Longoria Wine Dinner

Friday, May 25, 2012

Delius Restaurant in Signal Hill along with The Wine Country hosted a dinner tonight with the winemaker Rick Longoria. Seeing that I am a single diner I get to sit at the rep's table which always makes for great evening.

We started out with a glass of 2011 Longoria Pinot Grigio for an aperitif. Nice wine.

First Course: Mache salad, jicima, goat cheese feta, blood orange gelee with a citrus vinaigrette.  This they served with one of my favorite Longoria wines. 2011 Albarino. Good pairing.

Second Course. Pan seared salmon, roasted shitake mushrooms, swiss chard & wild mushroom broth. The broth was to die for. Paired with a 2010 Longoria "Lovely Rita" Pinot Noir.

Third Course: Pork tenderloin sous vide, spanish chorizo risotto. I will say the the risotto  was outstanding. Pork was good but the risotto took the medal on this dish. Wine as a 2008 Longoria Tempranillo. Another very good pairing.

Forth Course: Lamb osso bucco, herbed spaetzle, mini root vegetable confit. Had two bits of the spaestle and had them box it take home. By this time I am stuffed. I did have the food the next day and it was really good. Wine poured with this course was a 2005 Longoria Alisos Syrah. Really great wine

Dessert was Russian Cream 3 ways, (plain, coffee flavored and lemon flavored). I really liked the tartness of the lemon. That was a new way to have this dessert which is Delius' signature dessert, Similar to a Panna Cotta but different

This dinner was sold out before it was advertised. Great food, good wines and charming company. I only wish that Delius would do a few more wine dinners throughout the year.