Special Events

Wine Dinner to benefit Saratoga Performing Arts Center

We are pleased to announce that we have paired with the importer Melissa Seré Selections for the Saratoga Wine & Food Festival on September 4, 5, and 6th.

Seré, a brilliant finder of clever and appealing wines in the Loire Valley, Provence and other regions, was planning to be with us during the dinner on September 4th. She passed away recently after a long illness, but will be represented at the dinner by Gary Cheong, who has lectured and taught classes around the world on her behalf for several years.

The meal will start with an amuse-bouche (taste tickler) of cured wild Alaskan salmon marinated in wine and coriander with Grande Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Rosé from Domaine Saint André de Figuière, 2001. The next course will be roasted wild striped bass with winter savory, paired
With Grande Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Blanc from Domaine Saint André de Figuière, 2001. We¹ll follow that with exotic mushrooms and barley in broth with truffle butter, paired with Bourgeuil Chateau de Minière from Couly-Dutheil, 2000.

Sunrise Mountain Buffalo Ranch in Cambridge will provide us with buffalo ribeye for the next course, for which Paul will make a sauce of black raspberries and bison stock. That dish will be paired with Chinon Clos de l¹Olive from Couly-Dutheil, 1995. A cheese course will be accompanied by Chinon Clos de l¹Echo from Couly-Dutheil, 1999. A dessert of fresh pears poached with vanilla will finish the meal.

Information about tickets can be found at http://www.spac.org/calender/wine.html or by calling 518.584.9330 x 3021