Daffodils are precious to islanders and seasonal residents. For the former, they signify the awakening of an otherwise harsh and beaten winter landscape. Their arrival seems to say, “we are out of the woods of winter and into the shining sun that is spring, summer, […]
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier + Certified Wine Educator, Épernay Wine & Spirits • There is a saying that “Doubling the inches of winter snow equals the number of wonderfully warm summer days on Nantucket.” Thank you Mother Nature! We are due for one heck of a summer! Think […]
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier and Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • I am going to lose 30 pounds. I am going to quit smoking. I am going to work out every day. You hear them every year. New Year’s Resolutions that are sure to go bust. They […]
• by Leah Mojer • The sun sets early, and kids are back to school, the ocean is cooling back down to chilly temps, and the streets swirl with copper-tinged leaves – it’s a harsh realization that the cold temps are not far away. There is always about a week […]
• by Jenny Benzie • Advanced Sommelier and Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • Fall on Nantucket brings crisp weather with the changing of the leaves, boats leaving the harbor and thoughts of planning for the holidays. We look forward to family gatherings, celebrations and certainly festive libations. First […]
• by Carri L. Wroblewski, BRIX Wine Shop • Opening day on Nantucket is sacred. We wait all year long for it—and, no, I’m not talking about baseball. As the calendar lets go of the last days of September we impatiently await the start of October—the beginning of family scalloping […]
• by Carri L. Wroblewski, BRIX Wine Shop • It’s September, the big crowds have returned home, and once again we reclaim the island after a bustling summer. For all of the entertaining that we helped other people do in July and August, it’s time for us to kick back, […]
Tiny Baskets Made of Gold Pageo, the exclusive jeweler on Nantucket’s Main Street, is bringing golden lightship baskets back to our island. In 1977, Glenaan Elliott Robbins designed the first gold Nantucket Lightship Basket in miniature. It was an oval lidded basket with hand-etched scrimshaw and a tiny penny inside. […]
• by Jenny Benzie, Advanced Sommelier & Proprietress of Épernay Wine & Spirits • Hot temperatures are fading as the end of summer approaches on the heels of Labor Day, but our taste buds are alive and ready for the Indian Summer bounty that awaits us here on Nantucket. The […]
