How does a plank of wood become a rounded barrel tight enough to hold wine? One of our featured events on Barrel Tasting Weekend will be the demonstration, by A & K Cooperage (where our barrels are made), of coopering, i.e. the art of barrel making. It’s a craft as old as America itself, but [...]
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Barrel Tasting Weekend 3/31 – 4/01/12
Yellow Farmhouse 2012 Season Opens March 31st A sure sign of Spring. We’re popping the bungs on the big oak barrels and sampling the wine that has been resting inside all winter. It’s a tradition at the Yellow Farmhouse that we sample our wine from the barrels only once a year. It’s an interesting exercise [...]
“Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate” Social at Yellow Farmhouse
Saturday, December 3rd from 6pm – 8pm We like to say “thanks.” We appreciate your business and your friendship. We’ve learned that winemaking is more than a production activity. We also make freinds, and at Christmas we like to say “thanks” to those who have helped us make this a good year in both wine [...]
Wine, Cheese, and Olive Oil
It was an eclectic group that gathered in the Wine Garden of the Yellow Farmhouse one fine summer night in June to taste and test their palates in a sampling of Missouri wines, exotic cheeses, and olive oil. The heat spell had been broken and a wonderful cool breeze wafted down the big grassy hill. [...]
Rain Can’t Dampen Plein Air Event
Boy did it rain! Starting with several inches during the week and the “Good Friday Tornados” of Friday night, the chances for the “Petals, Pedals, and Metal, Plein Air Paint at the Yellow Farmhouse looked bleak. And on the day of the event it rained until 11am. Our artists took shelter under tents, umbrellas and [...]
