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Dunn Vineyards Wine Dinner - Houston Galleria

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Houston Galleria

5839 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, TX 77057

Date: April 1, 2025

Time: 6:30pm

Event Type: Wine Dinner

Price: $495 per Guest Plus tax and gratuity

Special Guest: Mike Dunn

Mike Dunn

Though he still calls himself the “cellar grunt,” Mike Dunn has worked at the winery for twenty-five years. He previously owned a bike shop in Calistoga—his first passion. Without formal training as a winemaker, Mike returned to the winery and took on the challenge of cleaning up the cellar in 2002, with a quiet goal of increasing the approachability of the wines. He used old vine Petite Sirah grown on the property as a proving ground for ideas he hoped to apply to the Dunn wines, going on to develop his own label, Retro Cellars, a collaboration with his wife, Kara Pecota Dunn, who also came from a Napa Valley winemaking family, in 2003. Mike and Kara have two children, Alex and Tatyana. Today, Mike serves as the family’s proprietor of the winery

No other winery in all of Napa Valley history is as synonymous with Howell Mountain as Dunn Vineyards. Join Pappas Bros. Steakhouse Galleria wine team as we celebrate the nearly 45-year legacy of one of Napa’s most acclaimed wineries.

Guests will enjoy 9 vintages of their iconic Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon in various formats spanning all the way back to 1998. Mike Dunn, who has diligently continued Randy and Lori’s legacy, will lead guests through this rare opportunity to taste through so many vintages paired with classic steakhouse fare.

Wine Menu // Dinner Menu To Come

 

Reception

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Champagne Vilmart & Cie. ”Grand Cellier D’Or” 1er Cru Brut NV

 

Course 1

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2009

 

Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2011 

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Confit Rabbit

quinoa, walnut, roasted tomato, petite greens, Bosc pear vinaigrette

 

Course 2

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2013

 

Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2014

 

Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2015

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Colorado Lamb Ribeye

apple smoked bacon-wrapped scallop potaotes, crispy chicharrón compressed arugula, mint reduction

 

Course 3

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2019

 

Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 2021

 

Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards “El Camino” Howell Mountain 2018

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Dry-Aged NY Strip and Texas Venison Loin

fennel pomme purée, black truffle, foie gras demi-glace

 

Course 4

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Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain 1998

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Crispy Camembert

apricot marmalade, carmalized Marcona almonds 

Wine Dinners

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