Thank You For A Great “Sip. Slurp. And Save.” Event!

Great City Winery “Sip. Slurp. And Save.” Event last night on World Water Day featuring Stark Wine and over 800 oysters from Brooklyn Oyster Party!   Thanks for such a great turn out!

Well Fleet oysters and Stark Wine.  From Stark Wine, Kerstin Krall Walz (left) and Winemaker Christian Stark (right).

Kyle of Brooklyn Oyster Party and long shot of oyster offerings – over 800 oysters consumed!  www.brooklynoysterparty.com

WaterAid women Hallie, Kay and Catherine arriving in the City Winery tank room on World Water Day. http://www.wateraidamerica.org

Sarah Kauss from S’well water bottles sells the World Water Day bottle. http://www.swellbottle.com

Liz Barentzen and Kerstin Krall Walz and Deanna Lenhart/Scott Organ and Teresa Leste and Luigi Laguna sipping Stark Wine.

 

Tom Clara (TC) gets the slurp award with this shot!  Sabrina Clara and Kate Walz drink Stark Wild in front of tanks.

 

Amy Zarin (a former oyster not-liker) eating oysters.  Lawyers Steve Barentzen and Dan Mollin talk about legal stuff and wine.

 

Brothers Walz.  Kevin Olsen and Mike Mavrides.

Why Do Oysters & Wine Go Together?

Everyone has heard wine and oysters are a classic pairing.   But why?

Like wine, oysters owe much of their flavor to the “terroir” they grow in.  This means they taste like the environment they come from.

Again, like wine, oysters come from specific appellations.  For wine, appellations are legally-defined, geographical areas where certain types of grapes are permitted to grow.  In North America, there are at least 200 unique oyster appellations.

Unlike too many Old World wines where the names are hard-to-pronounce or flat out unclear, the names of oysters are fun!

Oysters seem to be named after nautical-sounding place-names that conjure up images of a fisherman rowing out into a foggy sea in a New England-looking boat.  Take Otter Cove, Quonset Point, Hog Island Sweetwater and Drakes Bay for example.

Others simply have names that sound like a hipster craft beer such as Cuttyhunk, Whale Rock, Naked Cowboy, and Sweet Petite.

Check out www.oysterguide.com for more information.

Brooklyn Oyster Party (www.brooklynoysterparty.com) will be serving the following oysters at City Winery NYC’s “Sip. Slurp. And Save” on Friday, March 22, 2013, in honor of World Water Day.

Saint Simon oysters from New Brunswick are briny and delicate with a smooth sweet finish.

• Wine Pairing: Stark Wine Grenache Blanc has delicate flavors of citrus, melon and smoky meat that will complement these oysters.

 Cedar Island and Matunuck oysters from Rhode Island have a higher brine levels.

• Wine Pairing: Stark Wine Viognier has bright acid that will take on these higher brine levels of these oysters like a champ.

Wellfleet oysters from Maine are plump with a medium brine.

• Wine Pairing: Stark Thirst, 100% Alexander Valley Chardonnay has a freshness and minerality to it that will complement the tastes of Maine seaside.

Fin de la Baie oysters from New Brunswick have a velvety texture and complex flavors.

• Wine Paring: Stark Wine Grenache Rose is complex in flavor and light in body – a perfect match to the complex and velvety texture of these Canadian oysters.

Up for this wine/oyster tasting?  Tickets available at:

http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/sip-slurp-and-save-3-22.html

Sip. Slurp. And Save.

We’re thrilled to announce an event at City Winery NYC called “Sip. Slurp. And Save.” on World Water Day, Friday, March 22, 2013, from 6-8:30p.  It’s a wine and oyster tasting!  What could be better?  And it’s for a good cause!

The idea behind the event is to help raise awareness about about the world water crisis and WaterAid’s work to help bring clean drinking water to the world’s poorest communities.  Stark Wine donates 10% of profits to to WaterAid, an international nonprofit organization that has brought safe drinking water to 17.5 million people since 1981.

The event will feature 6 Stark Wines, oysters from Brookyn Oyster Party, and other tasty treats from the City Winery kitchen.  Chelsea Wine Vault will be on site taking orders for Stark Wine and donating $1 for every bottle of Stark Wine sold in March.  S’well will be raffling off some amazing water bottles that keep water cold for 24 hours (it’s true!).

If all that isn’t enough, check out this menu….

• Stark Wine Grenache Blanc, 2011, Santa Ynez Valley + Saint Simon Oysters
• Stark Wine Viognier, 2011, Sierra Foothills + Cedar Island and Matunuck Oysters
• Stark Thirst, 2011, Alexander Valley + Wellfleet Oysters
• Stark Wine Grenache Rose, 2012, Mendocino County + Fin de la Baie Oysters
• Stark Wine Cuvee Julian, 2009, Fair Play Appellation + Serrano Ham & Manchego Croquettas
• Stark Wild, 2011, An Untamed California Red Wine Blend + Grilled Lamb Sausage Sticks

Get your tickets here http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/sip-slurp-and-save-3-22.html