An Exclusive Gourmet Dinner & Tutored Tasting Featuring Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon – Ottawa
‘Terra Rossa Trends’ –Discover the Latest Chapter in the Wynns Coonwarra Estate Cabernet Story
On Thursday, January 28th, WineAlign is pleased to present an exclusive gourmet dinner and tutored tasting featuring wines from Coonawarra’s pre-eminent wine producer, Wynns.
Join us for an intimate (only 16 tickets) tutored tasting and gourmet dinner at Ottawa’s Restaurant e18hteen with Wynns‘ senior winemaker, Sue Hodder. Sue will guide you through a tasting experience that explores expressions of Cabernet Sauvignon through the microclimates of Coonawarra, showcasing the variety of the region. Subtle changes in soil type within one region can provide quite different grapes, critical from a winemaker’s perspective.
Taste the different Cabernet wines from this revered terroir with creatively matched food selections.
Wynns is the Coonawarra region’s pre-eminent wine producer, with the largest holding of the region’s best and longest established vineyard sites. Today the wines are regarded as benchmarks for the district, lauded for their consistent quality and depth of flavour.
About the Winemaker:
Sue Hodder
Sue Hodder is one of Australia’s best-known winemakers and this year celebrates her 21st vintage with Wynns – making wine from wonderful, expressive fruit grown in the heart of the terra rossa. Sue commenced her career as a viticulturist. Sue believes her early viticultural training – assessing vines, analysing mature fruit and tasting the finished wine – gave her an invaluable insight into the importance of the vineyard in quality winemaking. Sue brings valuable experience with vintages in other noted wine regions around the world and has judged extensively in regional, national and international wine shows.
Sue will be joined by WineAlign’s Janet Dorozynski.
Event Details:
Thursday, January 28th, 2016
Location: Restaurant e18hteen (18 York Street, Ottawa K1N 5T5)
Reception: 6:30pm
Dinner: 7:00pm
Tickets: $125 including taxes and fees
*Please note there are only 16 tickets available for this event, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Reception Wines:
2014 Wynns Coonawarra Chardonnay
2012 Wynns Coonawarra Shiraz
Wine List for Tutored Tasting:
2013 Wynns “The Gables” Cabernet
2012 Wynns V&A Lane Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz
2013 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon
2012 Wynns “The Siding” Cabernet
2012 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon
Menu
Appetizers
Seasonal Soup
OR
Roasted Beet Salad
Sourdough cedar lavash, fromage blanc, lemon confit
Mains
Roasted Black Cod
Miso beurre blanc, rutabega, furitake
OR
Spiced Squash Fritter
Vegan walnut velouté, pickled and seasonal vegetables
OR
Grilled Bone in Pork Loin
Caraway, braised cabbage, pine nut cream
Desserts
Sourdough Babas
Vanilla and brandy, chantilly cream, fruit preserves
OR
Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée
Fruit preserves, spoon sweets
*There are no substitutions*
About Restaurant e18hteen
Restaurant e18hteen was named after its unique location in an 19th century heritage building in the ByWard Market Ottawa. Our adaptation of a Modern Steakhouse with a signature “Canadian Freestyle Cuisine” is a destination for local foodies, politicians, artists, celebrities and out of town visitors.
Our winemaker events have been consistently and quickly selling out. If you are interested in attending then we advise you to purchase your tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.