Five Course Spanish Wine Dinner

Thursday, March 24 2023

Our most recent Wine Dinner was certainly one for the books. We were lucky enough to host Sean Sutton of VinoVi & Co, where he beautifully presented 6 unique wines all hailing from very small vineyards in Spain. Chef Matt created a fabulous menu to go along with each of these unique wines, which was received wonderfully by the members in attendance.

We started the night off in typical Wine Dinner fashion –with bubbles! Raventos Blanc de Blanc was delightful and was accompanied by a flavorful charcuterie board. Our first course started with European style oysters, accompanied by a green apple mignonette and granita, while being paired with a Catalunya white blend, Can Sumoi ‘Perfum’. The second course of the evening was a duo of Scallop Crudo and Duck Rillette and paired with a white blend hailing from the Ribeiro region, ‘The Flower & The Bee’. The third course saw Chef Matt reach for a traditional Spanish classic,

Paella, which featured Rabbit & Chicken paired with the Can Sumoi, Garnaxta Red Blend from Catalunya. The final dinner course featured a very lovely White Bean & Goat stew, paired with a Rioja Tempranillo, ‘Finca de Los Locos’. The dessert course, curated by our Pastry Chef, Christina Wood was a decadent Pistachio Almond Tart with Pistachio Mousse & Almond Frangapan, which was wonderfully paired with a Sherry Wine from Andalucia. Members were overwhelming pleased as they departed for the evening. The service team, led by Banquet Manager, Trevor Luteran provided amazing service to accompany the masterful food and wine.

Be sure to sign up for our upcoming Earth Day Wine Tasting Event on Saturday, April 22. You won’t want to miss this wine tasting as we will be featuring all Biodynamic and Organic Wines from the Great Lakes Wine & Spirits and Woodberry Wine portfolios.