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Hearth
Wine Dinners
The
Spring Series of Wine Dinners at Hearth
and Insieme continue.
Wine Director Paul Grieco will combine
history, culture and the glories of the
grape into an evening of conviviality
and education here at Hearth. Greg
Majors digs deep into the soil of Italy
at Insieme.
To reserve a seat, please call the
restaurant (646-602-1300) or e-mail Paul
at pgrieco@restauranthearth.com.
The cost for each dinner is all inclusive.
April
and May 2009 continued
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Monday, April 27th, 7:00pm $125.00
per person
Be a Sommelier for
a Night
Ever
wonder what it’s like to run your
own wine program? No, we are not going
to make you polish 120 glasses before
the start of the dinner. No, we are not
going to make you re-organize the wine
cellar (though I certainly could use some
help
in this area). Yes, we are going to put
different wines in front of you and ask
you to judge them on their own merits.
Tonight, you will step into the role of
the sommelier and make the purchasing
decisions as if you were operating your
own beverage program. The set-up will
be simple: multiple courses of food served
with multiple wines. The wines will all
be of similar type but you will not be
told their identity. Your challenge: select
the best wine based on its sense of place,
sense of fruit, sense of man and its ability
to pair well with the dish at hand. Prizes
will be offered and maybe even the opportunity
to spend a night with us on the floor
of the restaurant actually selling wine
could be in the offing.
Monday,
May 4, 7:00pm $110.00 per person
Provence
The
South of France is a magical place, especially
around the port cities of Marseille, Toulon
and St.-Tropez. While most visitors to
the region relish the view of the sea,
the ease of the lifestyle and the beat
of the club music, we prefer to turn our
gaze inland. The hills, mountains and
valleys that cascade down to the Mediterranean
are packed with vineyards, producing some
of the most terroir-driven wine in France.
Appellations such as Cassis, Bandol, Les
Baux-de-Provence and Coteaux Varois resonate
on the palate with their earth-driven,
sun-kissed notes of glorious fruits. With
summer quickly approaching, this is the
perfect way to leave the winter of 2009
behind.
Monday, May 11th, 7:00pm $100.00
per person
Perfection in a
glass of Rosé
Long gone are the days when rosé
was looked upon as a beginner’s
wine, or was thought of solely as a light
and simple wine with a touch of residual
sugar that made it quaffable even on the
hottest of summer days. Rosé can
be a serious wine. I repeat: Rosé
can be a serious wine. We will explore
the entire world of pink wines, from their
supposed home base in the south of France
to wine regions far afield. It seems that
every producer of grape juice is now fashioning
some example of this summer tipple and
we love them all.
Continue
to The Battle Royale: Grape Juice Vs.
Fermented Grains + Our Riesling Obsession
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