Foodstuffs: Wine Bar Opens in Sag Harbor and Clam Bar Catering

Salut! It’s Summer and Wine Time!

It’s official! Vin Sur Vingt wine bar has opened its doors on Main Street in Sag Harbor. The new location joins the eight Vin Sur Vingt restaurants operating in New York City and one in Washington D.C.

Led by founder Sebastien Auvet, part of a new breed of wine lovers whose focus is on simplicity, authenticity, and value, the new Sag Harbor bistro — open for lunch and dinner — features an extensive list of a continuously rotating collection of 250 wines, with over 40 different wines available by the glass coupled with a French bistro menu.

In addition, Auvet has partnered with a world renowned mixologist who will create VSV’s first-ever French-inspired craft cocktail menu.

For those who want to learn more about French wine, it’s a match made in heaven. The regularly rotating wine menu is carefully selected from regions like Bordeaux, the Loire Valley, Alsace, Languedoc, Bourgogne and even Corsica. And don’t worry if you have little to no knowledge of wine. The staff will guide guests through ordering the right glass or bottle paired perfectly with a gourmet charcuterie or fromage selection.

The French bistro menu, inspired by Auvet’s grandmother, is designed to engender the atmosphere of an intimate, authentic bistro-a-vin in France. After spending some time there, enjoying the food and wine, and listening to nostalgic French songs, you will feel transported to all things French and yearn to visit Paris for a little romance and adventure. A special perk for the night owls — if you stay past 10 p.m., enjoy VSV’s late night happy hour featuring 25 percent off any bottle of wine until closing.

If you love French wine, you’re about to love it even more and learn something new in the process. Starting August 1, in an effort to educate wine lovers who come to the restaurants, Vin Sur Vingt has announced the opening of Le French Wine Club. Owners Auvet and Rakesh Chandiramaniare determined to give their patrons the gift of wine knowledge.

“The more our customers know about wine, the more they will enjoy the experience,” says Auvet. “And the more they will want to come back again and again.”

How often have you gone out to eat for lunch or dinner and suddenly the waiter hands you a wine list? For so many, it might as well be written in a foreign language as most people really don’t have the knowledge to know what wine to order to complement their meal. Vin Sur Vingt’s Le French Wine Club hopes to change all that.

Plans are underway for members to have access to wine tastings, which will teach them how to understand the compatibility between wine and food. Wine educators will also be a welcomed addition with seminars. And Grand Tastings are being planned for the wine trade with management in talks with importer/distributors to bring their portfolios to all their restaurants.

All Vin Sur Vingt locations will participate. Le French Wine Club gets its name from the restaurant group’s Le French Wine Shop on New York City’s Upper West Side.

So this summer, raise a glass and welcome Vin Sur Vingt Sag Harbor, and toast Le French Wine Club starting August 1. Membership is free.

For more information about the new Vin Sur Vingt location in Sag Harbor, the menu and Le French Wine Club, visit vsvwinebars.com or call 631-458-2316 for more information. Vin Sur Vingt is at 29 Main Street, Sag Harbor.

Catering From the Clam Bar

The Clam Bar at Napeague has moved into the catering realm. The Clam Bar’s platters are available for takeout and can be designed for two to five people or beyond, and additional platters designed for small parties and events are also available and can be delivered within a certain mile radius.

The platters, subject to change, include: a Lobster Platter with large or bite size lobster rolls; The Seafood Barge which is a raw bar sampler with shrimp, lobster, oysters and more; Seacuterie Board platter of smoked seafood, tartar, seasonal crudité and antipasti; Clam Bake with lobsters, steamers, mussels, corn, potatoes with crab claw and extras available; Lobster Dinner; Baked Cake Platter with assorted seafood baked goods, clam bar patties, lobster cakes and crab cakes; Sushi Dog, fried stuffed sushi roll, topped with marinated salmon tartar and sauces; Crawfish Grilled Cheese, Creole seasoned crawfish and cheese mixed on top of brioche toast.

The Clam Bar at Napeague is at 2025 Montauk Highway, Amagansett. Orders can be placed two to five days prior to delivery date depending on the size of the order. Quotes can be requested by visiting bit.ly/3p5Y3rr or emailing catering@clambarhammptons.com. Call 631-267-6348 for more information.