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Weekends with Yankee
Handmade in New England
Season 4
Episode 407
Amy Traverso visits an acclaimed vineyard in an unlikely place--Barnard, VT. At Swans Island Company in Northport, ME, sheeps’ wool is hand dyed and handwoven to create one-of-a-kind blankets and scarves. In Mystic, CT, Richard Wiese hops aboard the newly restored Mayflower II, a full-scale reproduction, just in time for the 400th anniversary.
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Take in New Hampshire’s fall foliage and in Maine meet some of the nation’s finest bakers.

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Join us for a camper van trip through Maine & visit the orchards of New Hampshire’s Gould Hill Farm.

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Meet chef Sherry Pocknett, take a bike tour on the NH seacoast, & visit the Ben & Jerry’s factory.

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Visit New Hampshire’s historic Omni Mount Washington Resort and go dory-rowing in Maine.

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Stay aboard a Maine houseboat, visit the Alna Store & meet Connecticut forager/chef Chrissy Tracey.

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Join us on a Massachusetts fried-clam tour & visit Cape Cod’s Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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Enjoy a clambake at Newport’s Castle Hill Inn & autumn trail riding and fly fishing in Vermont.

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Come along for a visit to Golden Dog Farm in Vermont & experience a New Hampshire lavender harvest.

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Join us for Massachusetts’s premier Revolutionary War reenactment & for Maine’s Great Schooner Race.

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Hitting the slopes in Vermont and “ice cut” paintings and murals in New Hampshire.

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Exploring the scene and artwork of Brookline, MA, and climbing in the White Mountains.

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Visit Matunuck Oyster Farm, Thompson House Eatery and Wiggly Bridge Distillery.