Acacia Wine Dinner

Wine dinners are all the rage lately in town. Acacia Mid-Town is having one on Wednesday, June 30 called “All Things Local” where they highlight where the food was raised or grown, paired with a different Virginia wine.

Wine dinners are all the rage lately in town. Acacia Mid-Town is having one on Wednesday, June 30 called “All Things Local” where they highlight where the food was raised or grown, paired with a different Virginia wine.

Menu

Vegetable Gazpacho
 nasturtium oil, spicy shrimp
2009 Albemarle Rose, Kluge, Monticello, VA

Fried Softshell Crab
local sweet corn salad, Thai basil, sweet peppers
2007 Horton, Petit Manseng, Orange County, VA

Baked Fish
drizzled with olive oil, golden raisins, garlic, pine nuts, sautéed rainbow chard, preserved lemon, garlic and capers
2006 Barboursville, Barbera, Reserve, Albemarle County

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Braised Ayrshire Farm Beef Brisket
green beans, roasted local potatoes, Virginia whiskey peach sauce
2008 Horton, Malbec, Orange County, VA

The price is $35 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.

Vegetables are from Acacia Gardens at Buck Ridge Farms in Hanover and Old School Farm in West Point. Crabs come from Fisherman Ricky Walton and family in West Point. The fish is from Gordon Batley, Deltaville, and the beef is from Ayershire Farm in Upperville, VA.

To make a reservation, call 804-562-0138.

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Holly Gordon

Holly Gordon spends her days working with Richmond’s hearty nonprofit community and her nights singing in a community chorus. She loves her feminist book club, and is always distracted by shiny things.

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