Wine and Dining Informaiton

Event Description:
Join Davidsons in a worthy cause — Raising Spirits — at the Sanctuary Golf Course on Oct 8.  Enjoy the spectacular setting while helping to raise money to provide mental health services for those in need! You’ll enjoy great wines (all available at Davidsons!), wonderful food and company.

Here’s the chance to sample dozens of domestic and imported wines with hors d’oeuvres while listening to live jazz.  Peruse the most unique silent auction items, and participate in the live auction!

Popularity: 100% [?]

Includes a signed copy

of Chocolate Therapy

by guest speaker

Julie Pech,

the Chocolate Therapist

$79 excludes tax and gratuity

Chef Michael Long

chocolate therapy menu

Cocoa Spiced Seared Cedar King Salmon, wild berry

chutney, apple johhnycakes

Benziger Sangiacamo Vineyard Chardonnay, Sonoma 2007

Crisp Ducking in Mole with tomatillo relish, smoked

cranberry, butternut squash tamale

Gran Feudo Reserva, Navarra 2001

Chocolate Macaroni and Vanilla Mascarpone Cheese

Dark Chocolate Beet Cake with golden beet candy,

blueberry syrah syrup, sweet beet chips.

Cline Late Harvest Mouvedre, Sonoma 2005

Location and Contact Information:
Opus Restaurant
2575 West Main Street
Littleton CO 80120

Map
Phone: 303-703-6787
Web: http://www.opusdine.com

Opus | www.OpusDine.com | 2575 West Main Street • Littleton, Colorado 80120 | (303) 703-6787

Popularity: 72% [?]

If an opus is a set of compositions by a particular composer, then Chef Michael Long is the maestro at Littleton’s Opus Restaurant. As Executive Chef and Proprietor, Long has created an innovative fine dining experience best described as a culinary symphony.

A hallmark of Opus’ cuisine is the playful and deliberate mix of ingredients and textures – a thoughtful combination of five or six different flavors complementing the featured element. Presentation and composition highlight the technical precision and variety of cooking methods used, creating an artfully-arranged plate.

Bubbles & Brunch with “LovetoWine.com”
Presented by Chef Michael Long of Opus Restaurant

First Course
Mini Pecan Waffle with Lamb’s Bacon & Hot Peach Sauce
Or
Smoked Salmon & Danish Havarti Scrambled Egg Torte with Chives & Fried Capers
Gruet Blanc de Noirs, New Mexico

Second Course
Eggs Sardou – Spinach & Artichokes over Toasted Brioche topped with Lemon-Chervil Hollandaise
Or
Opus Eggs Meurette – Pinot Noir Poached Eggs over a Toasted Croissant with Caramelized Onion & Smoked Duck Breast
Codorniu Brut Pinot Noir, Penedes, Spain

Dessert
Duo of Crèmes – Granny Smith Apple Brulee & Cinnamon-Vanilla Anglaise
Nivole Moscato d’Asti, Piedmont, Italy

$45/ person
Tax & gratuity not included

R.S.V.P.
Opus reservations: 303-703-6787

Opus Restaurant is located at:
2575 West Main Street
Littleton CO 80160

http://www.opusdine.com/
Opus reservations: 303-703-6787

Popularity: 95% [?]

Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network to Host

5^th Annual “Raising Spirits” Wine Tasting and Auction

Englewood, Colo., (Aug. 27, 2009) Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network (ADMHN) will host its 5^th annual “Raising Spirits” Wine Tasting and Auction on Oct. 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia.  Proceeds from the event provide mental health and substance abuse treatment services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals in Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

A hallmark of the fundraiser is its creative mix of experiential auction items to encourage people to try new experiences, learn a new sport or discover live entertainment.

Capping off the evening is a live auction, hosted by auctioneer Gary Corbett.  Items include a four-day trip to Continue reading

Popularity: 20% [?]

This is defiantly not a simple “yes” or “no” answer since the preference of one wine over another is subjective to each individual.  Of course the level of knowledge an individual may have regarding wine certainly makes a difference. Those who know a thing or two about wine will be more particular about what they are drinking and better at detecting the nuances of the different styles and qualities of wine.  There are a few tricks of the trade when producing inexpensive (typically below the $20 range) wines to mask imperfections such as adding grape juice that has not fermented to sweeten the batch or to dollop a little acidity to balance too much sugar that a wine novice probably wouldn’t notice.

At first one might be inclined to say “yes, you should be able to tell the difference between the two because of the price difference” and in most cases you will.  However the truth is that Continue reading

Popularity: 51% [?]

For white wines 1 ½ hour is good and typically remove them about 15 minutes prior to serving.  On the other hand red wines don’t require that much time to chill.  You’ll want to basically put them in the refrigerator right around the time you’re pulling out the white.

And remember you’re always better off serving a wine on the colder side since it’s much easier to bring it up in temperature as opposed to chilling a wine down that’s been served too warm.

Forgot to chill your wine? There’s nothing to fret about – the quickest way to chill down a bottle of wine is to immerse it in a bucket (or kitchen sink) of ice water.  Yes this is more efficient than sticking it into the freezer because the ice water covers more of the bottle’s surface area thus chilling the wine quicker.

Popularity: 17% [?]