An Evening in the Northern Rhône
October 21, 2026 06:00 PM until October 21, 2026 09:00 PM
Join us at one beautiful long table in our dining room for a six course tasting menu and wine pairings, with winemaker Xavier Gerard, and Ludovic and Lucas Lionnet of Domaine Lionnet at the table to guide each pour. Two producers, two very different styles, and one of the great wine regions of France, paired with a menu built to match.
We are celebrating wines that come from two producers who work impossibly steep hillsides by hand, because tractors simply can't go where their best vines grow.
Xavier Gerard took over his family's vineyards in Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu in 2013. He farms organically on steep, craggy slopes and works with a light touch in the cellar, making wines that are elegant and precise rather than big and bold. His Côte-Rôtie is graceful and perfumed, and his Condrieu, made from Viognier, is bright and mineral rather than heavy.
Domaine Lionnet has been farmed in Cornas since 1575. When Ludovic married into the family in 2003, he took the reins and moved the estate to organic and now biodynamic farming, and some of the oldest vines, 50 to 100 years old, are plowed with a horse. The wines are made with minimal intervention and are wild, energetic, and full of personality, with a mineral edge from the estate's granite soil.
Side by side, Gerard's refined style and Lionnet's untamed approach show how differently two producers can express the same corner of France.
The Menu:
course one
trout crudo, celery root, smoked roe
domaine lionnet 'pierre blanche' saint-joseph 2024
course two
sturgeon, lardo, caviar
xavier gerard 'côte chatillon' condrieu 2023
course three
beef tongue, chicory, horseradish
xavier gerard 'lacombe saint pierre' saint-joseph 2024
course four
rabbit tagliatelle, rosemary, mimolette
xavier gerard côte-rôtie 2023
course five
lamb chop, carolina gold rice, quince
domaine lionnet 'terre brulée' cornas 2023
course six
pork loin, currant, matsutake
domaine lionnet 'pur granit' cornas 2021
dessert
basque cheesecake, apple, whey caramel
The dining room is reserved for this event for the evening. This is a ticketed event, not a standard reservation, and seats are limited. Dinner begins promptly at 6pm. Guests must be 21 or older.