Dancing Bear Cellars founder Eric Munson hanging with his buddy Matt on Surfside Beach.
The annual Nantucket Wine Festival is one of the premiere wine festivals in the country. Celebrating food, wine & culture, the event jumpstarts Nantucket Island's summer season every May.
Plum had the opportunity to check in with some of this year's Nantucket Wine Festival luminaries, including Dancing Bear Cellars founder Eric Munson. Dancing Bear is distributed in 16 states and is found on the wine lists of fine dining establishments throughout the country.
Plum: How does it feel to be participating in this year's wine festival?
Munson: I am really excited to pour at this year's festival since I have been
coming to Natucket for almost 20 years and enjoyed the festival as a consumer for the past ten years.
Plum: How long have you been coming to Nantucket?
Munson: Since the beginning of the festival.
Plum: What makes the Nantucket Wine Festival different than any other wine festival?
Munson: The festival is unique in the spirit it brings with it. The sense of being on a island - the farway place - and it has a cohesiveness and sense of comraderie second to none.
Plum: What's your favorite meal on Nantucket?
Munson: I love the restaurants on the island so its tough to choose only one dish but I do have a "perfect meal" concept: My perfect meal starts with the fois gras from the good people at
Toppers at The Wauwinet and a glass of the Dancing Bear Prosecco. Next would come the black cod at 21 Federal with a glass of my sauvignon blanc. The Galley always has some really interesting lobster dishes which will pair well with my Pinot Noir, Life of Riley Cuvee, named after my son who lives large. The White Elephant serves a great steak, which I enjoy with my Dancing Bear Cabernet Sauvignon. The pastas from Sfoglia are awesome and I would have to include one of those with one of the hearty reds I import from Italy. If it were a full day I could include breakfast at The Downyflake and a Turkey Terrific sandwich
Plum: What makes Nantucket a mecca for wine connoisseurs, in your opinion?
Munson: The island is a mecca for people seeking quality. It epitomizes a
quality of life which to many includes great food and fine wine.
Plum: What event do you most look forward to at the Nantucket Wine Festival?
Munson: The private dinners and tastings around the main tastings are my
favorite part; we're doing a Barolo Dinner at Sfoglia for example.
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