We left the Brimfield Antiques Fair with plenty of time to explore central Massachusetts, so we headed out Route 9 for the Winsor Dam at the Quabbin Reservoir. It is a beautiful place, the water serene and sparkling  on this perfect afternoon. So it was a little creepy to remember that four towns were disincorporated in 1938 so Boston could have water.

This means the roads that led to those towns are now blocked off long before you reach the water, but it is fun driving the rugged hills described in Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space.  

The old town of Greenwich is no more; the remains are part of Hardwick. So it was that we drove up Greenwich Road in Hardwick, MA and came upon the Hardwick Winery. It's a pleasant place, in pretty country, with locally made wines. We only tasted a couple of them, but I found the Giles Warner white to be very refreshing and crisp with explosive berry and herby flavors like a $20 Pouilly Fuisse. (NOTE: this wine from Hardwick, MA does not taste like a white Burgundy; it has its own flavor of New England grapes, but it is lively and not too sweet, similar in character to a Pouilly-Fuisse.) We bought a bottle for $14.

Now I had to think of what to serve with it, but that problem was solved at the Clover Hill Market in Old Furnace, MA, where I acquired three cheeses from Robinson Farm, also of Hardwick.

Now to find an open evening...