daniel george Restaurant Event

Steering Committee members, Jack Evans and Ron Wallace contacted Joe Davis, owner and Winemaker of Arcadian Winery, to purchase four bottles of every different Pinot Noir that Arcadian still had in sufficient supply in their wine library, all from the 2005 vintage. This ended up being eight different Pinot Noirs from 2005, totaling 32 bottles. Subsequently, James Powell and Wimberly Miree met with daniel george Restaurant Chef/Co-owner George McMillan, III to plan a dinner around these eight wines. A four course dinner was planned with two of the eight Pinot Noirs paired with each course. We later expanded the dinner to include hors d'oeuvres served with an Arcadian Chardonnay,  and a cheese course with which to end the meal. The idea was to blend a wine tasting with a full-blown dinner. Chef McMillan did a masterful job in creating the elements of a multi-course dinner to match with the tasting flights. The attendees gave the chef quite a long round of applause at the end of the meal.