The Rhôneliest Fare of All
Dining Series | Featured Restaurant | Demonstration Kitchen | Artisan Food Purveyors
Dining Series
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Bistro Laurent Presents an evening with Michel Tardieu of Tardieu-Laurent - $125 per person
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bistro Laurent, 1202 Pine Street, Paso Robles
An unforgettable dining experience awaits. This evening will abound with delicious French cuisine and sought after wines. View the menu and wine selections that for the dinner. Space is limited. Call Bistro Laurent directly at 805.226.8191 to book your reservation.
Villa Creek Restaurant Presents the Fifth Annual Obscure and Rhônely! - $75 per person
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Join us in the courtyard for Chef Tom Fundaro's tapas paired with Rhone wines from importer Patrick Will of EX Cellars. Obscure and Rhônely is always a great way to kick off the weekend. Great food, amazing wines and great friends!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Sommelier Soirée - $125 per person
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: The Park Ballroom, 1232 Park Street, Paso Robles, California USA
Sommeliers choice! Top Sommeliers, hailing from throughout the United States, have searched far and wide, pilfered their personal cellars and promised favors they most likely cannot keep to bring an exceptional array large format bottles, filled with Rhône wines of course, for all to savor. Stay on the lookout for elusive Rhône producers as they will be amongst the crowd. Continue to indulge your palate with the tastes of Rhône inspired cuisine prepared by Chef John Toulze of the girl & the fig from Sonoma, California USA. To top off this fabulous lineup of food and wine your ears and feet wiil be entertained by the tunes of Grammy Award winner Louie Ortega and his band. This is an evening you don't want to miss! Space is limited. Purchase your pass on the Hospice du Rhône website.
Bistro Laurent Presents an evening with Phillipe Cambie - $125 per person
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bistro Laurent, 1202 Pine Street, Paso Robles
Spend an evening with a legend from the Rhône! This evening will abound with delicious French cuisine and sought after wines. View the menu and wine selections that for the dinner. Space is limited. Call Bistro Laurent directly at 805.226.8191 to book your reservation.
Saturday, May, 1, 2010
The Annual Farewell BBQ - $100 per person
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Frontier Town at the Paso Robles Event Center
It is hard to say goodbye to the many friends you have made at Hospice du Rhône. Really, it is hard for us to say goodbye Join us for our annual Farewell BBQ where a rocking good time is guaranteed to be had by all. Featuring Rhône inspired cuisine of Chef John Toulze of the girl & the fig hailing from Sonoma, California USA. Space is limited. Purchase your pass on the Hospice du Rhône website.
Bistro Laurent Presents an evening with Ex Cellars - $125 per person
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bistro Laurent, 1202 Pine Street, Paso Robles
Dine on the wonderful dishes at Bistro Laurent and enjoy the wines of Guigal brought to you by Ex Cellars. View the menu and wine selections that for the dinner. Space is limited. Call Bistro Laurent directly at 805.226.8191 to book your reservation.
Featured Restaurant
To celebrate the love of Rhône wines and the love for exceptional food we have invited our Rhône loving friends from the girl & the fig of Sonoma, California USA to create Rhône inspired dishes during the 2010 event. Proprietor Sondra Bernstein along with Chef John Toulze and their astounding culinary team will treat your palate with meals that pair perfectly with the worldly Rhône wines. You will dine on cu sine created by this dynamic team at the Friday Rosé Lunch, the Sommelier Soirée, the Saturday Lunch and Live Auction and the Farewell BBQ.
Sommelier Journal Demonstration Kitchen
Joining forces to showcase the parallel between wine and food Hospice du Rhône and the Sommelier Journal have gathered nationally acclaimed chefs to showcase their talents in the newly installed demonstration kitchen. Located in the Tasting Pavilion, Chef John Toulze and Chef Chris Jones of the girl & the fig, Chef Laurence Jossel of nopa and Chef Budi Kazali of The Ballard Inn Restaurant will share flavorful secrets, daunting knife skills, plating tips and more.
Catch these culinary experts in the Sommelier Journal Demonstration Kitchen at both the Friday Rhône Rendezvous and the Saturday Grand Tasting.
Artisan Food Purveyors
Tantalize your taste buds at the Friday Rhône Rendezvous and the Saturday Grand Tasting with alluring bites from a selection of Artisan Food Purveyors. Below is a list of the attending purveyors and the days they will be sharing their foods.
Brown Butter Cookie Company - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
Carmen's Dipping Sauce - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
Cattaneo Brothers - Saturday Grand Tasting
Chaparral Gardens Artisan Vinegars - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Dragon Pearl Tea - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
Full of Life Flatbread - Saturday Grand Tasting
Happy Acres Family Farm - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Morro Bay Oysters - Saturday Grand Tasting
Ocean Rose Abalone Farm - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Olea Farms - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
SanTásti - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
Savvy Wine Food - Saturday Grand Tasting
Skinny Kitchen - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Spice of Life - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Splash Bakery - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
Stewart & Clark - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Sweet Earth Chocolates - Saturday Grand Tasting
Trader Joe's - Friday Rhône Rendezvous and Saturday Grand Tasting
Vin'Tucci - Friday Rhône Rendezvous
Windrose Farm - Friday Rhône Rendezvous