Now that Labor Day has passed, schedule some time for a little light labor, and sign up for a wine dinner. With terrific food and wine, you’ll learn something about both. It’s a deal.
Café Boulud: A South African wine dinner
This classy restaurant in the Brazilian Court Hotel (301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach, 561/655-6060) is taking reservations for its Sept. 17 wine dinner.
It’s a four-course wine dinner featuring a South African-inspired dinner from Chef Rick Mace. Along with the food, you’ll be served Cape Point Sauvignon Blanc 2014, Badenhorst Family Red 2012, Sadie Family Treinspoor 2011 and Delaire Graff Chenin Blanc 2013.
The Café Boulud dinner starts at 7 p.m., and costs $85, excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are required.
Rhythm Café: Dinner with Sonoma, New Zealand wines
The eclectic, stylish Rhythm Café (3800A South Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, 561/833-3406) has been a West Palm staple for almost 20 years. It offers regular wine dinners paired with innovative dishes for a great experience. The Sept. 17 wine dinner features five courses, and five wines from Sonoma and New Zealand.
The wines include sauvignon blancs and pinot noirs from Schug Winery in Sonoma and Babich Winery in Malborough, New Zealand; and there’s a tasty Schug cabernet sauvignon with a yummy dessert. Dinner is $70, including tax and gratuity. Reservations are required.
About the Author
Lynn Kalber wasn’t born in Boca Raton, but she attended elementary through high school there, so she might as well have been. She’s a graduate of the University of Florida and has been in journalism most of her life, including 26 years at The Palm Beach Post. She’s written feature and food stories, and edited food copy among other jobs, including blogging about wine (The Swirl Girls). Her husband is writer and author Scott Eyman. They live in West Palm Beach with an assortment of cats and dogs.
