MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival 2015 MAWFF Program Guide | Page 30

WINEMAKERS AND WINERIES WINEMAKERS AND WINERIES Meet our international and national winemakers, descending upon the MidAtlantic from Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, California and Oregon. Meet our international and national winemakers, descending upon the MidAtlantic from Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, California and Oregon. MELInA TASSOU, Managing Director/Chief Winemaker, Domaine Kikones bILL & ROXAnnE WOLF, Owners, Eagle Eye Winery Kikones was a tribe of the best winemakers 2,500 years ago. It’s the first winery to produce handcrafted wines and practice VSP on organic vineyards in Greece, resulting in 21 awardwinning wines. Bill (a trained Chef) and Roxanne (an Artist) re-planted this historic property which dates back to the early 1900s to produce Cabernets (Franc, Sauvignon and Franc Rose), Petit Verdot and proprietary red blends, and AlphaWOLF Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil. TASTInG nOTES TASTInG nOTES Domaine Kikones, Thrace, Greece | kikones.gr 2010 Domaine Kikones Maron White is brilliant, white-yellow, with white-gold hues. On the nose, white flowers, sweet lemon, pineapple, peach, apricots and golden delicious apples. Fresh, balanced palate, clean fruit flavors, elegant, lean, tropical fruit finish. 2006 Domaine Kikones Limnio and 2008 Domaine Kikones Limnio is ruby colored with purple hues. On the nose it offers plums, sweet cherries, cinnamon, clove, coffee, cacao and blond tobacco. Full-bodied, melted, soft tannins, mellow liquorice. An irresistible lingering elegant finish. 2008 Domaine Kikones, Ippeas Kikones. A Bordeaux style blend, of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. A bouquet of ripe cherries, plums and red fruit aromas on a background of a carefully smoked barrel. Notes of vanilla and mint. Smooth, elegant, full bodied and velvety tannins, very long aftertaste. Eagle Eye Winery, napa, CA | eagleeyewine.com 2011 Eagle Eye Estate napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is deep purple in color. Ripe raspberries, dark cherries and black currants. French oak barrel aging adds silky vanilla to the long, fruit driven finish. 2008 Eagle Eye Infatuation is a rich, juicy, medium-bodied, proprietary blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Syrah, 7% Petit Verdot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 6% Malbec. 2009 Eagle Eye Estate Petit Verdot is a very special limited production wine with aromas of violets, deep, dark, intense color and elegant ripe blackberry and raspberry fruit. The finish is long with soft, beautifully structured tannins. This is a big, fruity, wine. 2008 Eagle Eye Voluptuous, proprietary red blend, has a deep violet color with aromas of blackberry and dark cherry with earthy spice. The mouthfeel is soft and powerful with silky tannins and bright fruit. In the long finish the fruit and spice is ever-present. 2013 Eagle Eye Estate Cabernet Franc Rosé is luscious ripe blackberry and raspberry and a long fruit finish. 2009 Eagle Eye Estate Cabernet Franc, aromas of cassis and dark cherries. The front palate is full with great black and blueberry fruit. Long, lingering fruit and spice finish. This 5-course dinner takes place in the Barn at Shady Grove Farm Menu highlights: Tourchon of foie gras with baby dandelion and fennel ash, creamy sherry and blue swimmer crab bisque with scallops smoked at the table, 100-year old Seppeltsfield Port barrel shavings, rack of spring lamb with foraged ramp and mint pesto Chefs: Gary Trevisani, Owen Andrews, Caswell Pondt, Ashbell McElveen, Ranney Moran Winemakers: Warren Randall, Eric Miller, Kieran Robinson Wines: Lagarde Winery, The Old Faithful, Ee’Z, Kieran Robinson Wines, Palmeri Wines, Chateau Lagrezette, Reichsrat von Buhl, Domaine Kikones, Cape Point Vineyards, Bodegas Valparaíso, Príncipe de Viana 30 We asked 5 Delaware chefs what they would like to eat at their last meal. And then we asked them to squeeze their last meal into a single course each. Expect heavenly dishes to die for! Salad with ‘pastrami’ smoked duck breast and strawberries, foie gras stuffed scallops with grilled ramps and duck bacon, veal chop with mushroom Chefs: Dan Butler, Eric Aber, Lion Gardner, Michele Mitchell, Donny Merrill. Winemakers: Jon Staenberg, Lucila Pescarmona, Bill Wolf, Stephan du Toit, Teresa Maroto Wines: Hand of God, Lagarde Winery, Eagle Eye Winery, Dieu Donne Vineyards, Chateau Lagrezette, Reichsrat von Buhl, Hook & Ladder, Bodegas Valparaíso, Rioja Vega, The Old Faithful 31