Imagine, come lunchtime one day this week, hanging up the Gone Fishin' sign at your cubicle.Imagine traisping over to the castle that is Smith & Wollensky in the Back Bay.
Imagine sinking into the luxe seat at your special table and settling in for the spread -- and we do mean spread -- of lunch plus of t-e-n (10) tastes of wine.
Luxe seat. Luxe locale. Luxe spread.
Not a luxe price.
How non-luxe?
How's ten dollars for those ten tastes of wine sound?
Pretty crazy if you ask us, but we'll leave the figuring up to the Smith & Wollensky accountants.
In the meantime, all you need to do is figure out what you're going to eat alongside those ten tastes of wine.
Oh, and make a reservation. Pronto. Because Smith & Wollensky's Wine Week is already underway, it only lasts until Friday, March 5, and it's only available for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Ten wines. Ten bucks. Plus lunch.
Gone Fishin', indeed.
WHAT: Wine Week
WHERE: Smith & Wollensky, 101 Arlington Street, Boston
WHEN: Now through Friday, March 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
COST: $10 for ten wines. Price of lunch is additional.
RSVP: Highly recommended. Call 617.423.1112 or reserve online.
DAILY TIDBIT:
Here's a bit of advice for tasting ten wines in one sitting, according to the folks who judge wine competitions and taste 75 to 100 wines a day. Their secret? They spit. That is, they look, smell, taste, and evaluate the wine, and then they spit it out.
If spitting out your wine isn't really your idea of a happy lunchtime experience, but you still should try and get some work done in the afternoon anyway, remember to sip leisurely (take your time, savor each taste, maybe take a break between whites and reds), eat as you drink, stay hydrated, and go into it with a strategy. That is, consider the list of wines being poured, decide which you'd really like to focus on (the Pinot Noirs, say), and spend more time (and more sips) on those.
WHERE: Smith & Wollensky, 101 Arlington Street, Boston
WHEN: Now through Friday, March 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
COST: $10 for ten wines. Price of lunch is additional.
RSVP: Highly recommended. Call 617.423.1112 or reserve online.
Here's a bit of advice for tasting ten wines in one sitting, according to the folks who judge wine competitions and taste 75 to 100 wines a day. Their secret? They spit. That is, they look, smell, taste, and evaluate the wine, and then they spit it out.
If spitting out your wine isn't really your idea of a happy lunchtime experience, but you still should try and get some work done in the afternoon anyway, remember to sip leisurely (take your time, savor each taste, maybe take a break between whites and reds), eat as you drink, stay hydrated, and go into it with a strategy. That is, consider the list of wines being poured, decide which you'd really like to focus on (the Pinot Noirs, say), and spend more time (and more sips) on those.
