A Cabernet Franc by South African winemaker Bruwer Raats has recently featured on the wine list of a top New York restaurant in honour of late president Nelson Mandela.
Marcus Samuelsson’s iconic Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem has become renowned for its impressive wine list designed to complement his New American Cuisine, which has contributed to making Samuelsson one of the most celebrated chefs of his generation. Ethiopian-born Samuelsson has earned three stars in The New York Times and he also prepared the meal for the first State Dinner of the Obama administration.
As America celebrated Black History Month, special tributes were hosted to commemorate the life and legacy of Madiba and several South African red wines graced the Red Rooster wine list, including the signature Raats Family Cabernet Franc. This inclusion caught the attention of the wine e-journal Daily Sip on wine community website bottlenotes titled “A Wine List Worthy of a Harlem Renaissance.”
“It was definitely a huge honour to be included on the Red Rooster’s wine list as this restaurant has become renowned for cuisine that is a highly personal expression of the ethnic and cultural influences in the life of the owner. For my wine to be included as part of his tribute to our own Madiba is indeed very special and I consider it as part of my tribute to this great African hero,” mentions Raats.
“The fact that it was included on the bottlenotes website’s daily blog is great as the Daily Sip has over 300 000 subscribers and 180 000 Facebook followers. This is incredible exposure for my wine amongst an enthusiastic community of wine lovers,” explains Raats.
For more information, visit www.raats.co.za.
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Author: Ronelda Visser from Peridot Communications.
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Winemaker Bruwer Raats of Raats Family Wines. Photo by: Supplied
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