Thirty Premier Restaurants and Ten Wine Retailers to Host Third Annual Salud! Chilean Wine Fest in New York
New York Restaurants to Pour Chilean Wines by the Glass and Wine Stores to Sample Top Chilean Bottlings from September 18th-30th
Wines of Chile invites professionals and amateurs alike to experience the evolution of Chilean wines during the third annual Salud! Chilean Wine Fest. This citywide celebration begins on September 18, Chile's Independence Day, and runs until the end of September.
Thirty of New York's most acclaimed restaurants and ten of the city's best wine shops have joined with Wines of Chile to offer consumers the opportunity to sample Chilean wines by the glass and participate in free in-store tastings. Salud! will give consumers the opportunity to better familiarize themselves with Chile's premium quality wines and diverse terroirs.
Participating restaurants will be showcasing a sampling of Chile's most celebrated varietals including Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, as well as a host of top-notch red blends. In addition, retailers will be offering Chilean wine tastings throughout the 2 weeks of the celebration, featuring some of Chile's emerging varieties such as Pinot Noir and Syrah.
"The Salud program has enabled some of New York's best restaurants to introduce their customers to the exciting wines that are now emerging from Chile," explains Juan Somavia, Managing Director of Wines of Chile. "In hosting Chilean wine tastings, retailers around the city have come to recognize the growing demand for wine education and we are thrilled to be able to satisfy this need."
Participating New York Restaurants Include:
154 South Gate
2 West at The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park
A Voce
Blue Fin
Blue Water Grill
Calle Ocho
Churrascaria Plataforma
Churrascaria Riodizio Tribeca
Crema Restaurante
Ditch Plains
Dos Caminos - Park Avenue
Dos Caminos - Soho
Dos Caminos - Third Avenue
Dylan Prime
Eighty One
Landmarc - Time Warner Center
Landmarc - Tribeca
Los Dados
Lucy
Paris Commune
Pipa
Porcao Churrascaria
Rosa Mexicano - Midtown East
Rosa Mexicano - Union Square
Rosa Mexicano - Upper West Side
Spice Market
Suenos
Thalassa
The Modern
Tribeca Grill
Participating New York Wine Stores Offering Chilean Wine Tastings Include:
67 Wines & Spirits
Saturday, September 20th
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
179 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
Astor Wines & Spirits
Saturday, September 20th
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
399 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
Beekman Liquors
Friday, September 19th
4:00 - 7:00 PM
500 Lexington Avenue
NY, NY 10017
Bottlerocket
Friday, September 19th
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
5 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
Chelsea Wine Vault
Thursday, September 18th
7:00 - 9:00 pm
75 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
*$30 per person
Morrell & Company
Thursday, September 25th
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
One Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Red, White, and Bubbly
Sunday, September 21st
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
211-213 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
September Wines & Spirits
Thursday, September 18th
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
100 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
Union Square Wines & Spirits
Wednesday, September 24th
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
140 Fourth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Zachys Wine
Saturday, September 27th
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
16 East Parkway
Scarsdale, NY 10583
In recent years, Chile's winemakers have pushed the frontiers to seek new regions to plant cool climate varieties. They have experienced great success with Pinot Noir and Syrah, which have been growing in popularity in the U.S. According to the most recent Gomberg-Fredrikson Report, which included statistics through June 2008, Pinot Noir from Chile has increased in the U.S. by 21,300 nine-liter cases (+44%) over 2007 and Chilean Syrah has increased by 14,800 nine-liter cases (+56%). Sauvignon Blanc and Carmenere, Chile's unique grape, have also shown marked gains, increasing by 25,900 nine-liter cases (14%) and 5,300 nine-liter cases (7%) respectively. Overall, Chilean wine has rapidly increased its presence in the U.S. market, climbing 13% by volume in 2007.