DETAILS: Wine & Chef Sails are back at Wine Wise!
If these Wine & Chef Sails are not the best thing happening in Portland this Summer, we don’t know what is. Sommelier Erica Archer has invited some of her favorite chefs in Portland to pair five mouth-watering courses with five delicious wines on a select few of our season-long wine sails. We’re kicking off the 2023 series during Portland Wine Week with “Shef” Mimi Weissenborn of Sur Lie.
Learn more about Shef Mimi Weissenborn in our Portland Wine Week Chef Feature Reel sponsored by Buoy Local, or in the Portland Wine Week Blog.
You’ll sip five incredible wines, each paired with food thoughtfully prepared by Shef Weissenborn while indulging in a scenic sail through the Casco Bay. Join us on board the 74-foot immaculate sailboat, Frances, built by her Captain and crew on Portland's waterfront. Take in the views of Maine lighthouses, islands, and waterways. You'll walk away knowing a lot about wine, how regional influences impact wine styles and quality, and gain confidence knowing how to evaluate, select and pair wines and describe what you smell and taste.
MEUN: TBD
The menu will be available close to the date of the event as the chef takes inspiration from only the freshest local ingredients. Due to the format of this event, we unable to accommodate food substitutions.
LINK: 6/18/23 Chef Series | Wine + Food Sail with Mimi Weissenborn of Sur Lie
Mimi Weissenborn | Creative Director & Executive Shef of Sur Lie and Gather Restaurant
A native Maryland crab, Shef studied at L’Academie de Cuisine and promptly decided to pursue a culinary career in New York City as a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. As the Creative Director, and later Executive Chef, at Vinateria she received a Michelin recommendation, participated in multiple chef collaborations such as New York City Food & Wine Festival, Harlem Eat Up and a gamut of James Beard Foundation dinners headlining and selling out one of her very own.