Spanish Wine Festival-Tonight!
A post by Serge the Conceirge alerted me to the fact that I would be missing out on yet another Spanish Wine Festival this year. A benefit for Action Against Hunger sponsored by NYC retail legend PJ Wine, the annual festival features free-flowing, top-flight wines from Spain, live Spanish music, tapas, etc., for $99 at the door, and takes place…yes, that’s right…tonight, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, from 6:30 to 9:30. It’s now a little after 8p.m. Can I make it?
Probably not. I’ll have to close my eyes and just imagine. The lineup this year is/was packed with superstars. From the PJ Wine website:
Many of the most highly acclaimed wines of the year such as Wine Advocate 100 point sensationBenjamín Romeo Rioja “Contador;” top Ribera del Dueros Vega Sicilia “Unico,” Pingus “Pingus,” and Alto “PS;” Priorat great “Clos Erasmus;” “Clos Mogador;” Jumilla knockout El Nido “El Nido;” a mini-vertical of R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia [Rioja] back to the 1973 Gran Reserva; 1979 Jean Leon Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva as well as a selection of top-flight and rare Sherries, including Wine Advocate 98 point stunner Osborne PX VORS “Viejo.”
Love the diversty on offer, and the contrast embodied by the two Rioja choices, El Contador and Tondonia, just about as opposite-end-of-the-spectrum as you could find anywhere in the region.
There’s always next year.