Wine Dinners
I collaborate with several local restaurants on special Wine Dinners. Our wine dinners are multi-course dinners with wines selected to match each course. Price and location vary monthly. Please click on the events below for more information.
Upcoming Wine Dinners
Amuze Bistro: Patio Wine Tasting
Join me Sunday, June 7th from 12pm to 5pm for the grand opening of the Amuze Bistro Wine Garden! Bill Sherman will whip up some amazing tapas and I’m going to organize a wine tasting featuring over a dozen great wines from around the world. You’ve heard how great Amuze’s food is so stop in and check it out while relaxing on his new patio sipping wine and listening to live jazz guitar.
Location: Amuze Bistro, 292 S. Hwy 105 in Palmer Lake, CO
Cost: $35.00 per person in advance or $40.00 at the door. Reservations highly encouraged! Call 481-1700 to RSVP.
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MoZaic Restaurant: German Wine Dinner
Join me Thursday, June 18th, 7pm at MoZaic in The Inn at Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake for a German wine dinner featuring wines from all major regions of Germany. We’ll taste dry Riesling, off-dry Riesling, Dornfelder, and Sylvaner. If you think all German wines are simple and sweet, please join me so I can show you how beautiful and food-friendly these wines are!! Price is only $40/person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call MoZaic at 481-1800.
Spinach salad with poached pears, grapes, goat cheese and warm sherry vinaigrette
Paired with 2008 Leitz Dry Riesling
Pork schnitzel with braised red cabbage
Paired with 2007 Messmer Riesling Halbtrocken
Spicy sausage with tomato ragout and spaetzle
Paired with 2008 Kurt Darting Portugieser Rose
Braised wild boar with German style potatoes
Paired with 2006 Flying Ace Dornfelder-Cabernet
Apple date strudel
Previous Wine Dinners
Bella Panini’s Spring Wine Dinner
Two Dates: Sunday, May 10th and 17th @ 5:30pm
Place: Bella Panini in Palmer Lake, CO
Cost: $70.00 per person includes tax & tip
Reservations required. Call Bella Panini at 481-3244 to RSVP.
Our Australian dinner will feature wines from the Angove’s family, a fifth generation, family owned winery. On the 17th the Angove’s winemaker will actually join us for the dinner! Wine selections will include their Adelaide Sauvignon Blanc, McLaren Vale Shiraz, Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, a Shiraz-Viognier blend and a dry rose of Grenache and Shiraz. Hope you can join us. Call KT for reservations if you’d like to join us.
MoZaic Restaurant
Join me Thursday, May 14th, 7pm at MoZaic in The Inn at Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake for a Colorado wine dinner featuring wines from Two Rivers Winery in Grand Junction, CO. Brandon Witham, Two River’s marketing director will be our special guest. Featured wines will include their famous Riesling, Chardonnay, Syrah and Vintner’s Blend of Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. Brandon will also be raffling of a free night’s stay at the Two River’s beautiful chateau in Grand Junction (www.tworiverswinery.com). Price is only $40/person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call MoZaic at 481-1800. Menu to follow soon.
The Margarita at Pine Creek
The Spice Route dinner planned for Wednesday, April 22nd at The Margarita at Pine Creek has been postponed until Thursday, May 21st. Join us then for a special dinner exploring cuisine inspired by the ancient spice routes of the middle and far east. Wine selections will include red wines from Morocco, a South African Sauvignon Blanc and dry rose. Price is $55/person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call The Margarita at Pine Creek, 598-8667. Menu to follow soon.
The Margarita at Pine Creek
Join me Wednesday, April 22nd, 6:30pm at The Margarita at Pine Creek in Colorado Springs for a special dinner exploring cuisine inspired by the ancient spice routes of the middle and far east. Wine selections will include red wines from Morocco, a South African Sauvignon Blanc and dry rose. Price is $55/person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call The Margarita at Pine Creek, 598-8667. Menu to follow soon.
MoZaic Restaurant
Join me Thursday, April 23rd, 7pm at MoZaic in The Inn at Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake for a night of Portuguese wine and food! We’ll be featuring the wines of Bodegas Nieto Senetiner from Mendoza. Wine selections will include a Vihno Verde (white) , two classic Portuguese red table wines and a nice ruby port for dessert. Price is only $40/person plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call MoZaic at 481-1800. Menu to follow soon.
Vineyard in a Village
Join me Friday, April 24th for the 4th Annual “Vineyard in a Village” Charity Wine and Food Tasting Event. This year we are featuring wines and food from South America. I’ll have a dozen of my best wine vendors who will be showcasing dozens of tasty wines from Chile and Argentina. The event is held at Mr. Biggs Event Center in Colorado Springs from 5:30 to 9:00pm on April 24th. Tickets are $65/person or $550 for a table of 10. RSVP to Susan Fountain 592-0200 ext. 113 or visit their website at: www.cheyennevillage.org by April 17th.
I will also be organizing “Wine Seller Table’s of Ten” for the event. As a special incentive I’m offering a “buy one, get one free” ticket offer for the first 10 people to sign-up (paid at the store) with me at The Wine Seller. All proceeds benefit Cheyenne Village, a non-profit organization that serves people with developmental disabilities such as Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation so they may lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.