La Nuit En Rose

On Saturday, June 14th, my friends and I attended the first ever La Nuit En Rose, a wine "festival" of sorts dedicated to Rose wine. We boarded a yacht on Pier 40 of the Hudson River to embark on a 2 hour trip around the island of Manhattan, passing the Statue of Liberty, going under the Brooklyn Bridge, and getting a great photo op in front of the awe-inspiring World Trade Center. How it works is you get a glass when you board the ship, and get to go around to about 60 different wine stations with over 100 different wine choices. We were surrounded by real wine connoisseurs who would get there taste of wine, swish it around, smell it, take a small sip, and then either agree to keep drinking it or reject it and pour it out into a bucket next to the station. Because my wine tasting pallet is not developed at all, I had to pretend to know what I was doing. I never actually poured out a wine except for one that tasted exactly like a Jolly Rancher, and I could not handle how sweet it was. There were professional photographers on the ship who took fun pictures the whole time. There was a dress-up booth area that we all took advantage of. As the sun started to set, we headed to the outside deck portion of the yacht to take some pretty breath-taking pictures and enjoy the beautiful view of the city. This event was a great way to get oriented with this unfamiliar city and figure out where everything is. We also got front row seats to monuments such as the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center.