July sees 3 very special dinners within the Rockpool Group, in 2 different states.
On Monday July 2nd, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne is pleased to announce a very special event , “An Evening with Piedmont”. At $395 per person, this event, the first in a series, will be an experience not to be missed for true wine lovers.
2004 Bruno Giacosa Spumante on arrival preceeds 5 courses of Chef Will Cowan-Lunn’s delicious food, matched perfectly throughout. Without wanting to spoil the surprise, diners can expect Cape Grim 36 month grass fed rib eye of beef and David Blackmore’s full blood Wagyu rump matched with 2005 Giuseppe Mascarello Monprivato Castiglione, 2005 Conterno Fantino Sori Ginestra Monforte d’alba, 2005 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Serralunga, 2005 Luciano Sandrone Le Vigne Barolo, 2005 Marcarin La Serra La Morra and a mystery wine.
Bookings are now open on 03 8648 1900 and reservations@rockpoolmelbourne.com
Still in Melbourne, Monday July 23 and Spice Temple Melbourne brings you it’s first Regional Dinner for 2012. After great success in 2011 with these dinners, we are back and visiting Yunnan. Details are still being finalised but rest assured whatever Ben Pollard and his team put together, it will be sensational.
To secure your space at Spice Temple Melbourne’s Yunnan Dinner, phone 03 8679 1888 or email reservations@spicetemplemelbourne.com. This event is sure to book out early.
Across the country to Perth now, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth presents their 2nd wine dinner of the year on Monday July 9. The Barolos enjoyed during the first event were outstanding and this dinner is looking like being just as special. The “Italian Wine Dinner” will showcase wines from the Poderi Castellare di Castellina in the heart of the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, along with wines fromFeudi Del Pisciotto Estate in Sicily.
We are thrilled to be joined on the evening by renowned winemaker Dr Alessandro Cellai from Castellare di Castellina as our guest speaker.
Tickets are $175 pp and places are very limited. For bookings call 08 6252 1900 or email reservations@rockpoolperth.com
So that’s the big 3 for now…
But stay tuned because there is so much more coming up within the Rockpool Group in the next few months with more details on all events coming soon…
July 18 – Spice Temple Sydney throws open their doors for their first ever Regional Dinner as they journey along “The Silk Route” – a banquet style dinner with Andy Evan’s no doubt fantastic menu yet to be announced…stay tuned!
Join Neil Perry and Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth Head Chef, Dan Masters at The Mundaring Truffle Festival in WA on July 29. Being hailed as “Rockpool Rocks”, Neil and Dan will be cooking up some of their favourite truffle dishes.
And speaking of truffles, Phil Wood at Rockpool George St has been working hard on the menu for the 2012 Rockpool Truffle Dinner. We are yet to announce a date for this one but you can expect canapes and 5 courses of truffle matched superbly with wines chosen by sommelier Emma Plumridge. $360 per person will see you experience such matches as ’Truffle congee, bamboo pith, preserved eggs and truffle ketchup’ with 2009 Emmerich Knoll ‘Loibenberg’ Smaragd Gruner Veltliner, Wachau, Austria and ‘Chestnut and truffle grilled brioche with truffle infused egg and braised short ribs’ paired with 2004 David Franz ‘Benjamin’s Promise’ Shiraz, Barossa Valley, South Australia. Not to be missed, this one.
Book your seats now at any one or more of these fantastic dinners and we look forward to seeing you there.
