Food & Wine News

WINE SERIES AT EOS RESTAURANT, THE VICEROY MIAMI, DOWNTOWN MIAMI
Sergio Caceres, wine director of the brand new EOS restaurant at the Hotel Viceroy Miami is launching a Wine Series – formal dinners and tastings - where world renowned winemakers and vintners will present their wines.
The first wine maker dinner which took place on Tuesday June 23 from 7 to 9 p.m., was hosted by winemaker Peter Figge of Figge Cellars winery, who produces old-world style wines in Monterey County, California, a few miles off the Pacific Ocean on the south facing hills of Carmel Valley to the remote Canyon of Arroyo Seco and on the hillside slopes of the Santa Lucia Highlands. For additional information call: EOS restaurant at the Hotel Viceroy Miami, Brickell Ave. and 5th St., Downtown Miami. RSVP 305-503-4400 Ext 7151. $95 per person (all inclusive).

ALTAMAR OFFERS 50% OFF SUMMER SPECIALS, SOUTH BEACH
Monday through Thursday till September 30, Claudio Giordano, owner of Altamar Restaurant is offering a summer special: 50% off bottles of wine $50 or more. For example a 2001 Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Tenuta S. Agnese - regularly $54 will cost $27 Monday – Thursday and a Tignanello Antinori - regularly $156 will cost $78 Monday – Thursday. Altamar is open for dinner daily from 5 p.m. 1223 Lincoln Road, South Beach. 305.532.3061 www.altamarrestaurant.com .

KAREEM ZARWI BEVERAGE MANAGER/CHIEF SOMMELIER AU PIED DE COCHON, SOUTH BEACH
27-year old New York-born Kareem Zarwi – a Second-Level Certified Sommelier Court of Master Sommeliers, formerly Wine director at La Cofradia in Coral Gables who honed his skills as a bartender a The River Oyster Bar, Downtown Miami – is now beverage manager and chief sommelier for Au Pied de Cochon, a new French brasseries in South Beach.
His cocktail recipes have been published in Food Arts magazine, on the cover of Plate magazine and in Food & Wine’s 2008 cocktail book.
At au Pied de Cochon, the focus of the list is French and Zarwi’s wine list includes 575 selections “which we will bring up to about 900 by the end of the year,” he said. According to him, “approximately 40% of the list is French, primarily Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne but also including the Rhône, Alsace, the Loire and smaller appellations. We have selections from all over the world- from California to New Zealand, Lebanon, South America, Australia, Oregon, Washington and other regions to provide guests with what they may be looking for and enjoy most - as well as selecting wines that pair well with Chef Didier's food.
The by-the-glass program offers 19 current selections including Dom Perignon ($38), Joseph Drouhin Savigny-Les-Beaune Red Burgundy ($16), Louis Latour Chablis Les Chenfleur ($10), Domaine des la Pepiere Muscadet ($7), Chateau de la Gardine Chateauneuf-du-Pape ($14), Chateau Simard 1998 St.-Emilion ($14), Newton Claret ($10). Au Pied de Cochon is open 24 hours. 81 Washington Avenue, South Beach.

MEAT MARKET NEXT WINE DINNER SERIES, TUESDAY, JULY 21
Meat Market continues its monthly Wine Dinner series, organized by sommelier Gabriel Varela and chef/co-owner Sean Brasel, on Tuesday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m with Far Niente, Nickel & Nickel and Dolce Family of Wines. The five-course dinner menu, with paired wines is priced at $160.00 per person, inclusive of tax and gratuity. Meat Market,915 Lincoln Road, South Beach. RSVP (305) 532-0088. www.meatmarketmiami.com