Zeru Miami, a new Basque restaurant in Brickell, is starting a series of regular wine dinners at their chic location across from the AKA Hotel off Brickell Avenue.
Each of these wine dinners will follow a theme that includes either a highlighted winery or a guest chef to the restaurant. The first of these gastronomic dinners was held on Thursday, July 6th with La Rioja Alta as the featured winery, along with paired dishes by Zeru Chefs Gabriella Guitron and Israel Aretxiga.
These wine dinners are different in that guests are not expected to arrive at one time and share a large table with a single presentation, but are encouraged to make their own reservations to attend any time between 7pm-9pm and enjoy a private dining experience through the paired meal. For the recent La Rioja Alta dinner, Zeru’s General Manager Alex Moredia, and La Rioja Alta’s North American Export Manager, José Navarro, guided the guest experience through each course.
Zeru Miami Wine Dinners Menu
The menu for the first dinner featured exquisite Basque dishes, including some prepared with the Josper grill, complemented perfectly with the wines of La Rioja Alta. A unique culinary experience from Basque Country that can be enjoyed right here in Miami!
Wine: Lagar D Cervera, Albariño, 2022.
Course 1: Roasted abalone, sea urchin, and mussel marinade
Wine: Viña Alberdi Reserva, Tempranillo, 2018.
Course 2: Aged sirloin, smoked olive oil, eel and idiazabal ice cream
Wine: Viña Arana Gran Reserva, Tempranillo, 2015.
Course 3: Josper quail, potato foam, roasted eggplant, and sun-dried tomatoes
Wine: Gran Reserva 904, Tempranillo, Graciano, 2015.
Course 4: Suckling pig mellow rice, wild mushrooms, and yuzu demi-glace
Dessert
Josper roasted warm apple tartlet and Habatonka fresh cream
For more information on future wine dinners, make sure to follow Zeru Miami on Instagram for updates, or contact the restaurant for dates and themes.
Zeru Miami Wine Dinners
1395 Brickell Ave
Price: $165++
RSVP: Call the restaurant to make a reservation. Reservations are available from 7pm-9pm
Phone: (786) 809-1395
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Jacqueline is a professional wine + travel writer, radio host, wine columnist, and consultant based in Miami, FL.
She is the monthly “Vino” columnist for Biscayne Times newspaper, a guest host covering the drinks segment on Linda Gassenheimer’s podcast show, “Food, News, and Views,” and Star Wine List’s Miami Ambassador.
Jacqueline is a Certified Sherry Wine Specialist & WSET 3.
