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This is the way to to enjoy a great lunch. Grab a few buddies, a 3 Liter bottle of Ilaria Cabernet

Sauvignon and head next door to the best resturant in Bronxville, Kraft Bistro.

This is an amazing Napa Cab! The bottle alone costs over $100 to be hand etched in gold.

This is what Robert Parker has to say about the wine:

Wine Advocate

The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (94% Cabernet Sauvignon and rest Petit Verdot) is a limited production cuvee offering a dense opaque purple color, beautiful black currant, charcoal, and smoky aromas, a gracious, elegant, well-balanced style, medium to full body, beautiful concentration, and an endearing texture and length. There is nothing out of place in this supple, already appealing Cabernet. It should last for 15+ years.

Score: 93. —Robert Parker, December 2009.
 

Where else can you get a 93 point wine for $64 big ones? The 3 Liter is $300 – but may not last. This lunch is becoming legondary, we're getting calls for an encore!!

Cheers,

Gumba Denny

The Grapes are from North Fork Long Island, The Winery is in Red Hook Brooklyn and the winemakers include Abe Schoener of the Scholium Project and Robert Foley, two all star California winemakers. With a list of participants also including the on-site winemaker Christopher Nicolson and Mark Snyder of Angles Share Wines how can this project miss?

 The wine is not at all what you would expect. It’s totally different. The unfiltered Sauvignon Blanc has a beautiful deep gold color of a wine that is older than it’s vintage. This is not your every day Sauv Blanc.  Very, very interesting.  

We tasted these at the StationPlazaWine.com Tasting bar and of the 25 or so people that joined us the most common expression was a widening of the eyes and a smile then a gulp and – wow, that’s different.

The Red Hook Winery Jamesport Vineyard The Electric 2008

The Red Hook Winery Jamesport Vineyard Chardonnay 2008

The Red Hook Winery Jamesport Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Here’s a video from youtube, it takes about 30 seconds to play so just fast forward. Click the photo below to watch:

Cheers, raise a glass to NY,

Kevin