This past June 6-11 Westchester Magazine held its annual food & wine festival. It was six days of culinary, wine and cocktail events with the signature event, the Grand Tasting Village held on Saturday afternoon. At the Grand Tasting 50+ local restaurants served their signature dishes, everything from pizza to tacos with 200+ wines and spirits to wash them down with.
It was an outdoor event held under the tents at the Kensico Dam Plaza in the Hamlet of Valhalla, Westchester, a sleepy village about a forty minute train ride north of Manhattan. In addition to the many booths serving food and wine was the “connoisseur’s tent” where extra special juice was poured. It also offered a quiet space from the crowds in the general admission area.
Some of the wines I sampled:
Whites
NV Tattinger Brut La Francaise”
NV Moet Chandon Brut “Imperial”
2005 Tattinger Comtes de Champagne
2014 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris “Rotenberg”
2014 Domaine Zind Humbrecht Gerwurtrztraminer “Calcaire”
2008 Trimbach Riesling “Cuvee Frederic Emile”
2013 Alain Chavy Pugliny-Montrachet “Les Clavillons”
2013 Pierre Matrot Puligny-Montrachet “Combettes”
2015 Alois Lageder Pinot Grigio
2015 Infiné 1939 Pinot Grigio
2015 Au Bon Climat Chardonnay Santa Barbara County
2013 Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay Napa Valley
2015 Au Contraire Chardonnay Russian River Valley
Reds
2012 Penfolds “Grange”
2013 BV Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve “Georges de Latour”
2013 BV ‘Tapestry”
2013 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve “Knights Valley”
2013 Beringer Vineyards Napa Valley “Quantum”
2012 Stags’ Leap Winery “Ne Cede Malis”
2009 Chateau St Jean “Cinq Cepages” 1.5L
2013 Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
2014 Stonestreet Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
2014 Columbia Crest “H3”
2007 Bertani Amarone
2014 Tenuta Guado al Tasso “Il Bruciato”
2013 Secco-Bertani Original Vintage Edition
2010 Rocca della Macie “Sasyr”
2005 Faustino I Rioja Gran Reserva
2012 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru
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