Last week -- in honor of BOKX 109's "It's Summer Somewhere Wine Dinner" coming up this Thursday night -- we asked you to tell us about the best summer you spent someplace other than Boston. (There's still time to submit your entry -- click here for details.)Maybe it was at the beach. Maybe it was in the mountains. Maybe it was the four-foot swimming pool in your Uncle Dave's backyard in Cleveland.
Wherever it was, and whatever you were doing, just thinking about it eases the pain of the weather outside, even if it's just for a few minutes.
Why not take it a step further?
The Summer-Somewhere dinner at BOKX 109 highlights wines from places that are nice and warm right now -- western Australia, that is, and Marlborough, New Zealand -- whose white wines are sunny and bright and all but shimmer with nuances of flavor.
Which will be just the thing. For the beginning of the meal, anyway.
But sooner or later you will have to think about going back outside and braving the reality of our winter.
That's why the two main components of the Summer Somewhere meal feature heartier fare -- beef au poivre, to be exact, and Karma BBQ'd Poisson -- paired with wines that are meant to spread warmth through your veins.
Check out the full menu here, and then start thinking about the best summer you spent right here, right in Boston, right in the place we all call home.
Remember something good? Tell us about it. It could win you two tickets to BOKX 109's It's Summer Somewhere Wine Dinner on Thursday night.
100 words or less about your best summer experience in Boston. By 5 p.m. tomorrow. Winner only will be notified the morning of Wednesday, January 27.
Sometimes the best experiences happen elsewhere, like at Uncle Dave's in Cleveland. But sometimes they happen right in our own backyard, too.
WHAT: It's Summer Somewhere Wine Dinner
WHERE: BOKX 109 American Prime Restaurant, Inside Hotel Indigo, 399 Grove Street, Newton
WHEN: Thursday, January 28 at 6:30 p.m.
COST: Normally $75 per person excluding tax and gratuity
CONTEST: Submit your entry of 100 words or less before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26 for a chance to win two tickets.
DAILY TIDBIT:
The wineries of Clare Valley in Australia, as a group, bottled their 2000 Rieslings under screwcap. In May 2001, wine companies of New Zealand formed the Screwcap Wine Seal Initiative, which lists the following advantages to using screwcaps: no cork taint, no more sporadic oxidation, recycling, and aging potential for both white and red wines.
