{"id":16476,"date":"2013-10-20T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=16476"},"modified":"2013-10-20T11:39:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T15:39:06","slug":"stratus-wine-and-food-pairing-dinner-with-beckta-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/stratus-wine-and-food-pairing-dinner-with-beckta-cuisine\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratus Wine and Food Pairing Dinner with Beckta Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16477\" alt=\"stratus winery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winery.jpg\" width=\"551\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winery.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winery-160x81.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winery-350x177.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winery-125x63.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wineries\/info\/stratus\/2236\"><strong>Stratus Winery<\/strong><\/a> hosted a spectacular wine and food tasting dinner in Niagara on September 28 that featured the cuisine of Ottawa restaurateur Steve Beckta&#8217;s three establishments: Beckta Dining &amp; Wine, Play and Gezellig.\u00a0 I found that the Stratus wines paired beautifully with partner and executive chef Mike Moffatt and chef de cuisine Katie Brown Ardington&#8217;s dishes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/e0kkqXzKne\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Click on the arrow above to play the short Instagram video clip. The missing word at the end is windmill ;)<\/p>\n<p>Chef Moffatt is a two-time Gold Medal Plates winner and Katie is a rising star on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/top-restaurants-for-food-wine-and-fun\/\"><strong>Ottawa restaurant<\/strong><\/a> scene. This dinner paired courses in the genre of each of the group\u2019s three restaurants (&#8220;Tri-Beckta&#8221;), alongside the three cuts from the Stratus vineyards: Stratus, Tollgate and Wildass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-tomato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16644\" alt=\"Stratus tomato\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-tomato.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-tomato.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-tomato-160x70.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-tomato-350x154.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-tomato-125x54.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><strong>First Course: Tomato<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Heirloom tomatoes, tomato juice-marinated feta, crispy olives,<br \/>\nyoung red watercress, hazelnut vinaigrette<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine\/tollgate-stratus-vineyards-fume-blanc-2009\/185773\">Tollgate Fum\u00e9 Blanc 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Second Course: Rabbit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pumpkin consomm\u00e9, braised rabbit perogie, pumpkin seed oil,<br \/>\nchili-toasted pumpkin seeds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine\/stratus-sangiovese-2010\/189302\">Stratus Sangiovese 2010<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Duck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16645\" alt=\"Stratus Duck\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Duck.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Duck.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Duck-160x105.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Duck-350x229.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Duck-125x82.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><strong>Third Course: Duck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Roasted duck breast, duck confit spaetzle, parsnip pur\u00e9e, saut\u00e9ed kale,<br \/>\ncurrant brown butter sauce<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine\/stratus-syrah-2010\/189300\">Stratus Syrah 2010<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Pear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16646\" alt=\"Stratus Pear\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Pear.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Pear.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Pear-160x100.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Pear-350x220.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Pear-125x78.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><strong>Fourth Course: Pear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sticky pear cake, corn caramel, toasted graham meringue,<br \/>\ncaramel corn granola<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine\/stratus-special-select-late-harvest-cabernet-franc-2012\/189303\">Stratus Special Select Late Harvest Cabernet Franc 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can find more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/winepicks\/advancedsearch\/?dosearch=set&amp;text=Stratus&amp;reviewfilter=0&amp;stamp=635178623212003840&amp;#searchresults\"><strong>Stratus Wine Reviews<\/strong><\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16479\" alt=\"Stratus fireplace\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace-160x119.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace-125x93.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-fireplace-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>The patio in back of the winery that looks out at the vineyards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Steve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16647\" alt=\"Stratus Steve\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Steve.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Steve.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Steve-160x82.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Steve-350x179.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-Steve-125x64.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Charles Baker (left) handles both the marketing of Stratus Wines, and in his &#8220;spare time&#8221; makes his own brilliant <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wine\/charles-baker-wines-picone-vineyard-stratus-vineyards-riesling-2010\/185716\">Charles Baker Wines Picone Vineyard Riesling<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Also pictured above, Chef Mike Moffat and Steve Beckta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/e0lMLsTKoj\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16480\" alt=\"stratus tables\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables-160x119.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables-125x93.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-tables-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Inside the winery where tasting dinners are held.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/e01GuhzKm3\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the video above, Steve talks about why he loves Stratus wines &#8230; in 15 seconds (the limit for Instagram).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winemaking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16478\" alt=\"stratus winemaking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winemaking.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winemaking.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winemaking-160x176.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winemaking-350x386.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stratus-winemaking-125x138.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a>State-of-the-art winemaking facilities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/e018C3zKoR\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Winemaker J-L Groux talks about the 2009 and 2010 vintages for Syrah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-JL-and-Natalie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16481\" alt=\"Stratus JL and Natalie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-JL-and-Natalie.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-JL-and-Natalie.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-JL-and-Natalie-160x150.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-JL-and-Natalie-350x330.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Stratus-JL-and-Natalie-125x117.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Winemaker J-L Groux<br \/>\nStratus Vineyards<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo Credit: Elena Galey-Pride<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stratus Winery hosted a spectacular wine and food tasting dinner in Niagara on September 28 that featured the cuisine of Ottawa restaurateur Steve Beckta&#8217;s three establishments: Beckta Dining &amp; Wine, Play and Gezellig.\u00a0 I found that the Stratus wines paired beautifully with partner and executive chef Mike Moffatt and chef de cuisine Katie Brown Ardington&#8217;s dishes. Click on the arrow above to play the short Instagram video clip. The missing word at the end is windmill ;) Chef Moffatt is a two-time Gold Medal Plates winner and Katie is a rising star on the Ottawa restaurant scene. This dinner paired [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,113,264,231,8,107,300,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-canada-wines","category-best-wines","category-canada-wines","category-canadian-wines","category-events","category-ontario-wine","category-wine-show","category-winemaker-dinner"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16476"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16654,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16476\/revisions\/16654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}