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An Evening Of Wine
Featuring Chef Mike Bagale and the Stephane Wrembel Quartet
Saturday September 20, 2025 at 6:00pm
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Saturday September 20, 2025 at 6:00pm
Overview
Join us in celebrating Caramoor’s remarkable 80th anniversary season while paving the way for more extraordinary music, art, and community to come. This special evening supports the staging of our Rosen House Concert Series.
Savor a 4-course gourmet dinner paired with rare and unique wines. Executive chef Mike Bagale, formerly of Michelin star restaurant Alinea, will present a creative and exciting menu to stand up to the bold wines from our donors’ cellars. The Stephane Wrembel Quartet will perform an intimate concert in the historic Music Room at the Rosen House. A silent auction showcasing other unique wines and experiences will run throughout the evening. Special guest, Pepe Raventós of Raventós i Blanc, 14th Generation Wine Maker, will join us to share his knowledge and one-of-a-kind wine.
Schedule
Throughout the Evening / Silent Auction of Rare Wines & Experiences
6:00pm / Champagne and Hors d’oeuvres
7:00pm / Gypsy Jazz Musical Performance by Stephane Wrembel Quartet
8:00pm / Dinner by Executive Chef Mike Bagale
Wines to be Served
Champagne
Krug NV 163eme (Magnum)
Dom Perignon Rose 2004
Raventós Mas del Serral
White
2000 M. Chapoutier Ermitage
Blanc De L’Orée (6L)
1996 Domaine Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet (6L)
Barolo
1952 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino Speciale (12.9L)
Red Bordeaux: Festival of Imperials (all 6L bottles)*
1982 Leoville Las Cases
1982 Ducru Beaucaillou
1982 La Mission Haut Brion
1983 Palmer
1990 Montrose
Dessert Wine
Chateau d’Yquem 2001 (Magnum)
*A selection of these options will be served – Vote on your top 3 with your RSVP!
Benefit Co-Chairs
Jim Attwood, David Barber, & Peter Kend
Seating is Limited / Cocktail Attire
For more information, please contact the Special Events Office at events@caramoor.org or 914.232.1492.
$2500 per person, inclusive of dinner, wines, and performance. All but $300 is tax-deductible. All tickets will be held at the door. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Payment for tickets may not be made through a donor advised fund. If you anticipate payment by a private foundation, please contact your legal advisor. Ticket purchases do not count toward membership. No refunds. Contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law.
About the Chef, Mike Bagale
Mike Bagale is the chef/partner of New York’s Sip & Guzzle, named 5th best bar in North America 2025 from the World’s 50 Best Bars. Under Mike’s operational and culinary leadership, Sip & Guzzle was likewise named a 2025 James Beard Award semi-finalist. Mike is also the founder of creative culinary consulting group Super Food Concepts. Prior, Mike served as the executive chef of Chicago fine dining institution, Alinea. During his eight-year tenure, the restaurant maintained three Michelin stars, and at its peak placed 6th best on the esteemed World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. In 2012, Mike became the first person in history to create floating food with Alinea’s famous edible green apple balloon. Though Mike is classically trained in French cuisine, his style and technique reflect inspiration from Japan, Mexico, and Thailand.
About the Performance, Stephane Wrembel Quartet
Stephane Wrembel is one of the most highly regarded guitarists in the world, specializing in the style of legendary composer/guitarist Django Reinhardt, a craft he learned among the great Roma musicians at campsites in the French countryside. This prolific musician, composer, educator, and musical director has released a steady stream of music since 2002, truly making his mark as one of the most original guitar voices in contemporary music. And while Wrembel is now considered one of the preeminent master guitarists in the world specialized in the Django Reinhardt style, he revels in transcending and expanding. His music incorporates jazz, blues, classical, swing, flamenco and rock.
“Perhaps the most creative improviser in Gypsy jazz today, Mr. Wrembel plays the guitar with a rich and colorful lyricism.” — New York Times
About the Viticulturist, Pepe Reventós
Dynamic, energetic and a lover of the world of wine and viticulture, Pepe Raventós joined Raventós i Blanc in 2001, but his association with the world of cava goes back to when he was young and spent his summers picking grapes at Sant Sadurní, where twenty-one generations of his family have lived since the end of the 15th century.
His life has been marked by social work, but above all by wine. From a very young age, he spent hours working in the fields at Saint Émilion, learning to produce red wine. He gained experience in producing wine with Didier Dagueneau in the Pouilly-Fumé AOC in the Loire Valley; Nicolas Chiquet in Dizy in the Champagne wine region, and Jean-Patrick Merignac in Saint Philippe d’Aiguille in Bordeaux.