‘Natural Selection’ Wine Dinner
Wednesday, June 10th – 6:30 pm
Bell Wine Cellars
with Anthony Bell, Winemaker & Proprietor
Upstairs on the Square
91 Winthrop Street, Harvard Square Cambridge, MA
Call the restaurant 617-864-1933 for reservations
in the Soirée Dining Room

Our friends at Upstairs on the Square are calling this event Natural Selection. That must be ironic, because Anthony Bell’s success has come doing exactly the opposite
He is one of our favorite Napa winemakers, not only for his English accent. His breeding, however impeccably Oxfordian or Etonian is far less important than that breeding which he has performed upon Cabernet Sauvignon.
He was the viticulturist at Beaulieu Vineyards in its heyday, and brought to them the Cabernet Clone 6 which formed the core and the secret of their iconic George de Latour Reserves of the seventies and eighties.
When BV went from craft to brand, he started Bell Cellars using some of his best Clone 6 Vineyards.
Anthony will begin the evening with a short talk about Clone 6’s history and importance in Cabernet.
Then the fun as we taste his family-made, hand-crafted wines with a menu highlighting the summer bounty of local, family-owned farms.

Reception:
2007 Bell Wine Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, Lake County

Salad of Native Peppered Strawberries
Eva’s Pea Tendrils & Hillman Goat Cheese Tart
    2006 Bell Wine Cellars Reserve Chardonnay Yountville, Napa
 
Crispy Skate Wing
Allandale Farm Wilted Greens & Locally Foraged Mushroom Broth
2005 Bell Wine Cellars Merlot (Yountville, Napa Valley)

Steak Frites
Grass-Fed Beef, Parmesan Crusted Asparagus, Truffle Aioli & Fries
2004 Bell Wine Cellars Sonnette, Red Wine, Napa Valley
2005 Bell Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, Clone 6
(Rutherford, Napa Valley)

Crème Fraîche Parfait Glacé
 Best of Market Cherries & Taza Chocolate
N.V. Bell’s Port (Lodi)

$65 per person, plus tax and gratuity