Wine Dinners: Rioja Restaurant Week and Esporao Wine Dinners

By Carrie Becker in Food on May 18, 2010 3:20PM

Rijoa Restaurant Week
Running through May 27th, over 30 restaurants across Chicago are partnering with the wines of Rioja to offer $25 lunch and $35 dinner menus that include a glass of wine. We are thrilled with this offer and wish Chicago Restaurant Week would follow suit and throw in a glass of wine next year (hint, hint, nudge, nudge).

For more information and list of participating restaurants, click here.

Esporao Wine Dinners
Some may say Esporao wines are so good they will “haunt you in your dreams” but we are most excited how well their portfolio of wines pair with several course meals. A special guest from the winery will be in town and playing host alongside Susan Gross at West Town Tavern, on Sunday, May 23, and Randy Zweiban at Province, on Monday, May 24, to deliver two perfect nights of wining and dining.

West Town Tavern Esporao Wine Dinner
Sunday, May 23rd - 6pm
Five Course, Five Esporao Wines. $85/includes tax and gratuity.
Call (312-666-6175) for reservations.

Some dishes to drool over include the smoked trout canapé with pea tendrils and minted pea relish and sautéed morels with shaved pecorino, herbs and sourdough toast.

Province Esporao Wine Dinner
Monday, May 24th - 6pm
Five course, 8 Esporao wines. $50/includes tax and gratuity.
Call (312.669.9900) for reservations.

Some dishes to drool over include the cod fritters, Living Water Farms greens and roast duck with currants, almonds, madiera vinagrette, Becker Lanes Farm pork confit.