Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber are the noted partners behind Woodstock restaurant Osteria Pane e Salute and La Garagista, a biodynamic farm and winery based in Barnard. Come summer 2017, Heekin’s hard-to-find natural wines will gain a new stage in the form of Hart, a pop-up event space in the couple’s home vineyard.
Heekin describes Hart as a combination of a bar à vin — French for “wine bar” — and a tavernetta — Italian for “miniature tavern.” The newly converted wooden garage holds a small-scale version of a traditional watering hole.
“It can be used as a wine bar or as something akin to an osteria,” says Heekin. “It’s a simple place, family-run, where you can get a good meal made from local ingredients and a local glass of wine.”
Hart will make Heekin’s wines easier to come by — kind of. The Barnard spot is open by invitation or appointment only. Subscribers to the Osteria Pane e Salute email newsletter will receive electronic invites to pop-up events, which Heekin aims to hold two to three times per month — “at least for the immediate future,” she adds.
An RSVP grants customers a private tasting of the vineyard’s coveted pours. Flights or glasses will come with light snacks such as bread, local cheeses and salt-roasted pumpkin seeds.
The next Hart pop-up will feature sips such as the funky Ci Confonde, a 2014 pétillant naturel; and the Loup d’Or, a 2014 limited-release white aged for two years on lees. Wine lovers can join the newsletter at osteriapaneesalute.com.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Change of Hart”
This article appears in Dec 14-20, 2016.
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