A Whirlwind of a Wine Week
I love the wine business. Especially when I get to spend the week hanging out with winemakers, winery owners and sommelier friends from out of town. The New York Wine Experience sponsored by Wine Spectator is a three day event that turned into a week of drinking, eating out and fun which started on Tuesday night and ended this past Sunday. Here are the highlights.
Tuesday
7pm Dinner at Crave Ceviche - My friends Sara, Kate and I had a great dinner with Spanish wine at a new ceviche bar. Afterwards we swung by Cru for vino. Although I was tired I couldn’t think about going home until after the 1985 Giacomo Conterno Monfortino Barolo out of magnum and pork buns from Momofuko were finished….
12:30pm Thursday Lunch at Aureole - I had a wonderful lunch with the charming winemakers of Bodegas Muga, Sierra Cantabria, San Vincente, Emilio Moro, and Alonso del Yerro.
The single vineyard wines from Emilio Moro Malleolus ‘Sanchomartin’ and ‘Valderramiro’ were drinking amazing and it was fun to see the differences side by side.
9pm Wine Experience, Grand Tasting - Critic’s Choice Awards - Since I was running late from work, my job was to ‘power taste’ through wines such as Hirtzberger, Pichler, Krug, Chateau Margaux, Harlan, Sassicaia, Tignanello, Lewis Cellars and Haut Brion in between trying to say hello to friends from Vegas and accidentally running into my ex-boyfriends friends.
Friday
7am - (yes I did write 7am) Wine Experience - Sommelier Room - Richard Betts, Heather Branch and I are on a team of sommeliers whose responsibility is ensuring no corked wine is served during the tasting. We double blind tasted 75 bottles of Shafer Chardonnay, Jaboulet Hermitage Blanc and Leoville Barton eliminating the ones with flaws.
11pm - after party at Solera Restaurant - The funny thing about after parties following wine events is everyone drinks beer………afterwards we headed back to my old apartment in the east village for some guitar playing.
Saturday-
1pm - Lunch at DB bistro-tarte flambé and Alsace wine lead to a wine celebrity citing of Hubert Trimbach…and his delicious Riesling Reserve
12 midnight - Cocktail Research - Rob Bigelow and Ken Frederickson take us to B-Flat, a great new cocktail lounge with killer martinis. Except for the wasabi martini.
Sunday
8pm - Dinner and drinks- I just had to end the week the way it started, Momofuko pork buns…just this time we skipped the wine in exchange for sake.
It has been exhausting yet so much fun!







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