INVITATION: Wine Dinner - Cantonese Food & German / Austrian Wines, with Janet Cam and Annette Schiller (McLean, Virginia, August 24, 2025)

 

INVITATION: Wine Dinner - Cantonese Food & German / Austrian Wines, with Janet Cam and Annette Schiller (McLean, Virginia, August 24, 2025)

 

Culinary Strategist Janet Cam, best known as co-founder of LePavillon, the first nouvelle cuisine restaurant in America and winner of the Wine Spectator Grand Award for the wine cellar. She conducts wine tastings and is a consultant to hospitality businesses. Wine Educator and Wine Travel Organizer Annette Schiller, known for her in-depth knowledge of European wines provides brilliant pairings of German and Austrian wines with Cantonese dishes that Janet will cook from family recipes.

 

Join us

When:

Sunday August 24, 2025         6:30pm apéritif           7:00pm dinner

 

Where:

Home of Annette and Christian Schiller 

6404 Woodsong Court

McLean, VA 22101 

 

Please join us!

CHEERS

Annette & Janet

 

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A l'apéritif

 
Shanghainese Peanuts

 
2020 Grüner Veltliner Sekt, Reserve, (en Magnum) Weingut Steininger, Kamptal, Austria
Perfectly balanced fruit with mouth filling bubbles, nutty citrus palate, and a long fresh finish. The wine has the complexity and balance of fine Champagne.

Egg Drop Seaweed Soup

 
An elegant and comforting soup with a velvety texture.

2019 Riesling, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Grand Cru, Winery Hüls, Mosel, Germany
Having aged several years in the bottle this mature wine developed a smoothness that goes well with the velvety texture of the soup.

8 Jewel Duck

 
This braised duck dish is one of the favorite festival dishes served during the Chinese Lunar New Year, the most important holiday, when all family members gather together from near and far to celebrate together.

Celery & Cloud Ear Salad with Bean Curd
Eggplant Braised with Chinkiang Black Vinegar
Shanghainese Baby Bok Choy Stir-fried with Wild Mushrooms

We offer three distinctively different wines that will go well with the dishes. This offers you the opportunity to experience these wines and decide for yourself which wine you deem perfect with a specific dish.

2022, Riesling, Pur Mineral, Weingut Rudolf Fürst, Franken, Germany
2022, Cuvée Pinot Blanc/Gewürztraminer, Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz, Pfalz, Germany
2017 Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir), Tschuppen, Weingut Ziereisen, Baden, Germany

Festival Rice

 
Steamed rice was served at every evening meal in Janet’s family home. This rice dish is prepared with shiitake mushrooms, lop cheung Chinese sausage, cilantro and Zhongba 360 Soy Sauce which is naturally brewed without additives or preservatives for 360 days. This is a richly flavored soy sauce which has been continuously made since 1828 by one family in the traditional way “. . . this ultra-premium soy sauce is brewed in large earthenware crocks and hand-stirred daily for a year, just as it was done a century ago. The crocks are left uncovered during the day and this daily exposure to the sun and air introduces another layer of flavor specific to the locale and process. The result is a deep, rich, smooth umami flavor.”

Dessert

 
2023 Scheurebe/Pinot Blanc Beerenauslese, Cuveé Klaus, Weingut Steindorfer, Apetlon,
Neusiedlersee, Austria
Liquid gold, elegant nose of honey and peach. Powerful, complex and intense on the palate.

 

Janet Cam janet@janetcam.com 202.669.8896
Annette Schiller aschiller@ombiasypr.com 703.459.7513

Costs: $ 150. (all inclusive) Payment via Zelle to 202.669.8896

A portion of the proceeds will benefit AAPI https://www.chefsstoppingaapihate.com/ founded
by friends Tim Ma /Lucky Danger etc. and Kevin Tien/Moon Rabbit

 

All pictures are from:  Overview: Germany Rhein-Mosel-Nahe 2024 by Ombiasy Public Relations and Wine Tours led by Annette Schiller - Facebook Day-by-day Postings