Cooper’s Hawk recently hosted a collaborative four-course dinner and wine event with Jeremy Ford for their wine club members and we were lucky enough to attend. Jeremy Ford was the 2016 winner of “Top Chef” so this was an event where we cleared our calendars to attend.
If you haven’t been to a Cooper’s Hawk, it’s worth a visit the next time you’re looking to try something new. We were impressed with the concept which pairs (no pun intended) a combination of restaurant, winery, and artisanal retail market concepts. The wine program at Cooper’s Hawk features an easy to navigate wine list and, actually, has one of the largest wine clubs in America. Cooper’s Hawk Wine Club offers its members exclusive wines, events and other privileges, such as this Dinner with a “Top Chef”.
Chef Jeremy created a menu inspired by the season bringing new and fresh ingredients to the table. The first course was fresh mozzarella cheese with Togarashi, Ponzu and covered in warm buttery goodness. The oak and citrus notes of Cooper’s Hawk Lux Chardonnay was a great accomplice to the first course. The second course was a light and flaky roasted Halibut with asparagus, morel mushrooms and chopped pistachio. The third course really covered some ground with a bone-in crispy short Rib and polenta fries paired with Cooper’s Hawk Lux Meritage. For dessert Jeremy highlighted strawberries as the star of this course with a Strawberry Sundae accompanied with Kaffir Lime Meringue.
We also had the opportunity to meet Master Sommelier Emily Wines, she recently joined the Copper’s Hawk Team as Vice President of Wine and Beverage Experience. We enjoyed speaking with Emily at the event and are very excited to see what she has in store for the future of Copper’s Hawk wine program. The brand recently launched a collaborative Pinot Noir Rosé with Food Network Chef, Tyler Florence. The wine is a limited production blend made exclusively for the company’s 250,000-plus Wine Club members as the “Wine of the Month”. This collaboration wine can be sampled by the glass in Cooper’s Hawk tasting rooms and restaurants. Happy rosé season!
