Wailea-Makena, 2013-01-08 — /travelprnews.com/ — As part of the Makena Beach & Golf Resort’s new Winery of the Month Series, the resort will be hosting a special five course wine dinner featuring Cakebread Cellar Wines and special guest host, Vice Chairman and Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Cakebread Cellars, Mr. Dennis Cakebread. The special wine dinner will be held on Tuesday January 15, 2013 at 6:30 PM at the Molokini Bar & Grille.
The wine dinner will pair the international acclaimed wines of Cakebread Cellars with a special five course menu designed by the resort’s executive chef, Chef Marc McDowell. Dennis Cakebread will be on hand to provide his expertise on the various wine choices and share in the family tradition behind Cakebread Cellar’s premium Napa Valley wines. Menu items and pairings include:
Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc with
Molokai Potato Fried Lobster Salad
Blueberries, edamame, avocado, baby tomatoes, Maui onion and baby mache drizzled with a Big Island citrus vinaigrette
Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay with
Seared Prosciutto Wrapped Sea Scallops
Crisp basil polenta and Morel mushroom butter broth
Cakebread Cellars Pinot Noir with
Pepper Seared Ahi
Gorgeous Maui ahi, Molokai purple mashed potato, baby bok choy and cherry demi
Cakebread Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon with
Shallot Pancetta and Truffle Stuffed Filet Mignon
Creamy polenta, baby vegetables, savoy cabbage, Veal reduction
Cakebread Cellars Zifandel with
Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
Mixed Berries Anglaise
The dinner is offered at $100 per person, not including tax or gratuity. Seating is limited and reservations are required.
This five course dinner is part of the Makena Beach & Golf Resort’s new Winery of the Month Series. The series features a distinguished wine cellar every month with specials on the cellar’s wines and a multi-course wine dinner featuring the winery’s wines. For the month of January, the resort celebrates Cakebread Cellar Wines offering a three flight tasting with all of Molokini Bar & Grille’s weekly restaurant specials.
For reservations or more information please call 808-875-5888 or visit www.makenaresortmaui.com/dining.
About Executive Chef Marc McDowell
Since his appointment as Makena Beach & Golf Resort’s Executive Chef in October 2010, Chef Marc McDowell has revolutionized the resort’s culinary program, with creative menu development, providing expert direction and training to the resort’s culinary team, and overseeing food production in the resort’s four restaurants and catering department. Trained at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York, Chef McDowell has a background in French cooking, specializing in a fusion of exotic herbs and spices with fresh Hawaiian ingredients to create new flavor profiles for the palette. His professional experience includes senior culinary positions at the Grand Wailea Resort, Maui and most recently as the Executive Sous Chef at the Ritz Carlton in Kapalua, Maui.
About Cakebread Cellars
After a trip photographing Napa Valley in 1973, Jack Cakebread received an opportunity to purchase over 22 acres of land from family friends and Cakebread Cellars was born. Since then, the winery has grown to over 510 acres with each Cakebread family member contributing his or her talents to the success of Cakebread Cellars. Family owned and operated, the Cakebreads have been recognized as one of the most creative and successful winery families in California’s famed Napa Valley. The winery’s success has been built on the family’s commitment to quality, consistency and continuity – characteristics they believe apply equally to grapes, the wines and the people who create Cakebread Cellars world-class wines. Today Cakebread Cellars is a thriving, internationally distributed company, whose wines can be enjoyed in the Americas, the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
About Dennis Cakebread
Dennis Cakebread graduated from University of California at Berkley in 1975, attended graduate school at what is now UCEB and began a career in banking. After working ten years as a chief financial officer in banking and financial services, Dennis rejoined the family winery in 1987. Now a co-owner and vice chairman and SVP of sales and marketing for Cakebread Cellars, Dennis has been active in industry associations and issues for many years. He is a past president and board member of the Napa Valley Vintners Association, a past president and board member of The Wine Service Cooperative, past co-chair of Auction Napa Valley and a past board member of Family Winemakers of California. Dennis currently serves on the boards of Wine Institute, Free the Grapes! and the Coalition for Free Trade, where he also serves as treasurer.
About the Makena Beach & Golf Resort:
Located on 1,800 acres of Maui’s sunny southern shore, the Resort’s 310 guestrooms and suites, offers private lanais with sweeping Pacific Ocean and Mount Haleakala views. The resort features championship golf on the acclaimed Makena Golf Course, an 18-hole course that runs parallel to the Pacific Coastline, with stunning views from nearly every hole, and an adjacent vast white sand beach hosting a plethora of water activities. The resort also boasts unforgettable oceanfront and vista wedding locations, excellent meeting facilities and banquet services. Combined with an exceptional aloha spirited staff, this secluded hideaway provides the best of a Maui vacation.
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The Makena Beach & Golf Resort and special guest Dennis Cakebread host five course wine dinner featuring Cakebread Cellar Wines.