COLUMBUS, Texas, July 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Big Easy
Ranch is one of only forty-seven restaurants in Texas to receive the Best of Award of
Excellence by Wine Spectator™. As noted by Wine Spectator™, wine
programs are evaluated on a number of criteria to be eligible for
this award. Only wine programs with superior presentation, proper
glassware, wine service training, and proper storage conditions are
considered. Typically offering 350 or more selections, these wine
lists must display excellent breadth across multiple winegrowing
regions, offer significant vertical depth of top producers and
offer multiple bottle sizes.
The Wine Cellar at Big Easy Ranch includes private wine lockers
for its members featuring over 750 wine labels and more than 4,500
bottles focusing on small, family-owned wineries and top estates
from the United States and around
the world. Big Easy Ranch Lodge Manager & Sommelier Scott
Benjamin states "The extensive wine list has been two years in the
making with half bottles, magnums, older vintages and vertical
selections that are carefully selected and curated to complement
the overall culinary experience. We are honored to receive this
award and be recognized among the most distinguished restaurants in
the state."
Big Easy Ranch has collaborated with Tor Vineyards for a private
wine selection that includes a 2018 Chardonnay and 2018 Cabernet
Sauvignon bearing the ranch's name. Winemaker Jeff Ames has worked with Thomas Rivers-Brown on projects such as
Schrader, Maybach, and Outpost and delivers bold, restrained and
elegant wines for these private selections.
Exclusive to members, wine dinners bring notable sommeliers and
vineyards that have included Tor
Kenward of Tor Wines,
Fred Dame, Master Sommelier and
founder of the Court of Master Sommeliers representing Daou
Vineyards and Fredrik Johansson with
Staglin Family Vineyard.
Located in Colorado County, Big
Easy Ranch opened in 2016 as a private ranch providing hunting and
sporting activities for its members and guests. Spanning 2,000
acres of hill country terrain, first class amenities include a
nine-hole par three golf course with practice facilities, golf
teaching center, sporting clays course, fishing lakes, infinity
pool, wingshooting, whitetail and exotic hunting, overnight
accommodations, first class dining and an award winning wine
program.
Direct inquiries relating to the wine program to Scott Benjamin, Lodge Manager & Sommelier,
and marketing inquiries to Nicole
Scarbrough, Membership Director, at 979.733.8635
SOURCE Big Easy Ranch