FoodWire: Southern Rhone Valley Wine Dinner at Liluma, Thursday, 1.28

Jan 20, 2010 at 3:00 pm

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Liluma (238 North Euclid Avenue; website) will host a wine dinner featuring the wines of the southern Rhone Valley on Thursday, January 28, at 7 p.m. Scheduled to be on hand for the dinner will be seven winemakers from the Rhone and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The dinner costs $95 per person. For reservations or more information, call 314-361-7771.

Chef Jim Fiala's menu and the wine pairings, after the jump...

First
Chicken "Pot Au Feu": Greenwood Farms chicken, root vegetables
Domaine Lafond 2008 Lirac Blanc

Second
Rabbit Pâté: Sunrise Farm American blue rabbit, cherries
Clos de Gamot 2005
Cahors Domaine Boisson 2007 Cairanne

Third
Roasted Duck Leg: Red-wine poached egg, frisee salad, duck stock reduction
Chateau de la Charbonniere 2007
Vacqueyras Chateau Fortia 2007 Chateanuef du Pape

Fourth
Grassfed Strip Steak: Rain Crow Ranch grassfed beef, pommes purée, marrow gratin, wine jus
Le Vieux Donjon 2004 Chateaunuef du Pape
Dom. Moulin Tacussel 2001 Chateaunuef du Pape

Dessert
Salted caramel shortbread with ganache