click to enlarge Courtesy Wines and ciders from Vermont producers at Schmetterling Wine Shop On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Middlebury's Schmetterling Wine Shop fluttered with customers in search of perfect holiday pours. Shop owners Erika Dunyak and Danielle Pattavina offered tastes of natural wines from near and far, explaining the Alpine terroir, farming and winemaking practices of the vineyards that had produced each bottle. The conversations — and the tastes — were a bit of a preview. On Sunday, December 11, Dunyak and Pattavina will host the first annual Vermont Wine Fair at Holley Hall in Bristol.

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