100 Best Wine Restaurants 2012

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Cuisine Description Seasonally driven, French-inspired cuisine with a menu that changes weekly. Naomi Pomeroy, chef/owner of BEAST, also specializes in roasted pig, which makes for a playful wine pairings. Read more about her pet project. View the menu »
Wine List Description “Wine here is an echo to the flavors,” Says Naomi Pomeroy, chef/owner. The wine list highlights the regional uniqueness of the Old World landscape, focusing on organic, sustainable and biodynamic producers. View the wine list »
Riot-Worthy Dish Wine Enthusiast editors asked America's 100 Best Wine Restaurants of 2012 "which dish would start a riot if it was taken off the menu?" Their riot-worthy dish is… "Foie-Gras Bon-Bon with Sauternes Gelée."
Perfect Pairing Shaved Belgian Endive, Breakfast Radish and Citrus Salad with Pine-Cured First Run Sockeye Salmon, Tarragon & Horseradish Crème Vinaigrette, paired with Nigl’s 2009 Senftenberger Piri Grüner Veltliner. Another great pairing is the Trinity Ridge Farms Duck Breast with Wilted Bloomsdale Spinach, Hierloom Red Kuri Squash and Pickled Sultanas Duck and Veal Demi-Glace, with Domaine Montrieux’s 2008 Le Verre des Poètes Pineau d’Aunis.
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