Power ladies' Top 10 Wine Questions (But never asked)
Saturday, July 29th, LadyDrinks heads to the North Fork wine tasting region of Long Island via limo. If there was a time, where you were client facing and totally stumped on what wine to order, we have curated an event to demystify some of those questions for our power ladies.
We have also recruited a list of female sommeliers to answer your wine-related questions each day in the lead up to the event.
LADY ENTREPRENEUR #1: Laura Allen of ThePitchGirl.com asks "How do I know which wine is the best VALUE? I don't mind dropping $100+ on a bottle when I want to impress the right client or potential strategic partner. However, many of the sommeliers I've met at fancy restaurants really didn't make a STRONG case for their choices in wine to be paired with the meal."
LADY SOMMELIER #1: Hannah Selinger is a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and has worked as a sommelier for BLT Prime, the Momofuku Group, and Nick & Toni's. Currently, she works as the wine columnist for the Southampton Press and is also a regular contributor to Edible East End. She lives in Sag Harbor.
"As a sommelier, I never equate value with price. A wine's value has to do with how limited it is, how difficult it is to produce, and, of course, how valuable it is to the customer. Just because, say, a very old Bordeaux was challenging to make and used fine grapes in a fine vintage does not mean that a guest will like that particular wine. So if a wine is physically valuable, but no one wants to drink it, it doesn't matter. To that end, finding the best "value" in wine will depend on what you, personally, like to drink. For my money, the wines in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, which command a much lower price than the wines of northern France, are well conceived, strong wines for the money. Out on Long Island, Croteaux produces solely rosé in a method that allows Michael Croteaux and winemaker Alie Shaper to produce more wine for less money, but it translates into quality wine that won't break the bank. One-of-a-kind wine will command a one-of-a-kind price, but you don't have to spend a lot of money to drink well."