It will take you awhile to peruse this list, but it is recommended reading. Yes, and chef John Hogan at Savarin delivers with his small but traditional menu of such standards as saut ed calves' liver, braised rabbit and steak frites. The list is 90 percent French and has great depth in several regions, among them Burgundy, Rhone, Bordeaux, or even Loire and Languedoc. If one of the goals in putting together a wine list is education, then the list at mk receives a gold medal. Michael Kornick has simplified the often-daunting task of selecting the right wine, thanks to his comments on flavors and textures one can expect to find in a wine on his list.
Every category is represented here, from American pinot noir to Bordeaux.
Generally the wines are listed in order of weight, from lightest to heaviest, and appellations are separated. Education also means turning people on to new things, and Kornick has gone out of his way to find interesting, offbeat producers. The choices of white burgundies, Sonoma County chardonnays and red Rhone varietals are especially impressive. Vong is the Chicago creation of famed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The cuisine here is very seductive, full of tamarind and lemongrass.