Aloha from the beautiful Kaua'i Beach Resort,
Our monthly Art & Wine event returns
next week Thursday,
December 6th ……and tonight we‘ve got something special for our
attendees!
For the month of December we are featuring a special evening of Art &
Sake!
About this month’s event…
The
price to attend Art & Wine is $15 per person (tax & gratuity
additional) which includes the wine tasting and a light menu of served
appetizers.
This
price also includes a dining coupon good for a 15% food discount off of any
entrée purchased for dinner at the Naupaka Terrace. The coupon will be good
for 1 month from the date of this event and is not combinable with any other
offer. It will be given out at the event to individuals who pay to attend -
limit 1 coupon per person. This discount offers attendees a great opportunity
to enjoy the art & wine, then stay on-site for dinner that evening or
return later to dine.
About the Art
Kauai-based artist Marionette
Taboniar will be on-site this evening with a mini-exhibition that includes her new collection of reverse
acrylic paintings on plexiglass, featuring beautiful underwater scenes! "Reverse"
acrylic means it has to be painted in a reverse method from the normal way of
painting. In other words, the details have to be painted first with the
background added last. Marionette is currently painting underwater scenes
of turtles and fish using this method and adds a touch of "gold"
paint which gives the piece a sparkle when held in the light at the right
angle.
Marionette fell in love with Kauai
in 1992 and has been painting "Hawaiian Style" ever since. Her
works include the techniques of acrylics, encaustics, silk painting,
watercolors, and pastels and can be found in public and private collections
around the world. Her latest commercial commission was "Tropical
Bamboo II" a 22"x30" watercolor for Design Studio of Honolulu
this summer. She has also created numerous designs for Kauai Coffee
Company.
For over five years Marionette has been operating her studio, Painting
Paradise, in Waimea where she teaches a variety of classes. In
her spare time she enjoys fishing and going to the beach with her husband,
Joe. For more information about Marionette and her art, please visit www.kauai-artist.net.
About the Sake Tasting
Our topic for the
evening is "A
Taste of Sake”.
Here are our featured wines:
Ryo is sprightly fresh sake smooth and luxurious as it
enters, leading to a subtle bitterness for an impression of dry sake.
Type:
Junmai Ginjo (Super Premium Grade)
Brewery:
Chiyomusubi Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.
Region:
Sanin, Tottori
Sake
Meter Value: +15 (Very Dry)
Alcohol:
16.2%
Polishing
Rate: Below 60%
Variety
of Rice: Not less than 15% of Koji rice
Serving
Recommendations: Chilled, Room Temperature
˜™ HAKUSHIKA NAMA FRESH & LIGHT
Made by a brief aging period and pasteurization right before
bottling, Fresh and Light Namachozo is characterized by a refreshingly cool
aroma and mild taste. Smooth, mild sake with refreshing aroma, aged at a
cool temperature before pasteurized.
Type:
Junmai Namachozo (aged for six months, pasteurized before bottling)
Brewery:
Tatsuuma-Honke Brewing Co., Ltd.
Region:
Kinki, Hyogo
Sake
Meter Value: +3 (Dry)
Alcohol:
13-14%
Polishing
Rate: 70%
Variety
of Rice: Gohyakumangoku, Hyogo Yumenishiki
Serving
Recommendations: Chilled, Room Temperature
Food
Pairing: White fish sashimi, usuzukuri (thin sliced white fish),
sukiyaki, teppanyaki
˜™ OZEKI SAKE DRY
Ozeki Dry is a smooth, dry and light-bodied sake with
refreshing fruity flavor. Tastes best when served chilled.
Type:
Junmai (Made with only rice and water.)
Brewery:
Ozeki Sake (USA),
Inc.
Sake
Meter Value: +8 (Pretty Dry)
Alcohol:
14.5%
Polishing
Rate: 70%
Variety
of Rice: Short Grain S-102
Serving
Recommendation: Chilled
Food
Pairing: Fried Chicken, Seafood, Poured over Oysters
˜™ HAKUSHIKA
SNOW BEAUTY
Non-filtered sake with rice flavor and mellow finish.
Velvety in texture with a pleasant fragrance of freshly steamed rice. This
Nigori sake (roughly filtered sake) a traditional favorite. Creamy with a mild
sweetness, this sake is deliciously unique.
Type:
Junmai Nigori (sake that has not been pressed fully from the fermenting rice
solids)
Brewery:
Tatsuuma-Honke Brewing Co., Ltd.
Region:
Kinki, Hyogo
Sake
Meter Value: -13 (Very Sweet)
Alcohol:
14-15%
Polishing
Rate: 60%
Variety
of Rice: Nihonbare, Koshihikari
Serving
Recommendation: Chilled
Food
Pairing: Yakitori, Japanese-style beef steak, tempura, fried foods
About the Food
Appetizers
prepared by Executive Chef Mark Sassone
and his culinary team will be served to accompany the featured wines of the
evening.
About the Music
Live music with Jonah Cummings begins at 6:00 pm in Shutters
Lounge that evening.
See you there!
