Healdsburg's Fanciest Supper Club Hosts Benu's Corey Lee This Sunday

Benu's Corey Lee, photo by Eric Wolfinger

By Meesha Halm

We don’t know what supper looked like at your house growing up, but up in Healdsburg, the award-winning winery Copain Wines hosts an uber exclusive wine-soaked “Supper Club” series that welcomes visiting chefs from some of the nation’s top kitchens to prepare a one-of-a-kind intimate dinner party. The next Supper Club takes place this Sunday and will feature Benu’s wunderkid Corey Lee, so if you don’t already have sufficiently fabulous plans for this Labor Day weekend, you might want to book a spot at the table. Miraculously, there are still seats available. Lee’s elaborate tasting menu will be further gilded by wine pairings chosen from Copain’s cellar by Benu’s star sommelier Yoon Ha and Copain winemaker Wells Guthrie. Take a gander of the preliminary menu (written in true 'Comma Cuisine' style) after the jump.

Can’t make it to this one? Later this year, the winery will be hosting other James Beard Award winners such as Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson of Frasca (September 30, $225 per person), and David Chang of Momofuku (December 14, $375) and reservations can be made now for those dinners.

Corey Lee's Supper Club Menu at Copain Wines for September 2, 2012

• buckwheat lavash
• mountain yam omelette, caviar, dashi, chive
• cucumber, yuzu, black sesame
• shrimp boudin, multigrain bread, onion
• sea plant, lamb tartare, cauliflower, lemon
• verjus gelée, almond, chili, basil
• black truffle bun with rabbit sausage
• spicy cabbage
• lobster, béarnaise custard, beech mushroom
• crispy jellyfish, pork belly, mustard 
• salt and pepper squid
• crab, celery, brioche
• chanterelle soup with ginger
• pork cheek, potato, black truffle, fermented pepper
• wild amberjack, radish, green apple, chili, lime
• dried scallop porridge, ham, corn, lovage, black truffle
• roast quail, mountain yam, celery, wood ear mushroom
• pear custard, chamomile, buttermilk, pound cake

September 9: Corey Lee’s Supper Club at Copain Wines (7800 Eastside Road, Healdsburg); tickets are $375 for the general public, which includes food and wine, and must be purchased in advance by calling the winery at 707-836-8822 or emailing hospitality@copainwines.com.