The other night, Giuseppe and I went to City Winery down on Varick Street by the Holland Tunnel. According to their website, it's the first winery in Manhattan in over 40 years. That's interesting. Make-your-own wine in the heart of the city. Don't worry, given that the size of a typical NYC apartment is no bigger than a closet, don't feel that you need to sleep with the wine you just made. They offer wine storage there as well.
City Winery is also interesting because they host private events, like the one I went to the other evening in the fermentation room. And there is a restaurant and bar to boot on site. It's a west coast type experience right here on the east coast. Who knew? The food was actually quite good. A nice assortment of meats and cheeses were available to nibble before the main course of steak au poivre and accompaniments. While wines made on site were available, there was also a nice representation of bottled wines from around the world. I started my evening with a NYS (upstate, that is) riesling. I find that rieslings grown by the Finger Lake region are of high quality and would do well in a competition to any European cold climate riesling. Then I transitioned over to a red from the Rhone region of France, where most of the wines are blends of syrah, grenache, mouvedre and cinsault (pronounced 'sin SO'). The wine was full and peppery, kind of like my steak. When it comes to food pairings, sometimes it helps to pick a wine that tastes similar to the food, i.e. spice, full flavored.
While Giuseppe and I had plans after this one, we could've easily have stayed there as City Winery has live music events as well. What a nice place to go to when the itch for Napa comes along.
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| City Winery's private party space (sideways) |
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