Ring in the New Year at La Samanna

La Samanna is offering the unique opportunity to rent out its award-winning wine cellar for a private New Year’s Eve dinner for up to ten guests. Enjoy a gourmet feast in this distinctive space, which reopened in early December after being extended in size to accommodate the 900- labels-and-growing collection.

The gourmet, seven-course New Year’s Eve dinner is accompanied by wine pairings selected by Wine Director Thibaut Asso, who will be on hand throughout the evening. The wines being served are Deutz rose, Ermitage de l’Orée M. Chapoutier 1996, William Seylem chardonnay 2005, Orneillaia 2003, Petrus 1983, and Pol Roger cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 1996.

The menu has been created especially by Executive Chef Daniel Echasseriau, and features such dishes as roast squab breast with open foie gras ravioli, and potato and onion croustillant and langoustine and smoked duck on rosemary stalk, lentil du Puy salad, onion compote cooked in red wine, and pissala sauce.

Long considered to be one of the most extensive wine cellars in the Caribbean, this underground oasis of wine features heirloom cobblestone floors from France dating back over 200 years, arched portals, and wrought iron accents. The cellar is reached via a back-of-the-house alfresco entry that is illuminated with torches. 

The cost starts at $700 per person, with a minimum of six people. For information and reservations please visit www.lasamanna.com  or call +590 590 87 64 00. Accommodations are  limited over this period, so please enquire soon.

La Samanna will also be hosting several gastronomic events throughout 2008. For further information please visit www.lasamanna.com/web/omar/omar_c3d_special_events.jsp or contact: