Annual Texas Wine Month Dinner

Name: Annual Texas Wine Month Dinner
Start: 2025-10-04T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-04T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Duchman Family Winery

Schedule

Sat Oct 04 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Duchman Family Winery | Driftwood, TX

Join Texas Fine Wine as we celebrate Texas Wine Month at our annual dinner featuring a 5-course dinner paired with exceptional wines from Bending Branch Winery, Duchman Family Winery, Pedernales Cellars and Spicewood Vineyards.
Hosted on Saturday, October 4 at Duchman Family Winery in Driftwood, the Texas Fine Wine dinner celebrates the end of harvest as well as the hardworking grower and winemaking families who make these outstanding Texas wines.
Duchman Chef Antonio Ruiz has created this special menu to pair with our wines:
Welcome wine: Bending Branch Winery 2024 Tannat Frizzante
1st course – Pecan zucchini flower fritter, fried green tomato, fried okra, Italian salsa verde, ricotta Bagna Cauda – paired with Spicewood Vineyards 2024 Estate Sauvignon Blanc
2nd course – Compressed watermelon with Gulf crab, goat cheese and pistachios – paired with Pedernales Cellars 2024 Alethia Rosé
3rd course – Sweet potato gnocchi tossed in fig brown butter, served with duck confit and chervil-herbed crème fraîche – paired with Duchman Family Winery 2023 Sangiovese
4th course – Espresso-rubbed lamb with oyster mushrooms, polenta, herb-fried kale – paired with Bending Branch Winery 2020 Petit Verdot, Narra Vineyards
Dessert – Chilled panna cotta with blood orange preserve and brown butter "peanut brittle" – paired with Duchman Family Winery Texas Bianco
Doors open at 6 p.m. Early-bird tickets until Sept. 19 are $105; after Sept. 19, tickets are $115.