2024 Cape Cod Travel Guide - Magazine - Page 54
DERRICK ZELLMANN
YARMOUTH PORT
Dunn & Sons Wine
WELLFLEET / ORLEANS
The genesis of Dunn & Sons Wine occurred during
Frying Pan Gallery
the pandemic, when owners Erica and Adam Dunn
were allowed to sell alcohol to-go at their popular
It’s 昀椀tting that a defunct oyster shack, dating back more
Dennis restaurant, The Pheasant. The couple seized
than 100 years, was turned into a seasonal art gallery
that opportunity to curate some interesting new
where jaw-dropping metal sculptures of sea life adorn
wines. The immediate positive response inspired
the walls. Those creations are the work of steel sculptor
the Dunns to open a retail shop in Yarmouth
and architectural designer Steve Swain, who opened the
Port, where they sell exclusive wines from small
gallery in 2009 with his wife Sarah. Art runs in the Swain
producers, especially those who use sustainable
family, who have used the Well昀氀eet gallery to not only
farming practices. Dunn & Sons now offers wine
feature Steve’s work, but that of more than 20 local artists,
tastings, wine classes, paint nights, a monthly book
ranging from painters to glassblowers to photographers
club, and a wine club featuring wine curated by the
to jewelers. Two years ago, Frying Pan opened a second
shop’s sommeliers. Their wines would make a great
year-round location in Orleans, proof that more roofs are
addition to any home’s wine rack or cabinet, or the
needed to 昀椀t all the Cape’s great art.
perfect housewarming gift.
WO ODS HOLE
Woods Hole Handworks
In the charming seaside village of Wood Hole, a group of local
artists have been showcasing their wares since 1982. A cooperative art gallery, the shop is managed by printmaker Jane
Baker, whose woodcut prints have been on display at Handworks
for the last two decades. As someone who “grew up in skiffs and
sailboats, clamming and 昀椀shing,” Baker’s art is informed by her
love of the ocean and nature. That maritime theme, Baker says,
is common to many whose products are sold at Handworks. She
says the store always has an eclectic assortment of styles and
mediums, with anywhere between 12 and 16 members, all from
Cape Cod. Last year, there were two potters, a glassblower, a
photographer, a weaver, an oil painter, and an artist who creates
botanical art from seaweed, lichen, and 昀氀owers.
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