Wines from the Duckhorn Vineyards in St Helena in the Napa Valley will be served with the first two courses at the Inaugural luncheon of Barack Obama in Washington today. The owner of the estate donated 10 cases of her wines for the special lunch.
The starter is a seafood stew, and will be accompanied by a 2007 Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc. A 2005 Pinot Noir from Goldeneye in the Anderson Valley will complement the main course of pheasant and duck, with sour cherry chutney and molasses sweet potato. The dessert of an apple cinnamon sponge cake with sweet cream will be accompanied by a Korbel “champagne”, from the Russian River Valley.
All the wines are from the California wine region, and will be enjoyed by 230 dignitaries. The lunch forms part of the inaugural programme, with a total budget of $ 1,24 million.
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