Meritage boasts the most focused food and wine menu in Boston. Chef Daniel Bruce and wine director Ed Costa aim to remove wine-pairing fears by grouping entrees by wine style, including poached lemon sole in Prosecco cream under Sparklers, ballottine of Cornish game hen with Full-Bodied Whites, or foie gras with pinot-cherry compote under Fruity Reds. They also offer small portions of the $28 entrees at $14, giving diners more chances to focus on their 50 wines by the glass and ever-changing, largely American, 28-page list. With such opportunities, it’s like having the annual Boston Wine Festival all year ‘round.
70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts
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617-439-3995
This story appears in the print issue of December 2008.
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