"Seasonal Regional Cocktails" at Saugatuck Grain & Grape - westport w/ Westport Farmers Market, Kawa NI, Litchfield Distillery & Sono Bakery

​Fairfield County "It!"

had a fabulous time at
Saugatuck Grain & Grape's

Seasonal Regional Cocktail
​collaboration with
 
Westport Farmers Market
Kawa Ni
SONO Bakery
Litchfield Distillery

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​Saugatuck Grain & Grape
with its cool vibe,
and fully stocked quality wine and liquor is well worth checking out.   
They are deeply committed to the
local "Farm to Fork" movement and conveniently located
along Railroad Ave
in Westport
across from the train station.

Here is owner
Mimi McLaughlin
​with 
Kawa Ni  
master mixologist
​Craig Ventrice.

​Several  cocktails were offered, 
mixed with ingredients from the
Westport Farmers Market.

The Westport Farmers Markets purpose is 
to provide fresh, local, healthy and seasonal food to its community.  They also promote education about local food, local farms, and sustainable, healthy growing practices.

Created by
Paul Newman and
Michel Nischan
in June of 2006,
it has grown to over 45 vendors composed of
GMO free vendors,
organic farmers,
food trucks
pizza,
yoga,
local chef demos,
tamales, and
​an eager, hungry lunch crowd.

Pictured here is
Lori Cochran-Dougall,
the Executive Director of the​
Westport Farmers Market

​with Alex Virvo of
Kids Draw Free.

Litchfield Distillery,
a micro-distillery
from Northwest Connecticut 
provided the liquor for the cocktails.

 They offered the Batchers' series which included
three handcrafted,
premium spirits:
Batchers' Bourbon Whiskey, Batchers' Double Barreled Bourbon Whiskey, and
Batchers' Gin.

Significantly made from Connecticut grains, I enjoyed a couple sips of the Double Barreled Whiskey.

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SONO Bakery
​provided an assortment of organically focused
​tasty bites.

                           

Maria Lourdes Villas,
co-chair of
"A Taste of Westport"
was one of the crowd. 

The fundraiser
benefits
CLASP Homes of Westport
serving people with autism and other developmental disabilities.

It will be held on
May 5, 2016
​at the
Westport Inn.

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We also met Donny Raus of
Raus Coffee

We were offered his
Cold Roman Expresso
with or without liquor
as the finale
of the event.  

He is one of the vendors at the Westport Farmers Market.

A wonderful organic, seasonal, and regional cocktail experience!

Thank you Saugatuck Grain & Grape,
and your collaborators
​Westport Farmers Market, Kawa Ni, SONO Bakery &
​Litchfield Distillery!


"It!"       Woman       Kyle

                                                

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