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An Arizona-based food, beverage and travel writer since 2008, I launched this website in 2015 to document my culinary adventures, beverage escapades, gardening endeavors, and travel in the Phoenix area and beyond. Also find a comprehensive calendar of Phoenix-area food and drink-related events on my Events page.

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Maple & Ash: Meet the Somm Wine Dinner

  • Maple & Ash Scottsdale (map)

Join Maple & Ash for an intimate wine dinner with new head sommelier, Daniel Webber, featuring a multi-course menu with some of Daniel's top wine picks. 5:30pm | Reception 6-9pm | Dinner. Cost is $375 pp and includes tax & gratuity. Note: Seating will be communal style. All ticket sales are final, but transferrable. For tickets, click HERE.


RECEPTION
Blacked Out Oyster
Croquette - confit duck, robiola, truffle
Champagne: Drappier Carte d’Or NV

COURSE 1
Seafood Tower - Alaskan king crab, scallop, clam, prawn
Chardonnay: Walter Scott “Freedom Hill”, Willamette Valley 2019
Chardonnay: Hudson Vineyards, Napa Valley 2019

COURSE 2
Octopus - frisee, clementine, grapefruit, lemon, calabrian chili, radish, herbs
Sauvignon: Venica & Venica Ronco delle Mele, Friuli 2020

COURSE 3
Raviolo - egg yolk, ricotta, truffle, chive
Nebbiolo: Elio Altare, Barolo 2018

COURSE 4
Chateaubriand - duchess potato, caramelized onion, bone marrow bordelaise
For The Table - fire roasted baby turnip & carrot
Cabernet: Cade, Howell Mountain 2018
Bordeaux: Chateau Sociando-Mallet, Haut-Medoc 2012

COURSE 5
Butter Cake - basted dates, candied orange, mascarpone, gelato
Dessert Wine: Royal Tokaji 5 Puttonyos, Hungary 2017