26 Feb 2015
On March 27th, the 1-Michelin star STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill at InterContinental Hong Kong will present a Wine Dinner celebrating Fonseca Port Wine's 200th Anniversary. The dinner will be the first in a series of STEAK HOUSE 2015 wine events showcasing Wine Spectator Magazine's “Top 100” Wines, as featured in its annual list (www.2014.top100.winespectator.com)
The 4-course dinner menu by STEAK HOUSE Chef Chiu Ming Chan at HK$1,488 per person is paired with five vintages of Fonseca Port Wine (Fonsecation - Cocktails made with Fonseca Bin 27, Fonseca 20 Years Old, Fonseca Vintage Port 2009 – served in a magnum, Fonseca Vintage Port 2011 (which is #13 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 2014 List) and Fonseca Vintage Port 1985.)
The port wines pair beautifully with Chef Chan's menu of Duck Foie Gras Terrine with caramelized cherries, Pepper Crusted Margaret River Lamb Loin with beef lasagna and confit garlic, Wagyu Beef Cheek, Bourguignon Style with Fondante Carrots, and an A.O.C. Cheese Platter with artisanal bread, dried fruit and tangerine mustard.
Nick Heath, the Global Marketing Director for Fonseca, will be on hand to personally introduce the vintage port wines.
For the Fonseca 200th Anniversary Dinner Menu please click here.
About Fonseca:
Fonseca belongs to the first league of vintage port houses. Few Port producers have maintained such consistency of quality and style from vintage to vintage.
James Suckling, in his authoritative book on Vintage Port, writes: 'The vintage Ports of Fonseca are perhaps the most consistently great of them all. Not only do they have a striking fleshiness and powerful richness when young, but they retain that youthfulness for decades.' This consistency derives not only from continuity of family involvement, and the knowledge and skill passed down from one generation to the next, but also a close link with the vineyard. The firm's three estates of Cruzeiro, Panascal and Santo António are the heart of the distinctive character of Fonseca's Vintage Ports.
The house of Fonseca traces its origins back to the early 19th century. The first evidence of the firm trading in Port is an entry dated April 8, 1815, in the ledgers of the Real Companhia Velha, the royal monopoly company. This records the purchase of 32 pipes of Port by the firm's founder, João dos Santos Fonseca. His first documented sale occurred on 14th September, 1815, followed in 1816 by his first overseas shipment.
Fonseca's respect for the vineyard and the unique environment of the Douro Valley expresses itself in the firm's leadership in the field of sustainable and organic viticulture. It was the first house to offer a Port made entirely from organically produced grapes.
For many wine enthusiasts around the world, Fonseca is best known as the producer of Bin No.27. This fine reserve Port, launched four decades ago, is one of the most popular and successful Port blends. Sharing the heritage of the great Fonseca Vintage ports, it displays the opulent fruity character which defines the Fonseca house style.
About Nick Heath, Marketing Director, Fonseca:
Nick Heath was born in Oporto, Portugal in 1954 into a family which has been involved in the Port Wine business for over 170 years. His grandfather was a partner in Fonseca until 1947. Educated in Portugal and England, Nick graduated from Cambridge University in 1976.
After training in oenology at the University of Bordeaux, he then returned to Portugal to join one of the leading port houses where he was responsible for wine making and blending. In 1986 he joined Fonseca as Marketing Director, responsible for the worldwide marketing of Fonseca port wines and those of its sister companies.
For a selection of images of THE STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill and showcased Fonseca Port wines, please click here.
THE STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill is open daily for dinner and on Saturdays and Sundays for lunch.
For reservations, please contact our Restaurant Reservations Center at Tel 2313 2323 or
E-mail: fb.hongkong@ihg.com.
For further press information, please contact:
Carole L Klein
Director of PR & Communications
InterContinental Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2313 2335 / Fax : (852) 2721 5964
E-mail: carole.klein@ihg.com
