Cool Wine Dinner at Abacus Next Wednesday
From a cool PR girl with a nose for wine comes this:
What: Dallas-area diners are invited to a wine-centric dinner at Abacus featuring Melville and Brewer-Clifton wines. Diners will enjoy a four-course meal specially prepared by Kent Rathbun’s culinary team to complement the selected wines, while Stephen Janes, Sales Director, Partner and General Manager for Melville, educates and answers questions. Courses and wine pairings include:
Passed Appetizers
Shrimp corn dogs with lemon-hatch green chile marmalade
BBQ fried oysters with pickled pearl onions, Maytag cream and applewood smoked bacon
Melville, Estate Chardonnay Verna’s 2009
First Course
Hot sesame oil hamachi “carpaccio” with mango key lime, Thai basil and citrus falk salt
Brewer-Clifton, Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay 2009
Second Course
Andouille-stuffed quail with roasted pumpkin-sage spoonbread and cherry-ghost chile demi
Melville, Estate Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills 2009
Third Course
Grilled rack of lamb with Yukon gold caramelized cipolline “risotto,” asparagus slaw and mustard seed demi
Brewer-Clifton, Mount Carmel Pinot Noir 2009
Fourth Course
Browned butter huckleberry tart with smoked bacon sabayon
Melville, Estate Syrah Verna’s 2009
Who: Since opening in 1999, Kent Rathbun’s Abacus restaurant has received numerous accolades and has been catapulted into the local, regional and national spotlight with industry recognition from Mobile Four-Stars, AAA Four Diamonds, DiRONA, a Five Star rating from the Dallas Morning News and the “Most Popular Restaurant in Dallas” rating by Zagat Survey in 2007 and 2008. Abacus has been featured in publications such as Elle, Southern Living, Veranda, Texas Monthly, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire Magazine, Rosie Magazine and Wine Spectator.
Brewer-Clifton was formed in the early ‘90s by ex-surfer and rock singer Steve Clifton and ex-French professor Greg Brewer. Together they focus on crafting site-expressive wines that capture the essence of their Santa Rita Hills vineyard. Brewer is also the winemaker at Melville, a Santa Rita Hills winery dedicated to estate grown pinot noir, chardonnay and syrah.
When: September 28, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $95 plus tax and 20 percent gratuity per person
Reservations: Reservations are required. Please call Lydia or Natalie at 214-559-3111.
Where: Abacus
4511 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX 75205