Hudson Valley Trip

We took advantage of the long weekend to head up north to the Hudson River Valley. After enjoying an Iron Chef-styled cooking competition at a friend's home in South Salem, NY on Friday, we headed to Rhinebeck, NY for a late lunch at Terrapin, located near the center of town. Terrapin is housed in the beautifully renovated “First Baptist Church", and we had been wanting to try this restaurant since it was featured in Wine Spectator's Hudson Valley article the previous year.

After a nice lunch, we headed further upstate to the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company, home to the famous Hudson Valley Camembert, one of our favorite cheeses. We drove through multiple counties before reaching the bucolic farm setting, complete with a self-serve cheese store. After touring the beautiful grounds (the barns are open to the public) and admiring the sheep, we headed back down the Taconic State Parkway to our next destination, Millbrook Winery.

We had visted Millbrook the year before, and were thrilled to find out not only did the winery feature the local Millbrook wines, it also offers Williams Selyem wines for sale as well. On our previous visit, we were pleasantly surprised the wines were also available for tasting, but on this visit, they were not available to taste. A quick check with the staff confirmed they would be available for tasting later in the summer. We had recently become Williams Selyem list members, and the wine is quite hard to get outside of the mailing list. To find the wine freely available for purchase in New York was an unexpected bonus! The wines are available for purchase as both wineries are owned by John and Kathe Dyson.

After we enjoyed a nice bottle of wine outside on the lawn, we headed to our final destination for the day, Serevan restaurant, in Amenia, approximately 8 miles from Millbrook, NY. Serevan features an eclectic and exotic mix of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors and has a diverse menu. Again, we took advantage of the warm May weather to sit outside on the patio, and enjoyed a unique dinner.

Hudson Valley Address Book

Terrapin
6426 Montgomery Street
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
(845) 876-3330

Old Chatham Sheepherding Company
155 Shaker Museum Rd
Old Chatham, NY 12136
(888) 743-3760

Millbrook Winery
26 Wing Rd
Millbrook, NY 12545
(845) 677-8383

Serevan
6 Autumn Lane (off Route 44)
Amenia, NY 12501
(845) 373-9800