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Orange You Going to Drink That?
April 17, 2014
Red Hen just celebrated its one-year anniversary. While Chef Michael Friedman’s lovingly crafted pasta draws diners to Bloomingdale, it's often the wine program people leave talking about because of the unique offering of orange wine. Sommelier Sebastian Zutant (above) says they’ve sold about 100 cases since opening. “Somms are finally starting to push the envelope and it’s paying off,” he says. Orange wine is a throw back to how wine used to be made; it’s organic and biodynamic. Many of his orange picks hail from Eastern Europe or Spain.
