11/19 – Virginia’s Award-Winning Linden Vineyards Five-Course Wine Dinner Experience Featuring Samantha Law Wilde, Winegrower Linden Vineyards & Four Award-Winning Linden Wines

Please join us Thursday, November 19th at 6:00pm, as Chef Jacques and Team proudly welcome winegrower Samantha Law Wilde of Linden Vineyards to L’Auberge Chez François.
Samantha’s father, Jim Law, founded Linden Vineyards in 1983 on 76 acres of long-abandoned apple orchard in the Blue Ridge Mountains about 70 miles southwest of Washington D.C., after several years of looking for vineyard land with high elevations and east facing slopes.

Linden was the first modern winery in North Virginia, and ever since its founding Jim has pioneered growing fine European grape varieties in Virginia’s challenging conditions, while mentoring a number of winegrowers who went on to found properties like RdV, Glen Manor, Delaplane and Mount Alto. He has continued researching and tweaking his methods, leading to improvements not only in the quality of his own wines, but Virginia wine more generally.

Still, Law says he isn’t done innovating. “The great joy of my life has been experimenting and trying to discover what this new terroir is truly capable of,” he says. When our sommelier, Alex
Bardsley, visited Jim and Samantha last November, he learned that they were trialing new grape varieties, but that “only Fiano made the cut.”

After almost a decade working in global health and international development, Samantha Law Wilde returned to the family business, along with her husband Alex Wilde, as apprentice winegrower. Like her father, Samantha focuses on the vineyard first, to ‘grow’ the wines rather than ‘make’ them.

Come savor the very best of the Commonwealth tonight with Chef Jacques’ award-winning cuisine and the four delectable wines of Linden Vineyards.

Merci Beaucoup et Bon Appétit!

LINDEN VINEYARDS WINE DINNER MENU

Reception-Meet and Greet
Chef Jacques’ Seasonal Canapes
Linden Vineyards, Avenius Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Corbeille de Pain Harvest Multigrain, Sourdough Rolls, Local Butter

Gratin of Chincoteague Virginia Scallops, Osetra Caviar
Linden Vineyards, Hardscrabble Chardonnay 2021

Claret Braised Creekstone Farms Natural Short Ribs
Linden Vineyards, Claret 2022

Herb Crusted Roasted Lamb Chop, Root Vegetable Medley, Thyme Sauce
Linden Vineyards, Hardscrabble Red 2021

Chef Pascal’s Gâteau Forêt Noire (Black Forest Cake)
Julius Meinl Roasted Coffee, Selection of Harney & Sons Fine Teas

Event Price: $195.00 (Excludes Tax & Gratuity), For a Total of $257.00 Per Person.

We are happy to accommodate guests’ dietary concerns so all may join the festivities. Please email chezlauberge@aol.com with any special requests. Patrons will have an opportunity to purchase these very special wines at a special price this evening.