Hot Date: Wine Poste and Chef Omar Flores (Driftwood) Teaming Up for Wine Dinner June 3

Newcomer Wine Poste, the wine retailer with a cool event venue attached, is wasting little time to get onto your social calendar.

Wine Poste superspokesmodel Ariana Hajibashi says they are starting a monthly wine and cheese pairing class on the last Wednesday of each month. The $30 snack attacks start at 8:30 and will feature nearly a dozen cheeses from artisan cheesemonger Scardello.  Register here.

Wine and cheese is fine, but the big attraction next month is a $125 wine dinner from Driftwood chef Omar Flores on June 3. Here’s his menu. Register here for one of the 24 seats.

First Course

Hamachi crudo with yuzu-olive oil, kumquats, jalapeno gel and avocado ice cream

2010 Brundlmayer Gruner Veltliner Kampatler Terrassen, Austria

Second Course

Tassione’s early wonder beets with local goat cheese espuma, petite arugula, fiddleheads, hazelnut and beetroot vinaigrette

2011 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Les Baronnes, France

Third Course

Ora king salmon mi cuit with Easter egg radish, black garlic, pearl onions and spring pea nage

2011 Bruno Clair Marsannay Rose, France

Fourth Course

Big eye tuna with speck ham, cauliflower variations, asparagus, aged balsamic and pine nut brown butter

2011 Anthill Farms Tina Marie Single Vineyard Pinot Noir, California

Dessert

White miso-vanilla pot de crème with yuzu caramel and hard spice whipped cream

2002 Oremus Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos, Hungary

The Wine Poste, 2001 Irving Blvd, Suite 145, Dallas, 214-272-3221