Gordon P.
Yelp
Our midday stop was at Cana's Feast Winery in Carlton. Cana's Feast is not only a full operational winery but also a superb place to enjoy a wine country repast. Cana's Enoteca lunch most Saturdays and Sundays during the summer was just what we wanted, for a long leisurely lunch outside of a Tuscan style villa and grounds.
I take from their web page, At Cana's Feast Winery, Resident Chef Lisa Lanxon lets the season and local ingredients inspire her menus of Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. Her approach is to source the best products available and prepare them with an Italian sensibility, highlighting them with pure flavors to let their character shine. The Cucina is a scratch kitchen where everything is made by hand, from bread and pasta to chutneys and jams. "It is the only way I know how to cook."
In the summer, the Enoteca menu is driven by what is ripe at the moment in the winery garden. The garden is planted and worked by master gardener Brittney Deming. "It is a privilege to work with someone as passionate about their work as Brittney. She is committed to organic gardening and works tirelessly to make sure our garden is as pure as it can be. I love to arrive early in the morning, walk down to the garden and chat with Brittney about which vegetables are ready to harvest and make their way onto the menu."
I've been going here for a couple of years and it's always a thrill. On this trip we started with, Chicken Liver Pate and Red Onion Jam with toasted French bread and Mixed Antipasti of Proscuitto di Parma, Gorgonzola Dolce, oil cured tomatoes, roasted garlic, pan tossed almonds and warm olives, yum, yum. For our main or "Secondi" course we had, Carlton Farms pork burger with Peperoncini Aioli, olive tapenade and Arugula on toasted handmade bun. There was also a delightful Couscous with garlic, sun dried tomato and cilantro. Our other treat was, Pan fried Razor clams, Arugula, Moroccan olives, preserved lemon caper Aioli, give this a triple yum, the best clams I've ever had!
There are also their superb wines by the bottle or glass and if you don't mind the walk into the tasting room for $5.00 you can taste five of their wines, which are a real treat with lunch. The winery offers formal coursed dinners and less formal shared-table dinners also wine maker dinners, great stuff. They even have two bocce ball or lawn bowling courts outside, fun. So go already, it's a wine country enchantment.