Eleventh
2008 Tasters Guild Event
NOUVEAUX ET AMIS
Beaujolais Opening Night Dinner
Featuring 2008 Beaujolais and Other 2008 Wines
at Evans Street Station,
110 Evans St., Tecumseh
Thursday, November 20; 7:00 pm
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Map of
110 S Evans St, Tecumseh, MI
Above map is detail in town of Tecumseh
Map of
110 S Evans St, Tecumseh, MI
Above map is wider area map. 11 miles west of Saline is Clinton, where you turn south on the main corner to get to Tecumseh.
Proprietor Elizabeth Kennedy and chef Alan Merhar continue their pattern of excellence at Evans Street Station. Since Ann Arbor Tasters Guild last visited in February 2007, there have been some significant developments. Alan’s been made a partner. And the team is opening a new restaurant in the University of Michigan’s Palmer Commons not far north of Village Corner. University-affiliated, it’s not open to wine dinners like ours, but once everything’s in place and we can hook up with an ‘insider’, we might be able to line up a Tasters Guild event there sometime in the future. Meanwhile, Evans Street and Tecumseh beckon. Longer drive for most, but think of the time and expense you’ll save on parking!
Beaujolais Nouveau is first released the third Thursday of November. Last year, we had our first Ann Arbor Tasters Guild Nouveau Opening Night event, at Terry B’s in Dexter. The wines were tasty, the food delicious, and the group enthusiastic. The drawback was we couldn’t have privacy, and it was noisy. And I now feel the theme was too limited. So this year, in addition to the Beaujolais Nouveau range (last year there were eight), I want to invite other 2008 wines. We’ll have either the private or the main dining room depending on turnout. And a full menu, instead of merely a series of hors d’oeuvres like last year.
Here's the Menu and Wine List
Aperitif
2008 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU SAMPLING
Country Bread and Pate
Hors d’oeuvres
Black Mission Figs Topped with Four Corners Goat Cheese and Lavender Honey
Wild Forest Mushrooms in Brick Dough with Hollandaise
Petite Veal Tenderloin Scaloppini with Gremolata
2008 COOPERS CREEK MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC
2008 BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU ASSORTMENT
Mache Salad
Chilled Poached Shrimp, Celery Root, Kapnick’s Fuji Apple,
Toasted Chestnuts, Crème Fraîche, Cider Dressing
2008 TAPESTRY UNOAKED HOME VINEYARD MCLAREN VALE CHARDONNAY
Hubbard Squash Pierogi
Brown Butter, Crispy Pancetta and Bourbon Maple Cream
2008 MAIPE MENDOZA MALBEC ROSE
Roasted Duck Breast
French Green Lentils, Sautéed Spinach, Fried Shallots, and Natural Reduction
2008 BEAUJOLAIS VILLAGES NOUVEAU ASSORTMENT
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Spiced Vanilla Bean Crème Anglaise and Chocolate Ganache
2008 CRIOS DE SUSANA BALBO MENDOZA TORRONTES
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