Breaking: Basignani Wine Available at Bethesda Farmer’s Market
Via the Washington Post’s All We Can Eat blog, it looks like Bethesda Central Farmer’s Market will soon carry wines from Baltimore County-based Basignani Winery (aside: Basignani, how are you still embedding music on your website in 2010?). This news is SO NEW that you won’t even find and information about it on the winery or market websites. Not sure where WP got the tip so I contacted the winery to confirm. While Basignani will sell wine at the market, it sounds like they won’t actually be there every week due to staff limitations. If you’re planning a special trip you might want to call ahead.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is the only deal I’ve heard of for (semi-regular) wine sales at a MD farmer’s market – a relationship made possible by the passage of the Maryland Winery Modernization Act. You know, that other wine bill that DID pass while the direct shipping bill languished in committee. If you’ll recall this post by Dave McIntyre back in June, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Bethesda Central Farmer’s Market is leading the way on bringing you local wine along with your local food. Hopefully we’ll start to see a lot more of this!
The farmer’s market is only open on Sundays from 9-1 in the parking lot on Elm Street behind Jaleo, and Thursdays 3-7 on Bethesda Lane (between Elm and Bethesda Ave). MoCo and NW DC readers: do you already shop at this market? Are you more likely to go knowing you could pick up some local wine too?
August 20th, 2010 at 7:19 am
I was at the Rockville farmer’s market last Saturday and Frederick Cellars was there – they have a schedule for hitting a few farmer’s markets over the next month, but I forgot it.
August 20th, 2010 at 9:43 am
Awesome! That’s a much more logical connection too. I’m a not confused on why a winery up near Pennsylvania would trek all the way to Bethesda. Surely there must be something closer…