Page 8 - Naked Foodies - July 2021

We have a wine list that interests and attracts, and at the same time increase the accessibility for our guests who want to experience a fantastic wine cellar filled with a history and really good wines. In 2020 our wine list has received Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence, and the prize with the highest form of recognition from Munskänkarna, which we see as a step in to the right direction.
People have lived near Stufvenäs throughout history. Next door to the Country Hotel we find a Bronze Age mound of stones, called Blårör, which radiates power and dominance over the strait. In the forest grove on the way to Stufvenäs we find the “Millennial Road” (tusenåriga vägen) and ancient monuments from the Bronze Age and the Iron Age can be found nearby. Here are two very unusual ancient remains, so-called cult houses (religious temples), one which is located near the water-well, which is known to never dry up. Could this perhaps be an old holy well?
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The land around Stufvenäs belongs to Värnanäs Estate which is one of the largest properties in the county. The estate covers 2400 hectares and with its 640 hectares of cropland it is the largest farm in the county of Småland. In the 16th century it was owned by the Swedish king Gustav Vasa, who inherited it from Sten Sture the Elder. It is during Gustav Vasa's reign that Stufvenäs is mentioned in the history books for the first time.In a letter from 1546, he gives the peasant farmer Joen Fierze the right to continue the construction of the farm Stufvenäs, which he had begun to build.
The next glimpse we get of Stufvenäs in the history books is in 1626 when the Swedish king Gustaf II Adolf issues a gift letter on the crown tenant Stufvenäs to the industrial pioneer Johan Glauwe who had built Småland’s second glassworks a few years earlier, Bökenberg glassworks, in Germundslycke, Halltorp. Glauwe needed the Stufvenäs forest for firewood and pot ash burning for his glassworks.
We are a hotel and conference facility on the countryside, 35 km south of Kalmar. We have 51 rooms, restaurant, wine cellar, spa and 8 conference rooms.
We want to create an interesting and tasteful experience for our guests. Our food is seasonal, creative and we work with local suppliers to create a sustainable menu.
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