Midwest Wine Press

MO’s Annie Gunn’s Prepares James Beard Dinner

by · March 8, 2013

Annie Gunn’s restaurant in Chesterfield, MO recently prepared a dinner at the James Beard House in New York and paired the food with Missouri wines. Glenn Bardgett, CS, CSW, and wine director at Annie Gunn’s, selected the Missouri wines for the dinner.

Bardgett joined the suburban St. Louis restaurant in 2001. Annie Gunn’s was one of the first upscale, culinary restaurants to put Midwest wine on the wine list. Annie Gunn’s currently serves 25 Missouri wines including Nortons from six different Missouri wineries.

Annie Gunn’s has won the Wine Spectator “Best of Excellence” award and Bardgett has been a James Beard Award semi-finalist in recognition of his outstanding wine service at Annie Gunn’s.

For more information see: Annie Gunn’s James Beard Award Winner

 

 

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Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.

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