Pig & Peay ‘S’Wine Dinner

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

6:30 pm

Discover the Faces Behind Peay Vineyard
Over a bottle of Château Beaucastel and a rack of lamb, Nick convinced Andy to pursue a life in wine. They had spent the spring of 1995 listening to old jazz records and brewing beer. Nick would bring the wine for dinner and Andy, since he was trying to figure out if maybe he wanted to be a chef, would cook. One evening while washing down a bite of lamb with a perfectly paired wine Andy’s brain lit up like a Christmas tree. Forget life as a chef. Wine! A life in wine is the future.

Prior to that time, Andy had received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1992 and, upon graduation, spent a few years on Wall Street as a financial analyst. After leaving banking by way of trekking through Southeast Asia for a year, Andy studied economic development at UC Berkeley. That spring, Andy traveled to various wine regions and enrolled in the OIV Wine Marketing Summer Session at UC Davis. He continued to pursue his interest in wine by working the 1995 harvest at Cain Vineyards in Napa. By this time, Andy was hooked and moved to San Francisco to learn about the retail end of wine at The Jug Shop. During that time, Andy and Nick searched for land to grow cool climate Pinot Noir and Syrah. They purchased their land on the Sonoma Coast in late 1996.

While looking for a potential vineyard site and preparing to plant, Andy received an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Upon graduation Nick and Andy co-managed the planting of the first 30 acres. The isolation of the Coast proved to be hard and cash was getting low so Andy moved back to San Francisco to work as a brand manager for a gourmet food company, Napa Valley Kitchens, and as a brand strategy consultant with The Brand Consultancy.

In 2004, Andy very happily returned full time to Peay Vineyards to run the business and sell the wine. He feels very lucky to share a vision for making high quality wine with an intelligent, hard working winegrower and an exceptional winemaker who also happen to be his brother and sister-in-law.

$100 per person plus tax & tip

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Special guest – Andy Peay
Peay Vineyard
West Sonoma Coast

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Hamachi Crudo & Lardo Crouton
2011 Cep Rosè, Russian River Valley

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Uni
pancetta & potato chips
2010 Estate Chardonnay

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Whole Roasted Pig
steamed buns & garnishes
2010 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir & 2010 Pomarium Pinot Noir

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Roasted Wild Boar
house cured guanciale spaetzle & house made boar soppressata
2008 ‘La Bruma’ Syrah

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Almond Milk Doughnut
chocolate glaze & bacon bits
The Roasterie Coffee

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Andy Peay himself will join Kansas City Chef Michael Smith on January 16th.  Peay Vineyard has been lauded by The New York Times, San Fransisco Chronicle, Wine Spectator and dozens of other publications as producing wines of rare intensity and precision. All reservations must be made by contacting Nancy Smith via email at nancy@michaelsmithkc.com.

$100 per person plus tax & gratuity. Call Michael Smith Restaurant at 816.842.2202 or email Nancy to RSVP at nancy@michaelsmithkc.com.

In collaboration with Richard Kingston Zellich of Pinnacle Imports and Ryan Sciara of Cellar Rat Wines.