Particiating in Minnesota Monthly‘s Wine Week: October 4-10, 2009 For Wine Week, La Belle Vie sought out stellar wines for a pairing with Tim McKee’s truly stellar, James Beard Award-winning cuisine. Each bottling has been carefully selected to match one of Chef McKee’s vibrant, seasonal dishes in one of three flights.
The flight paired to the four-course tasting menu, available in the Lounge only, is specially priced for Wine Week at $19:
Lounge
Cava, Parxet 21,
Costa Brava, Spain NV Grüner Veltliner, Danubio,
Danauland, Austria 2008 Plasir de Lys, Khal Khal Pamies,
Minervois, France 2006
The flights accompanying the five and eight course tasting menus showcase wines that would normally be far too expensive too feature, rare wines that are even rarer on Twin Cities wine lists:
Five Course
Rosé Champagne, Haton,
France NV Grüner Veltliner, Federspiel,
Nikolaihoff, Austria 2007 Merlot, Duckhorn, Napa,
California 2006 Claret, Ramey,
California 2005 Quartes de Chaume, Baumard,
Loire Valley, France 2003
Eight Course
Rosé Champagne, Haton, France NV Grüner Veltliner, Federspiel, Nikolaihoff, Austria 2007 Savennieres, Joly, Clos de
Coulee de Serrant, Loire Valley, France 2004 Merlot, Duckhorn, Napa, California Claret, Ramey, California Quartes de Chaume, Baumard, Loire Valley, France 2003 Moscato d’Asti, Marchesi di Gresy, Piedmont, Italy 2007
In addition, each Wine Week selection will also be available by the glass. Wine “Week” will run through Halloween.
612.874.6440 – labellevie.us
For Wine Week, La Belle Vie sought out stellar wines for a pairing with Tim McKee’s truly stellar, James Beard Award-winning cuisine. Each bottling has been carefully selected to match one of Chef McKee’s vibrant, seasonal dishes in one of three flights.
The flight paired to the four-course tasting menu, available in the Lounge only, is specially priced for Wine Week at $19:
Lounge
| Cava, Parxet 21, Costa Brava, Spain NV | Grüner Veltliner, Danubio, Danauland, Austria 2008 | Plasir de Lys, Khal Khal Pamies, Minervois, France 2006 |
The flights accompanying the five and eight course tasting menus showcase wines that would normally be far too expensive too feature, rare wines that are even rarer on Twin Cities wine lists:
Five Course
| Rosé Champagne, Haton, France NV | Grüner Veltliner, Federspiel, Nikolaihoff, Austria 2007 | Merlot, Duckhorn, Napa, California 2006 |
| Claret, Ramey, California 2005 | Quartes de Chaume, Baumard, Loire Valley, France 2003 |
Eight Course
| Rosé Champagne, Haton, France NV | Grüner Veltliner, Federspiel, Nikolaihoff, Austria 2007 | Savennieres, Joly, Clos de Coulee de Serrant, Loire Valley, France 2004 |
| Merlot, Duckhorn, Napa, California | Claret, Ramey, California | Quartes de Chaume, Baumard, Loire Valley, France 2003 |
| Moscato d’Asti, Marchesi di Gresy, Piedmont, Italy 2007 |
In addition, each Wine Week selection will also be available by the glass. Wine “Week” will run through Halloween.
612.874.6440 – labellevie.us
