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What’s in a Name – Duck Season
Duck Season For the name of the main course, Dean and Lisa were just having fun, and remembering the Old Warner Brothers Cartoons when Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were trying convince each other that it was Duck Season or Wabbit Season, after which, Elmer Fudd would blow one of their heads off.
The black Trumpet mushroom, which forms the ‘soil’ is so named for its distinctive shape when fresh. Scientifically these are known as Craterellus cornucopioides, also known as the Horn of Plenty.
Risotto According to a legend, a young glassblower apprentice from Flanders who used to use saffron as a pigment added it to a rice dish at a wedding feast in Milan, the first recipe identifiable as risotto dates from 1809. It included rice sautéed in butter, sausages, bone marrow, onions with hot broth with saffron gradually added.
Acquerello Rice
Italian for “watercolor”, Acquarello rice used in tonight’s risotto, is the first aged Carnaroli rice, developed by the Rondolino family. It is chosen by the best chefs worldwide for making risotto.
Le Vieux Pin Syrah Cuveé Violette 2016
Cuvee Violette meaning “Purple Blend” is a Syrah for Pinot Noir lovers and was a Platinum Medal Winner at the 2018 Canadian Wine Align Awards. It is dark violet in color, showing a perfumed and floral side of this noble grape varietal…It is technically a blend is due to co-fermentation of the Syrah with 2.5% of white Viognier grapes, making for a silky smooth palate.
Le Vieux Pin winery, from French for ”The Old Pine” is located in Canada’s only pocket desert on the Black Sage Bench in Oliver, BC. The winery is named for the solitary majestic old growth Pine Tree on their family vineyard.