Special Pre-Release Tasting of Rubicon, Rutherford 2000 @ Peppermill Reno Wine Series Dinner
FebruaryÂ’s White Orchid Wine Dinner Series at the Peppermill Reno Hotel Casino, Feb. 23, will offer guests the rare opportunity of being the first to taste an extraordinary wine prior to it being released by the winery to the public.
(PRWEB) January 29, 2004
SpeThe wine is Neibaum-Coppola Estate WineryÂ’s fabled Rubicon, Rutherford, 2000, which isnÂ’t scheduled to be released to stores across the country until March 15.
Guests will also be able to sample Rubicon, Rutherford 1999 and compare it to the 2000 vintage.
The wine series dinner in the Peppermill’s award winning White Orchid starts with a reception at 6:30 p. m., with the “amusement of the chef” accompanied by Bianco, California, 2003.
Dinner will begin at 7 p. m. with seared New England scallop with roasted Portobello mushroom, baby spinach and Thai curry cream (Blancaneaux, Napa 2000).
The next course is duck foie gras with warm spaghetti squash and black truffles, with sage-duck reduction (Estate Merlot, 2002).
The sorbet is Satsuma tangerine with lemon-thyme jus.
Following that will be warm beet soup with braised lamb shank salad and toasted caraway sour cream (Cask Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, 1998).
The main course is petite filet of beef stuffed with Maine lobster and brie cheese wrapped in HobbÂ’s bacon, served with green onion potato puree and finished with roasted garlic demi (Rubicon, Rutherford, 1999 and Rubicon, Rutherford, 2000).
Next comes a serving of tiny greens with roasted apples and pears, English Stilton Cheese, drizzled with grapeseed oil and spicy Zinfandel syrup (Edizione Pennino Estate Zinfandel, Napa, 1999).
The dessert is fresh habana orange-mango puff with citrus Mariner glace (Sofia Sparkling Blanc de Blanc, Monterey, 2002).
Cost of this incredible wine dinner along with the chance to be the first to taste Rubicon, Rutherford, 2000 is $95 plus tax and gratuity.
Reservations are a must and this dinner is expected to sell out quickly.
To make reservations for further information plese call the White Orchid at 689-7300.
Located in the heart of Reno's new shopping, restaurant and entertainment district, the Peppermill Hotel & Casino has 1,100 beautifully appointed rooms including 185 five-star suites, 7 award-winning restaurants, 12 themed bars, free nightly entertainment, year-round waterfall pool and spa, complimentary full service health club, salon, concierge, gift shop, Hertz rent-a-car on site and a business center.
