SF Jazz Center
201 Franklin Street
Jen and I went to the SF Jazz Center to see Marcus
Roberts. Marcus Roberts is definitely
one of the best jazz pianists of our generation and the show was
fantastic. He played a variety of jazz
standards from Jelly Roll Morton to Duke Ellington. He slowed down many of the pieces and played
them with a hauntingly, beautiful melody.
It is as if the pieces were filtered through a modern Chopin.
Why am I mentioning this on a German Wine blog? Prior to the show, we stopped at the café/bar
at the facility called South at SF Jazz.
We just wanted a quick drink (or two) before the show. They were busy so I didn’t bother asking to
see the wine list - I figured it would just be loaded with new world
wines. I ordered a glass of Scotch and
the bartender handed us the appetizer menu along with the wine menu when he
brought the drinks. The wine list is
short but the quality is amazing. There
are four German wines on the list including the 2009 Willi Schaefer Graacher
Domprobst Spätlese, the
2011 Dönnhoff
Kreuznacher Krotenpfuhl Kabinett and the 2011 Jakob Schneider Niederhaüser Klamm Kabinett. The wine list also included some excellent
Austrian Gruners as well as a Riesling from Kamptal.
At this point, I asked to see the dinner menu to see if they
served some Riesling-friendly main courses.
The dinner options include Wild Flounder with fennel and green tomatoes,
Louisiana gulf shrimp and grits with Jalapeno and Mary’s free range fried
chicken with “Delta” sauce. The most
expensive main course was $21.
