Whiskey Tour Around the World: A Unique Interactive Tasting

The first experience at a distillery was acclaimed by all the attendees, this is is the second season, with the same principle: learn, taste and have fun! The program will complement what we’ve seen last time, but it is also perfect for a first comer.

You’ll learn and experience the following:

• Fundamentals of the whiskey making process
• The differences between Scotch, Bourbon and other whiskies
• Visit a working distillery
• Learn how to order, taste, and appreciate the different whiskey expressions
• Taste four whiskies from the major mega giants of the world – Scotland, Ireland, Japan, and America

• Have an opportunity to ask our experts any questions you may have in a judgement free setting

​Taste 6+ wines from our selection of Hell's Kitchen restaurants. Delicious bites included!

PAIR Wine Tours are an excellent way to visit several restaurants in one afternoon. Your sommelier/tour guide will lead your group to three restaurants or two restaurants and one wine shop in a popular neighborhood. Enjoy culturally distinct restaurants with at least six wines (total) off their lists. Also included are delicious bites also provided by our restaurant partners for ideal pairing!

Have fun meeting new people while learning blind tasting and food, wine pairing and everything you ever wanted to know about wine in a friendly environment with wine lovers like yourself. ​Groups are usually limited to 12 to ensure all tours remain intimate.

Our Hell's Kitchen Wine Tour starts at Tacuba Cantina, 802 Ninth Avenue.

Important Notice - Understandably, some people may see Hungary and Croatia and assume the class will feature esoteric wines that may be "interesting", yet unlikely to be purchased by you anytime soon. These wines, however, represent some of the most dynamic, interesting, and delicious wines available today. If you like Sancerre, lively Rieslings, or crisps Albarinos, you'll fall for the whites of both countries. if you like classic Rioja, Barolo, or Chateauneuf-du-Pape, this class will be an epiphany. I merely wanted to clarify that these wines are delicious, and not a collection of old-fashioned oddities. Indeed, the names may be hard to pronounce, yet the juice goes down easy.

Class Description

Despite a longstanding cultural tradition of winemaking, few modern wine drinkers have ever heard of Croatia. Alas, that is about to change! In this country, the Mediterranean meets the Dinaric Alps meets the Adriatic. With such diversity, it’s no surprise that influential wine critics such as Robert Parker, Oz Clarke, and Jancis Robinson, have taken note this nation’s wines.

Cliff Rames will be co-hosting this class with me. He is a ‘Certified Sommelier’ and 'Certified Specialist of Wine' and has served as sommelier at the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at the Plaza and Le District in NYC, as well as Contributing Editor for The SOMM Journal magazine and Wine Consultant for Wegmans supermarkets. More importantly, he is Croatian, the real deal, and on his frequent trips to Croatia he sources out many distinct, special bottles, some of which we will taste. Most of all, he is a professional colleague and friend whom I have known for years and I can attest that his passion for wine is nonpareil. As the founder of Wines of Croatia, he spends much of his free time promoting the wines of this nation (check out his appearance as a guest on Wine Library TV, with Gary Vaynerchuk!). Cliff will discuss the grapes and wine regions of this Central European land, as well as the link between Zinfandel, Chardonnay, and Croatia, along with other little known, but incredibly illuminating tales of Croatia’s wine history.

Andrew Harwood, founder of NYC Wine Company, takes you across the border from Croatia into Hungary, whose equally inimitable tradition of winemaking will be showcased. Andrew, having worked as a winemaker in Tokaj, will give you the low down on the storied wines of this fabled zone, while also sharing his other favorite grapes and regions such as Bull’s Blood, Furmint, Hárslevelű, Kékfrankos, Kadarka and more.

Of course, your wine exploration to Croatia and Hungary will be enhanced by a selection of dynamite cheeses and breads, all from Murray's. So invite a friend(s) and discover the rich history and winemaking culture of Croatia and Hungary – you are bound to fall in love with one of these regions and wonder where these unique, inimitable wines have been your whole life.

Join us for our popular annual grand tasting of sparkling wines and French champagnes, featuring 20 wines from top producers and smaller production "boutique" houses. This is a fun and informative walk-around tasting that guests will move through at their own pace while enjoying passed hors d'oeuvres and music. Representatives of the champagne houses will be at stations throughout the lounge to pour samples of their wines and answer guests' questions.

FlûteFest gives you the chance to taste the cuvées of some of Champagne's finest winemakers side-by-side in one extraordinary evening. Ticket sales benefit Food Bank for New York City

Food Bank For New York City has become the city's major hunger-relief organization working to end food poverty throughout the five boroughs. As one of the country's largest food banks, their mission is to end hunger in New York City by organizing food, information and support for community survival and dignity. As the city's hub for integrated food poverty assistance, the Food Bank tackles the hunger issue on three fronts — food distribution, income support and nutrition education — all strategically guided by its research.

There are 2.9 million New Yorkers who experience difficulty affording food — an astounding number and one that continues to increase as the donated food supply drops to an all-time low and food costs skyrocket. To address this issue, the Food Bank procures and distributes food to a network of more than 1,000 community-based member programs citywide, helping to provide 400,000 free meals a day for New Yorkers in need.