Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

All racing fans are encouraged to attend!! Those dues paying members who plan to race must attend sign ups Friday evening June 9th at the Dory Shop at 6 PM or email before 12 noon. These races are strictly for 2 person teams in the following categories: Juniors (under 19), Women, Mixed Doubles, Seniors (Men Open) and Master’s (Men over 50). The races will run from the Heritage Center Dock out towards green nun off Fort playground and back.
Please share this with friends and family. It will be a great day of racing, uniquely Gloucester, and fun for all!

Mayor Greg Verga is pleased to announce the appointment of Vionette (Vee) Chipperini as Veterans Agent for the City of Gloucester. 

Vee Chipperini was appointed on Thursday, June 1,and will serve as a liaison between Gloucester veterans and benefits and services. As Veterans Agent, Chipperini will be responsible for veterans outreach, program referrals, ensuring access to employment assistance, and will coordinate observances including Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Chipperini was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Camden, New Jersey. She served in the U.S. Army from 2001 to 2006, where she achieved the rank of Sergeant.

She was stationed in Korea and Kuwait, and then to Iraq for Operations Iraqi Freedom, and earned several medals for her bravery and sacrifice. She was awarded three Army Commendation Medals, the Army Combat Action Badge, the Army Good Conduct Badge, and was also recommended for a Bronze Star Medal for her efforts in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Chipperini was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries she sustained while serving as a driver and a gunner in Iraq.
Following discharge, Chipperini has continued to advocate for and work with veterans across Massachusetts. She graduated from Endicott College in 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree and a concentration in Trauma Studies, with a focus on Post Traumatic Stress and Cognitive Adjustment Disorders. Last year she also received her Massachusetts Veterans Service Officer Certification. She also has been active with veterans organizations along Cape Ann.

“Vee is an institution in our community, and our veterans speak so highly of her work and commitment to service,” said Mayor Verga. “I am proud to have her in this role and know she will continue to be a resource to our community. Her training and expertise will ensure our veterans remain safe and healthy.”

“I am excited to continue to work with the veterans in our communities and advocate for their needs and that of their families in this new role. I know I have big shoes to fill, but Adam was a great leader, mentor, and friend and I am excited to have the opportunity to step up to this challenge,” said Chipperini. “I look forward to strengthening our relationships with community partners, educating younger generations on what service and sacrifice entails and providing as many resources necessary for our veterans as well as their families. Having been on both sides of this aisle, the veteran serving and that of the spouse left behind, I know all too well the burden and struggles we battle with daily. I am honored to have this opportunity and look forward to growing stronger together.”

For more information about the City of Gloucester’s Veteran Services, click here.

Come and learn about Gloucester’s Freeman family, Wellspring‘s mission, and community life through exhibits, interactive art programming, music and more!

The community is invited to experience Wellspring’s “History Lives Here” exhibit and interactive activities at no cost thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. We strongly recommendreserving your timed-entry tickets for this event in advance. 

This event is part of Gloucester 400+, commemorating, celebrating, and promoting knowledge of Gloucester’s 400+ years of cultural, social, ethnic, and economic diversity.

Artists Claudia Parachiv of Studioful Design and Azia Carle of Azia Artz will lead an interactive and collaborative free workshop and art-making process, Freeman Family Layers of Love, creating a meaningful experience for all ages and abilities. Families, children, and individuals are invited to participate in constructing a model of the Freeman homestead, and illustrate a two-page comic book based on reflections of the Freeman Family exhibit. Help us bring the Freeman house to life by adding reflections on your own family. The Blackburn Stompers, an Early Jazz Era Combo by members of the Cape Ann Big Band will entertain with music from the 1830s to the 1930s, the Freeman-era. Community organizations will be set up to share their work on racial justice, local history, and community engagement.Food trucks will be onsite.Parking is available at West Parish School with shuttle service provided for attendees. Limited parking is available at Gloucester’s Water Treatment Facility adjacent to Wellspring House. ADA accessible parking is located at Wellspring’s front parking lot.

The event will be held under a large tent, rain or shine. The Freeman Family Exhibit is located inside the house.

For more information visit: WELLSPRINGHOUSE.ORG

UPF 50 Long Sleeve Crew Neck Sun Shirt New Gloucester Fishing Crew Necks With the American Flag On The Sleeve (because we’re proud Americans) Gloucester Map With The Annisquam and Gloucester Fishing On The Back with a Stout Anchor!

Link to purchase- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

Tickets are almost sold out!
Get yours today before they’re gone:
https://bit.ly/2023BluefinBash

Table for 6 – Sold Out!
Individual Seats – Almost gone.
Table for 10 – Just a few left!

2023 REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!!

https://app.teamlinkt.com/register/find/gloucesteryouthfishermen

We have an amazing new website and registration process which is now live. We have many more exciting announcements to follow but the time is now to get registered for the 2023 season!!

Here’s a link if you decide to start up your own online shop, it’ll get you a huge processing discount. I use the free account. Huge fan!

https://squareup.com/i/GMGMEDIA01

Father’s Day is approaching. Order today and I’ll make it get to you for Father’s Day!

Here’s the link:

https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

www.GloucesterSchoonerFestival.com

COMPLIMENTARY

FINE WINE TASTING @ SAVOUR WITH CHRIS HOFFMAN OF OZ FINE WINES

Oz Wine Company is a fine wine, cider, and spirits import & wholesale company based in Massachusetts. We champion the farming families and faces who carefully tend their crops, and unapologetically make products of distinction and character.

(Owner Andrew Bishop)

WINES

Noelia Ricci Bro’ Trebbiano,

Varietal: Trebbiano, Alc. 13%

Noelia Ricci is a project started in 2010 within Pandolfa, an estate rich in history and stretching over an area of 140 hectares at the foot of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. The estate was acquired by Giuseppe Ricci in 1941, but he did not turn the land to agriculture and vineyards until the 1950s, when he planted Sangiovese, Trebbiano, and Albana grapes. Ricci’s daughter took over upon her father’s death in 1980 and started planting new vineyards and building a winery. In 2010, Marco Cirese, one of Noelia’s great-grandchildren, began the Noelia Ricci project, a tribute to the classic winemaking style, with a contemporary approach.By avoiding over-extraction, excessive alcohol content and highly concentrated colors, he strives to make wines having a fine structure, strong personality and complexity, while maintaining an inviting approach and pursuing drinkability. The Bro’ Trebbiano is straw yellow with golden reflections. Delicate fruit scents, lemon zest, florals, and citrus aromas lead to a palate that is fresh and has flavor consistent with the bouquet. It is round and balanced, with a citrus and mineral backbone, and notes of bitter fruit on the finish. Pairs well with risottos, white meats. $19.99

Illahe Viognier, Willamette Valley, Oregon

Varietal: Viognier, Alc.12%

Illahe, pronounced Ill-Uh-Hee, is a local Chinook word meaning “earth” or “place” or “soil.”At Illahe, owners Lowell and Pauline Ford strive to make wine as naturally as possible from soil to bottle. They work by hand on small lots with age-old techniques and materials. The focus is to grow and make quality Pinot Noir and white wines that express the vintage and their varietal characteristics without enzymes or additives. Some of the wines are made entirely by hand, with no electricity or modern mechanization; they use a gentle wooden basket press. They are committed to dry agriculture and responsible water practices and do not irrigate mature plants. As one of Oregon’s few horse-powered vineyards, they use a team of Percheron draft horses to mow and deliver grapes to the winery at harvest. The Illahe Viognier has aromas of white peach, nectarine, dragon fruit, pineapple, jasmine, and sweet pea. The palate is clean with vibrant acidity, and it has a refreshing finish. Pairs well with salmon, roast chicken, spicy food. $ 27.99

Ameztoi Rubentis Rose,Getaria, Spain

Varietal: Hondarrabizuri, Hondarrabibeltza, Alc. 11.5%

Ameztoi is a renowned producer in Getariako Txakolina, respected for producing both traditional wines in large barrels and as an innovator for their rosé txakolina and method traditionnelle sparkling wines. Ameztoi owns twenty hectares of estate vineyards facing the Bay of Biscay, high on the slopes rising above Getaria, an ancient Basque fishing village on Spain’s rugged northern coast. Ignacio Ameztoi is the fifth generation of his family to carry on the tradition of making txakolina in the province of Getaria and has played a key role in the advancement of the region. Ameztoi Rubentis rosé is a field blend of the local, indigenous hondarrabizuri and hondarrabibeltza varieties, grown on traditional trellises. In the 2000s, when almost all of the other local wineries gave up on the indigenous red hondarrabibeltza vines, the Ameztoi family retained their old vines. Rubentis, the region’s first pink wine, was inspired by the historic claret style wines which were once produced in the area. The backbone of the blend comes from an old hondarrabibeltza vineyard planted in 1840, preserved by the Ameztoi family for generations. The Ameztoi Rubentis pours pale pink with fine, elegant bubbles, the result of natural fermentation. Aromas of citrus and menthol are followed on the palate by notes of strawberry and caramel. Pairs well with oysters, sushi, seafood tempura.$24.99

Domaine Arnoux Savigny-Les-Beaune, Burgundy, France

Varietal: Pinot Noir, Alc.14.5%

For many generations, Domaine Arnoux Père &Fils has thrived in the village of Chorey-lès-Beaune, where they perpetuate the Burgundy wine tradition. Created by René, his children Michel and Rémi began to expand the Domaine and develop the bottling. In 1990, Pascal joined his uncles and produced his first vintage in 2007. As the head of the winery, Pascal, supported by wife Caroline, combines savoir-faire and new technologies to protect the vineyard and offer wines of great quality.Today, the Domaine covers more than 20 hectares, divided between the villages of Chorey-lès-Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune and Pernand Vergelesses. The Savigny-Les-Beaune pours a deep red color.Aromas of Morello cherry, blackcurrant, and raspberry mix with spicy notes and lead to a refined and supple palate. It is a delicate and elegant wine. Pairs well with roast pork, grilled chicken, risotto. $42.99

Illahe Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon

Varietal: Pinot Noir, Alc. 14%

Home of some of the most elegant and expressive Pinot Noir in the world, the Willamette Valley is a mixed landscape of green, rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. At Illahe, in addition to using using draft horses to plow and to transport the grapes, they use solar power and the winery buildings are gravity-flow, featuring three levels, and using the natural slope of the site, starting from the crush pad to the fermenters and the press below. A further drop-off from the fermentation room to the press level means the press baskets can be loaded by hand. The care that is taken with the land and the grapes shows in the wine. The Pinot Noir has aromas of ripe plum, nutmeg, cigar box, and vanilla bean. The fruit on the palate — cherry torte, tamarind paste, strawberry jam, anise – along with nutmeg and cinnamon spice, help develop a balanced and weighted mouth feel with good acidity and smooth, lingering tannins. Pairs well with grilled salmon, coq au vin, mushroom pasta. $31.99

 Find out about new wine arrivals and other events at Savour by following Facebook and Instagram. 

And don’t forget to check out what’s new in our beer case, including two juicy NE IPAs and a clean, refreshing rice lager from East Regiment Brewing, a veteran-owned brewery in Salem, and a delicate, refreshing Helles from Rockport Brewing.

Kathleen’s Price-Value Gems:

Unique to SAVOUR our three price-value collections, with

each category ($9.99ers – $14.99ers -$19.99ers) offering hundreds of wines

at one price, personally curated by Kathleen, some have limited availability.

9.99ers…the quality is taste delivering above-price enjoyment …Value!

14.99ers…exhibiting qualities of complexity…Elevating the Experience!

19.99ers…value laden wines by innovative vintners…Expect Exceptional!

Adding to this Saturday’s wine tasting with Chris is Savour’s Everyday Tech Tastings at the North Shore’s Only Digital Wine Machine. Fun to use and enjoy!  Taste up to 20 wines with new selections regularly added…& yes, complimentary. Kathleen welcomes your questions for food pairings.

Welcome Your Donation in any amount for Pathways for Children.

Thank You! …Kathleen

 For Your Mobile Calendar

Savour Wine Tastings!

June 3 – Chris Hoffman of Oz Wines

June 10 – Wines of Alsace with Beth van der Benz

June 17 -Chuck Tyner of Italian Wine Traders

June 24 – Marc Bergeron of Masciarelli Wines

July 1 – Harry Zarkades, owner of Main Street Wines

July 8 – Casey Gruttadauria of Ideal Wines

July 15 – Dave Bender of Vineyard Road wines

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Continuing to offer a case discount 0f 10% on wines and all items purchased with the case to all customers. Wine Club members get 5% off on 6 bottles and all items purchased with the 6 bottles. Thanks again for your support!

 We continue using our 5 Molekule high performance air purification units that clear the air of 99.9% of viruses, bacteria and allergens every hour, store wide.

We are pleased to continue curbside pickup service

Savour Wine & Cheese l 76 Prospect St. l Gloucester l 978. 282 .1455

Giving the people what they want! Gloucester Music- Boat Vibes- On The Deck- Don’t Fight It! Let It Wash Over You! Deck Music Is BACK at The Former Captain Carlos!

This should be celebrated in a big way!!!!

Local Historians Share the History of

Gloucester Families and Legends

June 10

Morning (10-Noon): Cove Hill 1720 – Joyce & Walter McGrath will share with you the family history of the early settlers of northern Gloucester as well as the local history of Lanesville.

Afternoon (1pm): Families of Lanesville – Melissa & Russell Hobbs will share with you the local history of those families that lived in Lanesville in the 1800s. 

July 8

Morning: Tragedy During the Victorian Era

Afternoon: A Travel Through Time

Aug 12

Morning: Families of West Parish

Afternoon: Their Hearts Belonged to the Sea

Sep 16: Drama in the Cemetery

Oct 14: Bad Choices & Bad Luck

Oct 21: Oak Grove

See the link below for information about these tours and other upcoming events

https://www.gloucesterma400.org/calendar/list/