Danch & Granger Bar Takeover
Solano Cellars
Wednesday-Sunday
Wednesday-Sunday
Pörkölt & Furmint February
Friday, 2/21
5-8pm
Flight of 4 for $20 ($10 club)
*add a bowl of Pörkölt w/ sour cream and bread for $10
Flight of 4 for $20 ($10 club)
*add a bowl of Pörkölt w/ sour cream and bread for $10
From Wednesday-Sunday, we'll have a lineup of 12+ wines from Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Romania available to taste by-the-glass or on a flight.
And on Friday, we're celebrating Furmint February with a special flight of 4 Furmint from 4 different regions, and homemade Pörkölt (traditional Hungarian beef, onion, and paprika stew).
We've said it before, and we'll say it again (and again and again...):
wines from Central and Eastern Europe are among the most compelling,
fascinating, historically significant, and (crucially), downright
delicious in the world. Yet they remain woefully underrepresented and
appreciated on the global stage, largely as a result of two obstacles:
1.) the internal roadblocks faced by winemakers in their countries,
whether they be at the hands of an authoritarian government, or of an
unsteady infrastructure that can't yet support easy export, and 2.) on
paper, wines from the region can be intimidating, even for more
experienced wine drinkers. The varieties can be hard to pronounce, the
language on the label difficult if not impossible to understand (these
aren't romance languages, after all). But in reality, wines from
countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, et al. are remarkably
familiar, even if you have no reference point for the sense of place
that they evoke; the people are warm and inviting, passionate about
their heritage, and invested in the survival of their traditions as
they turn an eye towards the future.
We've seen even the most skeptical people be converted by a single
taste of Somló Hárslevelű or Štajerska Modra Frankinja, so this week,
we're looking to convert the masses: it's a week-long bar takeover
with our friends from Danch & Granger imports, purveyor of all things
Central and Eastern Europe!
wines from Central and Eastern Europe are among the most compelling,
fascinating, historically significant, and (crucially), downright
delicious in the world. Yet they remain woefully underrepresented and
appreciated on the global stage, largely as a result of two obstacles:
1.) the internal roadblocks faced by winemakers in their countries,
whether they be at the hands of an authoritarian government, or of an
unsteady infrastructure that can't yet support easy export, and 2.) on
paper, wines from the region can be intimidating, even for more
experienced wine drinkers. The varieties can be hard to pronounce, the
language on the label difficult if not impossible to understand (these
aren't romance languages, after all). But in reality, wines from
countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, et al. are remarkably
familiar, even if you have no reference point for the sense of place
that they evoke; the people are warm and inviting, passionate about
their heritage, and invested in the survival of their traditions as
they turn an eye towards the future.
We've seen even the most skeptical people be converted by a single
taste of Somló Hárslevelű or Štajerska Modra Frankinja, so this week,
we're looking to convert the masses: it's a week-long bar takeover
with our friends from Danch & Granger imports, purveyor of all things
Central and Eastern Europe!