Brooklyn Crush is a biannual wine fest presented by NY Wine Events which hosts several wine-themed events throughout the year. The event showcased global wines and samplings of foods from local vendors.
The fest was held at Industry City, a large complex of reconverted warehouses located on 36th Street on the far west side in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The complex has a mix of commercial businesses where you could spend the day eating, drinking and shopping. It’s a destination venue in itself.
The event was held on May 12th and was open to the consumer for an afternoon and evening session. I attended that afternoon and this consumer event had more interesting wines than many of the similar wine fests I’ve attended so far this year.
Some of what I sampled:
Some nice Brazilian wines:
NV Cave Amadeu Rosé Brut
2013 Cave Geisse Nature
2016 Cave Geisse Brut
2013 Salton Winery Cabernet Franc
2015 Casa Perini Tannat
Others:
2015 Sparkling Point Brut
2015 Sparkling Point Topaz Imperial Brut Rosé
2017 90+ Cellars Lot 33 Rosé
2015 Ironside Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Ferreira Carpenter Winery Montelpulciano
2016 Piazza Brothers Wine Room Amerone
2014 Jamesport Vineyards East End Cabernet Franc
2013 Dancing Coyote Petite Syrah
2017 Rhonea Vacqueyras White
2015 Atha Ruju Cannonau di Sardegna
2015 Castelucci Miano Perricone
2014 Don Tony Perez Petit Verdot
2014 Don Tony Perez Syrah
2015 Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
2015 Ruffino Il Ducale Red
2016 Roberto Ferraris Barbera d’Asti
Spirits:
Brooklyn Kura #14 Ginjo Nama Genshu (locally made saki)
Pallini Lemoncello
Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liqueur
Taconic Distillery Founders Rye
Taconic Distillery Private Reserve Bourbon
Interesting Nibbles:
Ends Meat (charcuterie made in Industry City)
Buli Olive Oil (from Tuscany)
Les Trois Petits Conchon (paté)
SocialVino 