To celebrate her new collaboration with Baccarat, tabletop accessories designer Kim Seybert breaks out the bubbly at her home in Wainscott.
Caviar and potato chips offered the perfect salty foil to Seybert’s grower Champagne tasting, which she held in advance of a farm-to-table luncheon. “Champagne is always festive,” Seybert says, “and I am fascinated by grower Champagnes, which are made and bottled by the same people who grow the grapes, rather than one of the big Champagne houses.” The napkins are Seybert designs; the potato chip bowl is by Michael Aram.
Not surprisingly, Seybert sets a gorgeous table, featuring Ginori Oriente luncheon plates and a hand-dyed linen napkin of her own design, plus a shimmery napkin ring and placemat from her brand-new collaboration with Baccarat and its North America CEO and president, Jim Shreve.
Guests tried four different Champagnes from Wainscott Main Wine & Spirits and enjoyed Chateau d’Esclans Rock Angel rosé during lunch.
One of the four Champagnes guests tried.
Hors d’oeuvres included brisket, aged cheddar, and roasted jalapeño tacos.
Toasted corn cakes topped with avocado and cherry tomato.
Wainscott Main Wine & Spirits sommelier Luis Marin pours a glass for guests Karen Genovese and Kara Ross.
Baccarat’s North America CEO and president Jim Shreve busses host Kim Seybert poolside.
Sungold tomato gazpacho gets a little kick from ancho chiles, jicama, and Thai basil.
Seybert with guests Aret Tikiryan and Michael Aram and their daughter, Annabelle.
Dessert was a Meyer lemon pecan shortbread tart.
Guests Mary Fanizzi Krystoff and Lorrie Roschman flank Seybert.
The main course was local black sea bass roasted with lemon zest, herbes de Provence, and garlic chives accompanied by peas and asparagus from Green Thumb farm.
The guests say a toast to Seybert and Baccarat’s succès fou.