Date
Night 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon was chosen as one of the Top
100 Wines of 2008 in the December
7 San Francisco Chronicle Magazine.
Suzanne Phifer Pavitt and Date Night's assistant winemaker, Dr. Gary Warburton, will be pouring the wine next to specially-prepared house-made truffles during dinner service at Brix 1601 in Hermosa Beach on November 19. The restaurant's General Manager Heather Houser, Sommelier Caitlin Stansbury and Executive Pastry Chef Renee Ward collaborated with the winery to devise a uniquely complementary truffle. Brix 1601 is located at 1601 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 175, Hermosa Beach (90254), 310/698-0740, www.brix1601.com.
Suzanne Phifer Pavitt will be pouring tastes of the 2005 Date Night Cabernet Sauvignon at Wine Valet in Beverly Hills on November 20 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Wine Valet is located at 2 Rodeo Drive (90210), 310/274-9224, customerservice@wine-valet.com, in the P-1 Level of the Valet Parking Garage. Wine Valet is a new wine boutique and wine concierge service located in the mall on the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard (neighbors include Tiffany, Jimmy Choo, Jose Eber).
Suzanne Phifer Pavitt poured Date Night Cabernet Sauvignon next to organic chocolates from from New York-based artisanal producer Veré on October 3 at The Sol Bar at Solage Resort in Calistoga. The specific chocolates were salty caramels, vanilla bean chocolate, and chocolate-almond clusters. Kathy Moskal founded Veré in New York City to be a producer of organic, gluten-free, low-glycemic artisanal chocolates, which are made from 75 percent sustainably grown Ecuadorian beans. [Read complete article in the St. Helena Star]