Verace, a newly opened Italian restaurant in Islip, NY with three local wines on tap. By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Photos courtesy of Verace I think we've all been there — in a restaurant that may or may not pay much attention to its wine list and may or may not pay even less attention to their by-the-glass selection — more or less offering whatever is already open, and over-charging you for it. You order a glass anyway, knowing that you're playing by-the-glass roulette. Before you even take a sip, you can pinpoint how long the bottle has been open —…
Posts Written OnMarch 02, 2010
Local with Local (Finger Lakes): Atwater Estate Vineyards 2007 Syarah and Deb Whiting’s Vanilla Chevre-Stuffed, Bacon-Wrapped Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine-Vanilla Sauce
By Deb Whiting, chef and co-owner Red Newt Bistro My assignment this month was a food pairing with the Atwater Estate Vineyards 2007 Syrah, an absolutely beautiful wine with tones of ripe dark cherries and plum. Often times when I pair food with wine I will concentrate a particular flavor that I find both in the food and in the wine I am pairing. But other times, I think about flavors that I may not find in the wine, but that I think will make a flattering complement. In the 2007 Atwater Syrah, characters of vanilla and smoke showed delicately…