Blog Laurent – French Cuisine

There are only a few wine tasting groups that deserve my immediate attention in South Florida and the Wine Wizards are one of them. I have been to just a few tasting events that they have put on and they have all been “once in a lifetime” tasting events. This last one was just a few nights ago at Daniel Boulud’s Bistro Moderne in downtown Miami. This new restaurant is a more casual version of the upscale French haut cuisine restaurants that were opening a decade ago. This is a mix between haut cuisine and classic French cuisine that is more comfort food than gourmet. Although the service was haut cuisine, which is what we expect from the formal nature of service in French inspired restaurants. The service staff was professionally dressed in tie and jacket and they served every course in unison, a very impressive little extra service point which is made easier by the fact that we all had the same dishes as this was a pre-planned event with multiple courses. The most impressive thing about the evening was the wine service, which was headed by Sergio Caceres the assistant General Manager and sommelier for the evening. These guys had a glass for every wine and they were removed and reset effortlessly without breaking stride and the pace of the event was perfect.