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Date(s) - May 11
12:00 am
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Jesse Katz … Master Winemaker and owner of both Aperture Cellars and Devil Proof Vineyards … is leading this 4-course dinner. Chef Accursio is designing some very special dishes to highlight and complement Jesse’s wines from Alexander Valley. These are all 90+ point wines! The Aperture Cab is one of the best representations of cabernet sauvignon you will ever have … and for Jesse’s Malbec from Devil Proof Vineyards, Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) himself wrote that “This may be the finest Malbec I have ever tasted from California.” Jesse has also worked at some of the greatest chateaux and wineries in the world – from Screaming Eagle to Petrus. He may be the only winemaker who can say that. The Devil Proof Malbec is a genuine California “cult wine” and we are delighted to be pouring it for this special dinner. Jesse will be joined by his father … photography great, Andy Katz … who was instrumental in helping cultivate Jesse’s passion for wine and winemaking. The 4-course dinner with 5 wines (including a course with side-by-side pours of the 2012 and 2013 Aperture Cab) is $110/person. RVSP asap and meet Jesse and Andy over the course of an incredible evening. 6:45pm Dinner and 6:15pm Reception.
Oh! One additional fun story: Andy does all the photography for the labels of Aperture and Devil Proof, and for Devil proof, Andy created the artwork for the label cover from a photograph he took in Cuba in the early 90s. The woman in the photo had a saying which was “Live Well, Drink Well, and the Devil Can’t Get You” which is what led Jesse to the name, Devil Proof for his 100% Malbec from a single block of a dry farmed vineyard in Alexander Valley.