The holidays are a special time for tradition, sharing one’s time and enjoying food and drink with loved ones. Last year’s NYE Virtual Wine Dinner was incredible. We are looking forward to doing it again. We started these virtual wine dinners out of necessity during the initial start of COVID, but they have become one of our most treasured experiences and we aim to keep them going in the winter months as long as people choose to attend. These virtual wine dinners are so special. They are such high-quality wine, food, and people that partake. They are all-inclusive in every sense of the word. Everyone is welcome and everything is included.
Join Sommelier Erica Archer, Chef Jef Wright, and other wonderful members of our community online for an incredible New Year’s Eve Virtual Wine Dinner complete with exceptional food, wine, and party favors as we celebrate community, connectedness, all from the comforts of your home. That’s right, now cold weather, long lines, and no driving home. We’re delivering it all to your door. 1-2 hours before our event you’ll receive your dinner-for-two box containing your wine and food with easy instructions to reheat for our 7 pm online start. Last year’s NYE Virtual Wine Dinners was incredible. We are looking forward to doing it again.
We’d be honored to share this incredible holiday meal with you.
Featured Wines:
Ayala, Brut Majeur, Champagne, France
2018 Ghost Block, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California
New Year’s Eve Dinner Menu:
First course …
Oysters Rockefeller
Second course …
Maine Lobster Tartine with toasted brioche, tarragon aioli, butter-poached lobster, potato crisps
Third course …
Roasted local mushrooms, duck confit, roasted parsnips, goat cheese fonduta
Fourth course …
Filet Mignon with blue cheese butter and bearnaise aioli, Potato pavé with creme fraiche, and charred broccolini with miso bagna cauda and parmigiana
Dessert …
Chocolate Pot de Creme with Black Sea salt, Crunchy Meringue, Whipped Maple
Due to the nature of this event, we regret that we cannot accommodate food substitutions.
Add Sommelier Erica Archer's curated wine delivery service.
Price is all-inclusive of this incredible dinner-for-two, 2 bottles of wine, tax, service, download materials, event experience, and delivery. “Seating” is limited to 15 deliveries of wine-dinner-for-two in the Greater Portland area. Our delivery area includes Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Foreside, Falmouth, Gorham, Old Orchard Beach, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, Westbrook, and Yarmouth.
Live outside of our Greater Portland delivery area? No problem. You may meet us for contact-less curbside pick-up at 3:00 pm at Sur Lie. Just make sure to put a note in the comments section at checkout that you’ll do 3:00 curbside at Sur Lie.
For delivery and curbside, you can rest assured that we are exceeding all requirements for your safety and the safety of our teams in preparing, pick-up, and delivering.
Your Chef
Jef Wright is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy, he has worked in a wide array of cuisines and restaurants both large and intimate. For many years he worked in Atlanta GA, with Richard Blais, former Top Chef winner, and focused on molecular gastronomy as a means to reimagine and refine traditional southern dishes. His passion for continued learning has taken him to Philadelphia and New York where he worked in both a 2 Michelin star restaurant and for a large and well-known upscale restaurant group. His style is best described as heavily influenced by traditional French and Spanish cuisine with a love for upscale Southern always focusing on refined techniques. He was the opening sous chef at The Garrison in Yarmouth, where he helped the restaurant attain a 4-½ star review from the Press Herald. Jef is stepped back into the role of Executive Chef, leading the kitchen at Sur Lie for 18 months beginning, December 2019. He has since joined the Wine Wise team and looks forward to sharing his excitement and passion for delicious, sophisticated cuisine, delivered to your door with our beautifully paired wines.
Your Sommelier
Archer is a true oenophile, having obtained high levels of certification in her field. In 2010, she was awarded the Wine Spirit and Education Trust Level Three Advanced Certification in Wines and Spirits (with merit), became a Sommelier in the American Court of Master Sommeliers, and received her Certified Wine Professional award from the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California. Erica is the principal of Wine Wise, a wine education and events service and is skilled at creating truly creative and memorable wine experiences that take guests beyond a typical tasting with her intimate understanding of what makes each wine unique. And she’ll do it with her trademark down to earth style and sense of humor.
Where do we meet?
On your computer screen at 6 pm on the day of the event. You’ll download the Zoom app and access our event through a link that we will send you.
What do we need?
Set your dinner table with a fork, knife, spoon, napkin, water, and two wine glasses per person so each of you has one glass each, of the two wines to enjoy through the first three savory courses. You’ll also need a corkscrew, the downloaded materials for this event, and a computer with internet access, sound, and video capability. Be sure to download the ZOOM app before this event as that is the platform we will be using so that we can all see and hear each other.
Tell us about delivery.
We’ll deliver your box of goodies between 3:00-5:30 pm the day of this event. Please include your greater Portland delivery address in the comments section at checkout if they are different from your billing address. Or let us know that you’ll meet us at Sur Lie at 3:00 for curbside pick-up. We are vigilant about abiding by all safety and physical distancing requirements for your safety and that of ourselves and our teams.
