Another Memorable Wine Dinner at Belga Café, with the (in my View) Michelin Star Level Cooking of Chef Bart Vandaele, the Worldclass Wines Selected by Olivier Lotterie of Vineyard Brands, and a Very Enjoable Ambiance (March 2024)

 

Another memorable wine dinner at Belga Café on the hill in Washington DC, with the (in my view) Michelin star level cooking of Chef Bart Vandaele, the #worldclass wines selected by Olivier Lotterie of Vineyard Brands and a very enjoyable ambiance. 

 

Invitation

Join me for a wonderful Wine Dinner on March 28th for $129++ per person and welcome Spring with us! at Belga Café.

 

Enjoy Chef's famous White Asparagus a la Flamande, Slow Confit Scallops, Spring Lamb Loin and a Honeycomb dessert that will leave you wanting more!

 

All this paired with outstanding wines from Vineyard Brands

The menu is inspired by chef Bart Vandaele and expertly paired by Olivier Lotterie, Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager Vineyard Brands Inc.

 

Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 pm.

 

Olivier Lotterie, Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager Vineyard Brands Inc.

 

Arriving

 

 

Dinner

 

 

The Menu 

Welcome

 

The tartare taco, crispy potato, cornichon, radish

 

First Course

 

Jumbo white asparagus a la flamande farm butter, egg, parsley, nutmeg

 

Domaine Weinbach, Les Vignes du Precheur, Vin D’Alsace, 2020

Wieninger, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Austria 2021

 

 

Second Course

 

Slow confit scallops, grilled mussels, chive beurre blanc with Maryland crab

 

Rully, Vincent Girardin, Vielles Vignes 2019 

Rully, Vincent Girardin, Vielles Vignes 2020

 

 

Third Course

 

Spring lamb loin, peas, fava beans, morels, mint, pate a brick, balsamic lobster sauce

 

Crozes-Hermitage, Maison Les Alexandrins, 2018

 

 

Fourth Course

 

Medow honey case, vanilla, honey Bavarian, clover pollen honey, orange, honeycomb tuile

 

Miles Madeira, Tinta Negra, 2008

 

The Wines

 

Bye-bye

 

First Wine Dinner with Chef Bart in 2011

 

With Jean Trimbach from Domaine Trimbach, Alsace, at Bart M. Vandaele’s Belga Café in Washington DC (2011)  

Pictures: Christian G.E.Schiller with Jean Trimbach at Bart M. Vandaele’s Belga Café in Washington DC

 

Previous Dinners with Chef Bart

About half of these wine dinners - Jurtschitsch, Max von Kunow, Gunderloch, Lafon Rochet, Clemens Busch, Immich-Batterieberg, Koehler-Ruprecht, Christian L. Stahl, Haut-Bailly - were organized by Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, with winemakers that we have visited on ombiasy wine tours and that were visiting the Washington DC area.

 

Winemaker Dinner at Chef Bart Vandaele's Trendy BToo, with Joël and Sandrine Duffau of Château La Mothe du Barry and Château Les Arromans, Entre-Deux-Merr, Bordeaux, in Washington DC, USA

Winemaker Dinner with Château Haut-Bailly at BToo in Washington DC, with Daina Paulin and Chef Bart Vandaele, USA/ Bordeaux (2018)

JJ Prüm Winemaker Dinner at BToo in Washington DC/ USA, with Wilhelm Steifensand ("Herr Prüm") and Chef Bart Vandaele (2018)

Winemaker Dinner with Jean-Claude Rieflé of Domaine Rieflé-Landmann, Alsace, at Bart Vandaele's Belga Café on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, USA/ Alsace (2018)

Winemaker Dinner with Christian L. Stahl, Winzerhof Stahl, Franken, Germany, and Chef Dieter Samyn at BToo in Washington DC, USA (2018)

Winemaker Dinner with David Reynaud, Domaine les Bruyeres, Crozes-Hermitage in the Rhone Valley, at Chef Bart Vandaele's BToo in Washington DC, USA/ France  (2017)

Post-Rieslingfeier and Pre-Big Glou Dinner with 3 Top Winemakers from Germany at BToo in Washington DC: Clemens Busch, Immich-Batterieberg and Koehler-Ruprecht, USA (2016)

Chef Bart M. Vandaele Celebrated the 2 Year Anniversary of his B Too Restaurant with the Wines of Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard from Chablis, USA/France (2015)

Winemaker Dinner with Château LAFON-ROCHET Wines and Winemaker Anaïs Maillet at Chef Bart Vandaele’s Hipp B Too Restaurant in Washington DC, US/France (2014)

A Feast with Jean Trimbach, Maison Trimbach in Alsace, and Chef Bart M. Vandaele at B Too in Washington DC, USA/France (2014)

Weingut Gunderloch – The New Generation: Owner Johannes Hasselbach in Washington DC, US (2014)

The Wines of Stefanie and Alwin Jurtschitsch, Weingut Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, Austria (2014)

Weingut von Hoevel – The New Generation: Max von Kunow in Washington DC, US (2014)

With Jean Trimbach from Domaine Trimbach, Alsace, at Bart M. Vandaele’s Belga Café in Washington DC (2011)