Solaire Resort and Casino’s Strip restaurant was recognized as dining destinations dedicated to wine and received the “Best of Award of Excellence” from Wine Spectator’s 2014 Restaurant Wine List Awards.
Wine Spectator releases the 2014 Restaurant Wine List Awards in the magazine’s August 2014 issue and features the world’s best restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal to a wide range of wine lovers.
Strip was ranked as “Best of Award of Excellence,” which is the second highest award that is given to a number of establishments across the globe. Strip, one of the country’s renowned steak place highlights variety of prime-cut meats from the United States, Europe, and Australia. These steakhouse offerings are complemented accordingly by inventive side-dish options, a wide selection of wines and world-class service all set in an upbeat restaurant rhythm which makes ‘Strip’ the hottest dining destination in the city. The essence of the list, created by our Wine Manager Gerald Savigny, was founded having in mind local preferences, complementing the cuisine offered at Strip and existing trend.
The wines at Strip are purchased at 80% percent from local suppliers. Wines selected are good representations from various regions across the globe. The remaining 20% are sourced directly from vignerons.
In France, with Denis Dubourdieu’s Clos Floridene and its Chateau Doisy Daene, the late Catherine Péré-Vergé stunning Chateau Le Gay and her Chateau Montviel. Valerie Roussel’s Roubine from Provence along with Jean-Luc Colombo in Rhone, Marcel Deiss in Alsace or Ampelidae (Frédéric Brochet) in Loire Valley.
Strips Champagne pouring brand is l’Esprit by Henri Giraud.
The Bordeaux Grands Cru highlighted at the restaurant are from La Place de Bordeaux directly (Pétrus, Lafite Rothschild, Mouton Rothschild, Haut-Brion, to name a few). And in Bourgogne are “Le Gardien des Grands Millésime” by Mme Lalou Bize-Leroy. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti was sourced from Burgundy.
In Italy, the unique vignerons are Roberto Anselmi in Veneto, Mario Schiopetto in Friuli, Arnaldo Caprai in Sagrantino and Masi Agricola. The U.S. exclusive reference is La Muse Vérité by Pierre Seillan.
Currently Strip holds 561 labels, wine selections from the old and new world and more than 10,000 bottles in the resort’s cellar. Strip has 2 wine walls in the restaurant, one of which being the longest and highest wine wall in the city.
