Bistro Campagne to Hose Le Clos du Gravillas Wine Dinner Wednesday, April 22

CHICAGO – Bistro Campagne, 4518 N. Lincoln Ave., proudly announces the Clos du Gravillas wine dinner as their April wine event Wednesday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. The dinner w includes five courses with pairings inspired by Le Clos du Gravillas wines. The dinner is $65 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and reservations are recommended. For more information or reservations, call 773.271.6100 or visit bistrocampagne.com. Additionally, reservations for Bistro Campagne’s popular Mother’s Day Brunch Sunday with extended hours and additional dining items for Mother’s Day, May 10 from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., are now being accepted.

Note: There is only one seating for the wine dinner. Late arrivals will be seated at the manager’s discretion.

Bistro Campagne kicks off spring with their latest wine event, the Le Clos du Gravillas wine dinner. The small organic wine maker grows 15 types of grapes, bottles nine types of wines and has only produced nearly 3500 cases in total. The first thing one notices with Gravillas’ wines are a freshness seldom seen in an area where many wines top 15 or 16% alcohol. This is accomplished both through the cooling winds that come down from the mountains as well as a decision to pick at lower Brix, or sugar content, to maintain balance. The founder’s passion is for local varieties from their corner of the Languedoc, particularly for Carignan, the grape they champion most strongly. Representatives will be onsite at this not to miss wine dinner to discuss the wines and Chef Adam Dittmer’s food pairings.

The menu for the evening is comprised of:

2013 Domaine Reine Juliette Picpoul de Pinot paired with Pacific oysters, pear and caviar

2010 Le Clos du Gravillas “L’Inattendu” Minervois Blanc paired with spring greens, peppered goat cheese, almond toffee and honey vinaigrette

2012 Le Clos du Gravillas “Sous les Cailloux des Grillons” VdP Cotes de Brian paired with wild boar ragout, house made wild mushroom and ricotta stuffed pasta

2012 Le Clos du Gravillas “Sur la Lune” Minervois paied with Cassoulet: smoked duck breast, house made sausage, pork shoulder and white bean

2007 Le Clos du Gravillas “LoVielh” Carignan VdP Cotes de Brian paired with lamb chops, gordal olives, whipped Yukon potatoes and au jus

ABOUT BISTRO CAMPAGNE
Bistro Campagne, located in Lincoln Square, is a warm and friendly neighborhood restaurant in the tradition of a true countryside French bistro. Late restaurant founder, Michael Altenberg, one of the earliest advocates of the farm to table movement, created a restaurant that, since 2002, provides delicious, seasonal options pleasing to the palate while remaining mindful of the origins of each item used to create the distinctive dishes. Chef Adam Dittmer continues Altenberg’s legacy by offering an ever-changing menu of classic bistro fare that is based on the best and freshest ingredients available. Dittmer’s commitment to organic agriculture leads him to seek products from local organic farmers throughout the Midwest and from organic farms on the west coast throughout the winter. Bistro Campagne is committed to the use of organic food products and strongly supports the sustainable, low impact agriculture movement.

Ongoing weekly specials and events at Bistro Campagne include:

Tuesdays: All you can eat mussels & frites night. $21 served with choice of oignon or pomme frites

Wednesday: Three-course Prix Fixe for $33, with menu changing weekly. Wine pairings (three glasses) are offered for an additional $15

Thursday: $8 for all cocktails, available for a limited time.

Sunday Brunch is open from 11 a..m. to 2 p.m.

ABOUT CLOS DU GRAVILLAS
Clos du Gravillas was founded in 1996 by John and Nicole Bojanowski, a Franco-American couple. The estate enjoys a stunning and unique location: inside the Parc Naturel de Haut Languedoc on eight hectares of crushed, white limestone gravel sitting atop a 1000 foot-high plateau, surrounded by Mediterranean brush and scrub oak. The domaine is certified organic (Ecocert) and the vineyards are worked with care for the preservation of soil life. Everything here is done by hand: weeding, leaf-removal, bunch thinning and rigorous field-sorting allow them to bring in pristine quality fruit. Pickers throw any grapes not good enough to eat on the ground. In the cellar the wines are ushered along in as naturally a manner as possible: native yeasts, no acid or water adjustments, no enzymes or additions beyond a tiny bit of SO2 at bottling.

With their head-trained, old-vine Carignan plot, planted in 1911, they’re creating benchmark wines showing the incredible potential of the Carignan grape when it’s treated properly. They’ve added almost a hectare of Terret Gris, a seldom seen indigenous grape, and also have plantings of Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Macabeo as well as grapes like Syrah and Cabernet.

Bistro Campagne, 4518 N. Lincoln Ave., proudly announces the Clos du Gravillas wine dinner as their April wine event Wednesday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. The dinner w includes five courses with pairings inspired by Le Clos du Gravillas wines. The dinner is $65 per person, plus tax and gratuity, and reservations are recommended. For more information or reservations, call 773.271.6100 or visit bistrocampagne.com. Additionally, reservations for Bistro Campagne’s popular Mother’s Day Brunch Sunday with extended hours and additional dining items for Mother’s Day, May 10 from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., are now being accepted.

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