Winemakers 2010 – Giorgio’s Table Virgin Gorda
Wednesday, December 1st
Giorgio’s Table, Virgin Gorda – Five Course Gourmet Meal
Giorgio’s Restaurant represents the meeting point for all those who believe in living a blissful life.What better occasion than a holiday in Virgin Gorda is there to live this unusual experience emersed in culture, special products, culinary creations and wine; so much wine has never before been seen in a place so far from the vineyards where it is picked?
Giorgio’s new cuisine is a combination of technique and traditions of worlds which have not yet disappeared, of peasant traditions where one loves the earth and everything it produces.The special prosciutti (cured meats) which come from Tuscany (Cinta Senese), An interbreed of wild boar and swine; the selection of pecorino cheeses which were up until a century ago the main sustenance for sheep herders in all of rural Italy, the mustards a middle ages recipe, the Buffalo mozzarella which is sent fresh to all the capitals in the world; all this combined with a cuisine unique in the pairing of its ingredients create completely new flavors and fragrances which can awaken in you long forgotten memories.
One comes to Giorgio’s to travel, to understand, to admire the tradition; to learn history and to have a pleasant feeling…in one’s palate, one’s body and one’s mind. Giorgio’s offers a new wine cellar holding more than 250 Italian Wines all currently in the Top Wines of Wine Spectator.These can be combined with a variety of cold and warm dishes including vegetarian plates, fish, meat and homemade pastas. And the tradition continues…Giorgio’s Table since 1994 in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. Giorgio will be there to welcome you and take you on this amazing journey.
Menu
Chef Mat Vacharat of St. John Catering in the USVI prepared the first course for the guests of the Winemakers Dinners, he served a delicious Grilled Caribbean Rock Lobster Cake, on Baby Arugula, Lime Vinaigrette and Annatto Seed Oil
Paired with the first course
2009 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Kabinett Mosel, Kettern
2007 Rock Star Blanc, Rock Wall
Celebrity Chef Anne Burrell of Food Network wowed the crowed with her second course of Orrecchiete with Broccoli Rab, Butternut Squash and Pepitas
Paired with the second course
2007 Gavi, Michele Chiarlo
2007 Riesling Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Spätlese trocken Mosel, Kettern
Always exciting Chef Roberto Treviño created a fantastic dish of Seared Day Boat Scallops with Curry Grits and White Truffles
Paired with the third course
2008 Beaune Blanc du Château, Bouchard Père et Fils
2008 Tiara Branco, Niepoort
Chef Clif Holt of Little Savanna Restaurant and Bar in Birmingham Alabama, gave the guests an unexpected surprise with his Hickory Smoked Duck Breast, with Dirty Rice Risotto.
Paired with the forth course
2007 Beaune Rouge du Château, Bouchard Père et Fils
2004 Barolo Cannubi, Michele Chiarlo
Heidi Benyair, Pastry chef at The Restaurant at Leverick Bay finished dinner off with a special treat of a Tropical Opera Gateau
(Layers of chocolate roulade, passion fruit mousse, Kahlua Syrup, and dark chocolate Ganache and Carambola Coulis.)
Paired with dessert was
2008 Sonoma Zin, Rock Wall
2005 Vintage Port, Niepoort
