| Bourbon Steak is located within The Fairmont | | | | My dining experience of epicurean pleasure |
| Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, | | | | started with a refreshing and perfectly chilled |
| Florida. Fairmont hotels and resorts are leaders in | | | | Scallop Ceviche garnished with Cilantro, Grapefruit |
| the global hospitality industry with a distinctive | | | | and served with Espelette Crackers paired with |
| collection and a worldwide reputation for | | | | IRON HORSE CUVEE MICHAEL MINA BLANC DE |
| excellence. Fairmont hotels and resorts offer | | | | BLANCS, Sonoma 2000. |
| guests an extraordinary place that is created by | | | | Staying with the chilled courses we were then |
| combining unique architecture and structure, | | | | served a splendid Sungold Tomato Gazpacho |
| expressive decor and artistry, and magnificent | | | | garnished with Peekytoe Crab, Avocado and Basil |
| features all in one great location. Add great | | | | served with PACO & LOLA ALBARINO, Rias |
| service to this and the result is an extraordinary | | | | Baixas, Spain 2007. |
| experience that would make your memory of | | | | Our next course was a rich and velvety smooth |
| Fairmont Hotels & Resorts a long and lasting | | | | seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras with Star Anise |
| one. I mention this because I know this to be the | | | | and Bing Cherries perfectly paired with THE RARE |
| truth; one stay at a Fairmont property and yes | | | | WINE COMPANY BOSTON BUAL, Madeira. |
| the memory will be a long and lasting one. So it's | | | | My entree choice was American Kobe Rib Eye |
| no surprise that the Mina Group has partnered | | | | Filet that melted in my mouth served with |
| with Fairmont. | | | | Castelvetrano Olives, Arugula, and Olive |
| What started out as a request to interview | | | | Oil-Poached Marble Potatoes served with a |
| Matthew Turner, Sommelier at Bourbon Steak | | | | magnificent CHATEAU MOULIN DE TRICOT |
| Miami on his award winning wine list ended up | | | | BORDEAUX BLEND, Haut Medoc, France 2004. |
| being a four and a half hour tour of sheer | | | | And no dinner is complete without dessert, but |
| epicurean and oenophile pleasure; this my | | | | what about three desserts? (I couldn't make up |
| treasured readers is what the afterlife must be | | | | my mind!) The desserts I ever so sinfully indulged |
| about, so come with me into the light of Bourbon | | | | in were Doughnut Tiramisu with Mascarpone |
| Steak Miami. | | | | Mousse and Espresso Syrup the freshest and |
| Matthew Turner, Sommelier at Bourbon Steak | | | | most delightful Peach Crisp with Blackberry |
| Miami, keeper and guardian of the two-time prized | | | | Sorbet and a trio of cool, refreshing Chef's |
| Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for | | | | Selection of Sorbets that was the perfect ending |
| his wine list. Matthew lives wine. What breathing is | | | | to the magnificent dinner all paired with a |
| to you and I, varietals, terrior, and vintages is to | | | | tremendous dessert wine, DR. LOOSEN |
| Matthew. There are 900 selections of wine on the | | | | BEERENAUSLESE RIESLING, Mosel, Germany |
| Bourbon Steak wine list and Matthew has | | | | 2006. |
| sampled, tasted and enjoyed all of them and can | | | | Bourbon Steak is a participating restaurant in |
| tell you about each of them. Matthew can pair | | | | Miami Spice, a restaurant promotion program that |
| your dinner with wine and take you to places of | | | | gives restaurants an opportunity to showcase |
| gastronome you cannot even imagine. No dinner is | | | | their very best cuisine inclusive of a three course |
| complete without its proper wine pairing and | | | | meal during the summer months of August and |
| Matthew did just that; properly pair wines with | | | | September for $35/person. The gazpacho, my |
| each of the five courses I enjoyed. Matthew | | | | entrée, the American Kobe Rib Eye Fillet |
| holds daily classroom wine sessions with the dining | | | | and all three desserts are items on the Bourbon |
| service staff teaching and training them about the | | | | Steak Miami Spice menu. I highly recommend that |
| magnificent world of wine. I had an opportunity to | | | | you take full advantage of Miami Spice and visit |
| sit in on one of the wine classes and there is no | | | | Bourbon Steak. You will undeniably be WOW'd! |
| question in my mind that whether it is Matthew | | | | thrilled and in awe of dining at Bourbon Steak. To |
| Turner or any member of his staff you question | | | | miss a dining experience at Bourbon Steak would |
| about a wine selection you will be guided towards | | | | truly be missing out on something extraordinary. |
| the right choice. | | | | And if you join Matthew and his team for dinner |
| It was an absolute thrill, course after course each | | | | on Wednesday night you'll get a double treat as it |
| one more exciting than the previous, I simply did | | | | is Bourbon & Blues night from 7:30-10:30pm. |
| not want this experience to end and did not give | | | | Bourbon Steak |
| much thought as to how much food and wine I | | | | Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club |
| could possibly consume in one sitting. | | | | 19999 West Country Club Dr. |