Join us in a celebration of Madeira from The Rare Wine Co. We will host owner/founder Mannie Berk amid a dazzling display of America's original favorite wine: Madeira. We will showcase Montepeloso Nardo, an exceptional wine from the coast Bolgheri coast, made available exclusively for us, in Kansas.

Welcome Wine
Baltimore Rainwater Madeira

First Course
Lobster Bisque
lobster coral butter, lemon brioche crumb
Charleston Sercial Madeira

Second Course
Almond-Celeriac Pansotti
wild boar ragù and honey roasted chestnuts 

Savannah Verdelho Madeira
and
1995 D'Oliveira Tinta Negra Medium Dry Madeira

Main Course
Breast of Duck
melted endive, duck confit, parsnip latkes, cherry demi-glace 

Montepeloso Nardo 2021 Costa Toscana, Italy

Dessert
Fig Leaf Semifreddo
fresh figs, fig leaf jam and oil

New York Malmsey Madeira and 1990 D'Oliveira Malvasia Madeira

$165 per person, plus tax and gratuity
Doors will open at 5:30pm and dinner will begin at 6:00pm

The Rare Wine Co is recognized as one of America’s premier wine merchants, in the dual roles of national importer and retailer. We represent more than thirty iconic producers exclusively for either California or the U.S. We also vigorously champion several dozen others whose wines and philosophy we deeply admire, and support our belief in them with an unparalleled library of wines dating back decades. Menu and wine details coming soon!

$165 per person, plus tax and gratuity

MANNIE BERK, FOUNDER, THE RARE WINE CO.

After an earlier career in government in Chicago and Boston, and a few years writing and teaching about wine, Mannie Berk couldn’t resist the call of a vast quantity of old Madeira he found in London in 1987. Two years later he founded The Rare Wine Co. Since that time, he has made RWC America’s finest non-auction source for older wines, including Madeira, of which he is considered the country’s leading authority.

In 2011, he edited and co-authored the second edition of Noel Cossart’s Madeira, The Island Vineyard, which the International Cookbook Awards named the best book on European wines published in the United States that year. In 2002, he was named Food & Wine’s Best Wine Importer, and he is a three-time James Beard Award semi-finalist and two-time Wine Advocate Wine Personality of the Year.