DETAILS: Let Mimi Weissenborn taste you through female winemaker Brianne Day's eclectic collection of boutique wines made from fruit sourced exclusively from a small group of Oregon grape growers.
Day Wines are distributed exclusively by Crush Distributors here in Maine, which is also a female owned business. Laura from Crush wines will be personally presenting each wine to you.
All while you enjoy a performance by Chartreuse Money, voted Portland's Best Drag Personality!
If you've never attended a wine dinner at Sur Lie, you're in for a treat! Nominated as a semi-finalist for a James Beard award for Outstanding Hospitality in 2023, Sur Lie's family style dining creates a fun and unique dining experience. You'll taste your way through four courses each paired with its own unique wine. The food will be perfectly paired by executive chef Mimi Weissenborn, a Michelin Star recommended chef who boasts most of her experience in NYC.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the family style, sharing nature of our dinner we will not be able to accommodate late arrivals, allergies or dietary restrictions.
PRICE: $150 (Tax and gratuity not included)
LINK: Sur Lie
Portland Wine Week is Presented by Wine Wise with Partner Sponsors Bangor Savings and Buoy Local.
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.
Krista Cole | Owner/Director of Operations & Marketing of Sur Lie in Portland & Gather Restaurant in Yarmouth, Maine.
Krista Cole is a two-time James Beard semi-finalist. She is a semi-finalist for Outstanding Restaurateur and Sur Lie is a semi-finalist for Outstanding Hospitality. Leadership is something she takes very seriously, and feels that her most important job is to create an environment of equity, transparency, integrity and respect. She seeks team members who share her passion for the craft of hospitality and who believe in the contributions they make to their community.
