Best Restaurants For Wine 2018: 2 Winners In Port Chester

PORT CHESTER, NY — Cheers! Wine Spectator, one of the world’s leading authorities on wine, has assembled its 2018 list of the Best Restaurants for Wine, with winners ranging from neighborhood wine bars that serve small plates to opulent palaces with star chefs and elaborate tasting menus. Getting a mention on it is a pretty big deal for the restaurants (and for those of us who like to explore).

Alba's Ristorante and Tarry Lodge in Port Chester were among those receiving an award.

The lifestyle magazine on wine and wine culture gave awards across three categories — Award of Excellence, Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, which went to only 91 restaurants around the world. Wine Spectator experts inspect all candidates for the Grand Award to evaluate both quality of the dining experience and the cellar.

This award is given to restaurants with world-class cellars and wine lists that typically feature 1,000 or more selections, a breadth of top producers and outstanding depth in mature vintages and selection of large-format bottles. Restaurants in this category are also evaluated on the presentation of the wine list and the harmony with the menu.

In the Hudson Valley, two restaurants won the Grand Award, four were given the Best Award of Excellence and 13 received the Award of Excellence. (For more news like this, sign up for Patch’s daily newsletter, news alerts and updates. Also, download the free Patch iPhone app or free Patch Android app.)

Here are all Wine Spectator listings for the Hudson Valley:

GRAND AWARD
(91 restaurants nationwide)

• Crabtree's Kittle House Inn, Chappaqua
• Blue Hill At Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills

BEST OF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
(1,215 restaurants nationwide)

• Rivermarket Bar and Kitchen, Tarrytown
• Blu Pointe, Newburgh
• Moderne Barn, Armonk
• La Crémaillère, Banksville

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
(2,453 restaurants nationwide)

• Traditions 118 Restaurant, Granite Springs
• Winston Restaurant, Mount Kisco
• Cosimo's On Union, Newburgh
• Ruth's Chris Steak House, Tarrytown
• Il Barilotto, Fishkill
• Benjamin Steakhouse, White Plains
• BLT Steak, White Plains
• Morton's, The Steakhouse, White Plains
• The Supper Room, Chester
• Alba's Ristorante, Port Chester
• Tarry Lodge, Port Chester
• Crew Restaurant & Bar, Poughkeepsie
• Ship Lantern Inn, Milton

The restaurants are recognized based not only on the breadth of vintages in their cellars but also how well wine is paired with entrees.

“A Wine Spectator award tells our guests — current and potential — that our program has been vetted by a panel of experts and deemed amongst the best in the world,” Erik Segelbaum, corporate wine director for the Starr Restaurants group, said in a news release.

Segelbaum, whose restaurants won 16 Wine Spectator awards this year, said they tell “wine-loving guests that visiting one of our restaurants is time and money well spent.” The awards are well regarded domestically and internationally, he said.

“There is no doubt that Wine Spectator reviews and awards are held in the highest regard in the domestic and international community,” he said in the release. “Awards of this nature show our wine-loving guests that visiting one of our restaurants is time and money well spent.”

The restaurants recognized by Wine Spectator are in all 50 U.S. states and 75 countries.

Click here see all the Grand Award winners.

Click here to peruse all winners by metropolitan area.

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