Five Eastern Shore oyster varieties are available. They range in salinity from the seaside barrier islands to the bayside creeks, with the “Church Creek Corks” being the oysters grown closest to the vineyards. They range in size from petite cocktail oysters (Arrowheads) to large oysters best for roasting (Bullseyes). Then there’s the salty seaside Sewansecotts and Shooting Point Salts. Or try them all! Choose the Eastern Shore Sampler, a bag that includes all five—Arrowhead Petites, Bullseyes, Church Creek Corks, Sewansecotts, and Shooting Point Salts.
Place your order by 5 pm Wednesday for a Friday or Saturday pickup at the winery.
OYSTERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICK-UP STARTING AT NOON ON FRIDAYS.
Please include a note in your order letting us know which day you plan to pick up your order.
The winery offers oyster knives and gloves for sale, just what you need for oysters on the half shell. Or, take them home and create your own oyster roast experience on the grill! No knives required.
$25 bag (25 oysters per bag)
$50 bag (Eastern Shore Sampler – 12 of each type)
Clams are $20 for a bag of 50
ARROWHEAD PETITE OYSTERS, SHOOTING POINT OYSTER CO. Seaside
Arrowhead Petites are cultured within earshot of the Atlantic Ocean surf. Delicate, repeated tumbling results in a plump, petite SALT BOMB. A perfect, buttery East Coast Oyster, small in stature but mighty in flavor.
BULLSEYE OYSTERS (ROASTERS), SHOOTING POINT OYSTER CO. Bayside
Great for roasting! The Chesapeake’s most succulent shellfish. Our pristine location blends the salt of the Atlantic with the productive waters of the lower Eastern Shore. This creates a delectable blend of flavors, a salty sweetness with the slightest mineral hints and a clean finish. Balance is our mantra. Balance between salt and the essence of an oyster, balance between traditions of the past and techniques of today. We share our Nassawadox Creek watershed with three vineyards, conscientious farmers, and watermen who support our efforts in native oyster aquaculture. Our barge “The Oyster Queen” unloads its daily bounty at Bayford Oyster Company’s dock where millions of oysters were once landed starting in the 1880s. It is hard to miss the smiles of the locals watching us once again bring Bullseye Oysters across the old planks to waiting trucks. Bullseyes are the Chesapeake’s Ultimate Oyster.
CHURCH CREEK CORKS, SHOOTING POINT OYSTER CO. Bayside
Church Creek Corks are cultured along the shore of Chatham Vineyards. Protected waters grow a deeper cup and a thicker shell. Salt is less pronounced, hints of seagrass in the finish of these oysters with enough brine to savor the velvety essence of the Chesapeake.
SEWANSECOTTS, HM TERRY OYSTER CO. Seaside
Over 100 years of working with the native oyster population have given us the experience to ensure that our customers get the freshest, highest quality oysters available. The pristine, ocean salt waters of the Atlantic, coupled with the delicate balance of the ecosystem, combine to make the flavor of our products rich and succulent. Our Sewansecott™ oysters have a firm, meaty texture; the taste beautifully balanced with an initial briny burst of flavor mellowing to a sweet, delicate finish. You can taste our love for our product in each oyster and experience the superior quality and taste that have earned our Sewansecotts™ a place on the menu of many of the top restaurants in the country.
SHOOTING POINT SALTS, SHOOTING POINT OYSTER CO. Seaside
The ultimate Virginia raw oyster. Grown at the north end of famous Hog Island that overlooks the Little Machipongo Inlet, these oysters define unspoiled seaside. The Atlantic tide rushing across white sand, then brushed by the peat of the pristine marshes of the Atlantic Coast Reserve, results in the purest form of salt oyster. Shells with honey hues, slightly sweet plump meats, and an incredible pure brine finish can only be equated to kissing the sea herself. Our oysters are a direct reflection of place. Like the terroir of wine our merroir will transport you to one of the last unspoiled stretches of the Atlantic coast. No houses, no jet skis, no ferris wheels, just the occasional duck hunter or local fisherman passing through the rushing waters. As development has spread on the Eastern Seaboard our islands have actually regressed. Outposts washed into the sea long ago.
About the Author
Scotiagirl appreciates the beautifully written descriptions nearly as much as she will the oysters! And she looks forward to pairing each with a nice Church Creek wine.
I’ve got salt water running thru my veins, joined the USCG when I was 17, but had no idea what ‘Brine’ was when I saw this ad. Silly name, silly people, again and again.
I pity the man that may one day walk up to Pete Terry and tells him he is a silly man with a silly name. Not because of the 60 ways that former seal could end your life in 1/2 a heartbeat, but because of the fact that you don’t understand what hard working industry leading entrepreneurial All American men are all about. Thank You Pete for all you have done and all you will do.
Apparently the USCG does not teach everything there is to know about sea water. Scotiagirl does not have time or inclination (as a “silly person” ) to educate you further on the definition of brine. Google it. Maybe you are not too old to learn something.
The term used to refer to Oysters on The Eastern Shore is Salty. You may want to leave the Coast Guard out of it, and the Bell’s too for that matter.
Dearest Susan Pruitt,
Scotiagirl does not accept your correction that “the term used to refer to Oysters on the Eastern Shore is Salty” because she did NOT write the submission by Chatham Vineyards (which uses the descriptor “BRINE” several times) nor was she the first to mention the Coast Guard. As far as “Bell”, if you believe his name should not be mentioned even after, under his name, he has disparaged Pete Terry and others here, perhaps you should mention that to him as you seem to be friends.
And, Mr. Bell, Scotiagirl IS home right here right now, whether or not you may like that fact.
a long ways from your home….
Watch your dress, your slip is showing. I guess you look at the picture/caricature used as a logo for the event, above, and think high dollar wine should be poured on that open oyster? Would it not displace the precious ‘brine’. I guess next it will be defended as hot sauce flowing from a big wine bottle. I bet they put that sh1t on everything. LOL.
You people are a trip.
Scotiagirl wonders what, in the name of all that is holy,are you talking about? Scotiagirl hasn’t poured whiskey, milk, orange juice, wine, cataba juice, lemonade, gravy, or bourbon on anything!
What, you still upset that she mentioned that she enjoyed the descriptions of the oysters? What is wrong with you? Perhaps you would be happy if this winery would just go out of business?
You are a long ways from home…
I pity the man who ever meets Pete Terry and tells him he’s a silly man with a silly name. Not because of the way that former Navy Seal could stop the insults and the loudmouths life in 1/2 a second. No, I pity him because he wouldn’t know a Captain of Industry is; a leader of men, or what a tried and true All American entrepreneur is all about. Thank You Pete for all you do, and all you have done
Let us dissect your ignorance bit by bit, shall we? Your knee jerked and you wrote it twice…lol.
1. Petey Terry has been friends with my dad and family their whole lives.
2. Navy Seals do not beat or kill people because someone called a salty oyster brine or silly.
3. I come from a long line of Waterman on both sides of my family, yes I know the industry very well.
4. You are an obvious Come-Here, kissing locals a$$es, they always do, as they want to fit in.
5.No One calls a Salty Oyster ‘Brine’ except a come-here. PERIOD.
6. You would do well to look over that log before you leap.
Gheezus, you really can’t be nice, can you ? My ignorance ? That’s rich. I didn’t tell you he would. I said he could. Can’t you read ? The training that man went through to join that club certainly taught him not to waste it or have him removed from that very exclusive club caused by a wiseacre comment like yours. That was the entire point, but you didn’t get it. You presumed I didn’t know that ? This is not a shining moment for you. Mine was not a knee jerk reaction. I guess my statement didn’t get a chance to sink in on your end. So either yours was the knee jerk reaction, or there is nothing to let it sink in to. Which is it ? Mine was an honest appraisal of what I believe is a stupid comment about an industry that helps a lot of people around here make a living. I was being supportive. You’ve challenged me to change my mind about being nice, so I have. I don’t do any business with Pete Terry. I have no reason to suck up to him. I simply respect the man, his business, what he has done for the industry for many years, and the words he uses to sell his product. Why don’t you ? Are you sober ? You’re in this business ? Someone with your background I can’t for the life of me figure out why you wouldn’t also do the same. You don’t have any manners ? I didn’t call the oyster anything and really don’t mind what he, or a salesman for his product calls it. I simply support the industry. Can’t figure out why you took a shot at it. As far as answering twice ? I sometimes have a glitch on my end that I have asked and told Wayne about. Sometimes when I hit “post comment” my response is rejected. So I send it again and I don’t get rejected. Then, despite what the Wayne’s OGM told me, sometimes it shows up twice. It doesn’t bother Wayne, and it no longer bothers me. If it bothers you. Good. I like the sounds of that. Is that unfriendly enough for you ? And if I sound to you like I am kissing yours, you have another guess to try to get it straight. Kiss your own. I’m done. Y’all can have a nice day somewhere else.
Wow! You are not right, are you? A few bricks shy of a load, Huh?
You are a real mental midget.
If they put your brain on the edge of a razor blade, it would look like a bowling ball rolling down the middle of a 4 lane highway, bless your heart.
I will try to go easy on you from now on, now that I know you are special. I bet you rode the short bus to school, bless your poor little heart.
any questions?
Still waiting…
A GPS leads the Chicanos to his clam beds.
Wow! Charging the same price for local oysters as they sell for in Baltimore. Wow!
Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I guess the Come-Heres those ‘Brine Oysters’ with weird names, are marketed to, will feel right at home paying those prices.
And Scotiagirl hopes they do. It is called , “business,” and it keeps everyone ( come heres, stay heres, born heres, used to be heres, never were heres, wanna be heres) happy and hoping to prosper HERE.
As an interesting aside here, perhaps appropos nothing whatsoever, but you never know and shouldn’t assume, I think there are a lot of people out there in the world like us old people made prisoners in our own homes by Andy Cuomo’s “Matilda’s Law” who follow the doings in Cape Charles vicariously through the agency of the Cape Charles Mirror, which we old folks from many generations ago (before millenials, milleniums, Gen X’ers, the LOST IN SPACE generation, etc., etc.) see as a kind of cosmic TV set tuned to a bubble with Cape Charles in it the way we used to watch Fernwood Tonight, with Cape Charles as a kind of new Fernwood ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZwRC-CEGk ), for the same enjoyment, because in Cape Charles, like Fernwood, who can possibly guess at what is going to come along next, which is good when you are locked in your own home by Andy Cuomo as if you were a lifer in a SUPERMAX, only allowed outside for solitary exercise.
Scotiagirl says
FEBRUARY 19, 2021 AT 1:04 AM
Scotiagirl wonders what, in the name of all that is holy,are you talking about? Scotiagirl hasn’t poured whiskey, milk, orange juice, wine, cataba juice, lemonade, gravy, or bourbon on anything!
What, you still upset that she mentioned that she enjoyed the descriptions of the oysters? What is wrong with you? Perhaps you would be happy if this winery would just go out of business?
>>>>>Again, your lack of discretion is alarming. In the article above your comments is a Picture or Logo for the event. Take a look at it, re-read my comment to you and maybe you will get it. Maybe not, I don’t rally care for you or about you.
You are, a Long Ways from Home. Locals never pay the same for seafood as they do in Baltimore.<<<<
Again, Scotiagirl did NOT comment on a picture. she merely mentioned that she enjoyed the written descriptions of the oysters. Also, Scotiagirl did not address the price of oysters in Baltimore. She does not care what people choose to pay for their shellfish or where they care to buy them. She very much supports the watermen who provide us oysters, clams, fish and she is always ready and willing to pay them a living wage. Why would she, or anyone else from here, drive to Baltimore for fresh seafood?
“Lack of discretion?”. What does that mean? Have you confused Scotiagirl’s comments with someone else’s ? Do understand, however, that I am NOT “a long way from home” my home is HERE and I will most likely be HERE long after you are gone.
Bless your heart…
Why thank you, Susan!
What ever happened to MJM? It seems this page sunk him. Pun intended.