Complimentary Greek Wine Tasting

Event Date: 
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Cost:
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complimentary Greek wine tasting

Zaytinya Hosts its Third Annual Grape Festival in September

It’s that time of year to celebrate the harvest season of the most iconic fruit, the grape. José Andrés and his team at award-winning mezze restaurant Zaytinya, led by Head Chef Michael Costa, commemorate this event with a two-week festival, which runs from September 22rd– October 5th. This is third consecutive year that Zaytinya is raising glasses to the most cherished fruit of Mediterranean cuisine with many variations of this respected harvest through wine tasting events, dinners, a grape-inspired menu and a handcrafted specialty cocktail. 

The Grape Festival provides a great opportunity to taste and learn about the diversity and complexity of talented Mediterranean winemakers through a series of complimentary wine tastings on Wednesday, October 2nd(Greek) and Thursday the 3rd(distilled spirits from grapes) from 5:00 – 7:00PM.

Additionally delightful, a limited Agiorgitiko offering in magnum size, Skouras Megas Oenos, Peloponnese, Greece 2003, will be available by the glass for guests to experience throughout the festival. Cocktail enthusiasts can look forward to the distinct libation, There’s More Than One Way to Skinos a Grape, created by ThinkFoodGroup’s Cocktail Innovator Juan Coronado.   This is a delicious combination of Skinos, Verjus, Dolin Blanc, Fee Bros old-fashioned bitter, a lemon twist and garnished with frozen peeled grape. It is priced at $11. 

Zaytinya will feature the following special menu items during the two-week festival:

Grape Festival Specials

 

Mutancene

Border Spring Farm lamb shoulder braised in honey and grape vinegar

with almonds, dried plums and apricots   $12

 

Prawns Arak

Head-on shrimp sautéed with Arak, roasted grapes, red Fresno chiles and

aromatic herbs  $14

 

Lebanese-Style Preserved Labne

Served with raisin grape molasses spoonsweet  $8

 

Muscat Grape Granita

Orange flower scented yogurt espuma, candied orange, lemon verbena

Mezze Style $4, Full Portion $8 

Part of José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup, Zaytinya serves an extensive array of various mezze “little dishes” reflecting the rich regional diversity of classical and contemporary Greek, Turkish and Lebanese cuisine.  Open seven days a week. Zaytinya is located at 701 9thSt., NW, Washington, DC, in the heart of the Penn Quarter.  For additional information call 202.638.0800 or visit www.zaytinya.com.