Sauntering Through France Wine Dinner

Name: Sauntering Through France Wine Dinner
Start: 2025-10-23T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Village Wine

Schedule

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Village Wine | Effingham, IL

Join us for a French Wine Dinner with Table for Twelve by Chef Thaddeus Bruno and Pete Beem, sommelier for Southern Glazer.
This will be a five course meal, paired with wines from the French region in which the dish originates.
FULL MENU:
MEET & GREET
Cheese Please
Bits of Chaource, Brie, Langres, and Camembert.
Welcome Wine: Louis Roederer Collection 254 Brut, Champagne
COURSE 1
Salad Lyonnaise
Bitter greens, bacon, shallots topped with a poached egg & warm bacon vinaigrette.
Pairing: 2022 Chateau Mont Redon Blanc Cotes du Rhone, Rhone Valley
COURSE 2
Coq au Reisling
Chicken thigh slow roasted in Reisling with mushroom, carrot, garlic, and herbs.
Pairing: 2020 Domaine Schlumberger Les Princes Abbes Riesling, Alsace
COURSE 3
Jambon Persille
Ham hock & trotters slowly cooked in a vegetable-herb-white wine broth, pressed into a mold and chilled. Served cold with crusty bread, cornichons, and house-made dijon.
Pairing: 2022 Frederic Magnien Croix-Violette, Cotes de Nuits, Burgundy
COURSE 4
Entrecote a la Bordelaise
Ribeye pan-seared in olive oil, topped with a red wine, shallot, & bone marrow butter glace.
Pairing: 2020 Chateau de Pez, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux
COURSE 5
Sticky Cakes
Canele vanilla & dark rum
Pairing: Chateau Bastor-Lamontagne 2018 Sauternes, Bordeaux