We’re giving thanks here at Jimmy’s No. 43, and we’re particularly thankful for all the great beer, wine and cider produced here in our home state. At the recent Crain’s NY Business conference, Jimmy Carbone was on a “Made in NY” panel where the question was raise about how to get more NY State products (wine in particular) into NYC restaurants and hotels. Another panelist, Andrzej Bocian-Brown who is Director of Food & Beverage Operations for The Standard (Highline), suggested, “Why don’t we make Thanksgiving a ‘Drink NY State Wine Day’?”This is a plan we definitely can get behind! We have so many great wineries from Long Island (Shinn Estate, Channing Daughters, Paumanock, Wölffer) through the Hudson Valley and on up into the Finger Lakes region. So, this week our bar menu will have ciders and wines sourced from NY State, including (subject to change):
*Eve’s Cidery, Perry Pear (Van Etten NY)
*Slyboro, Night Pasture Cider (Granville, NY)
*Wölffer Estate Vineyards, Wickham’s Pear Cider (Sagaponack, NY)
*Shinn Estate, Red Table Blend (North Fork, NY)
*Millbrook, Cabernet Franc (Dutchess County, NY)
*Wölffer Estate Vineyards, Merlot (Sagaponack, NY)
*Wölffer Estate Vineyards, Sagaponack Red (Sagaponack, NY)
Every year we read about what to drink on Thanksgiving: One year it’s the Beaujolais Nouveau, then we’re trying California Zinfandel, then back to (am upgraded) Cru Beajoulais like Morgan’s or Mouilin-a-Vents (the junior burgundies of sorts). This year, we’re keeping things local!
So why not drink NY wine (or cider) for Thanksgiving? We’ll have plenty at Jimmy’s No. 43 (and while we will be closed Thanksgiving day, we’re loading up on local wines that you can drink all week long). And we’ll have great local food on the menu, as well. Happy NY Thanksgiving!