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Art of the Good Life provides custom-created menus designed to compliment your vision of the perfect wedding. Three sample menus are shown below.


Summer's Bounty Buffet

Sumptuous Multi-Station Buffet

Elegant Plated Feast


At four o’clock, an abundant and delicious buffet is unveiled featuring the flavors of summer. Guests dine at round tables shaded by colorful umbrellas. Your wedding cake is bedecked in flowers, and the dancing continues into the evening.

Summer's Bounty Buffet

Passed Hors d'oeuvre

Summer Tomato Crostini

Wild Mushroom Tartlettes

Eggplant Caponata


Salads and Appetizers

Array of Seasonal Vegetables
Romesco Dipping Sauce

Heirloom Beet Platter
Goat Feta, Walnuts, Watercress

Spiced Chickpea Salad
Black Olives, Sun Dried Tomato, Herbs


Entrées

Rosemary Roasted Chicken
French Green Lentils, Butternut Squash, Greens

Grilled Portabello Mushrooms
Focaccia, Roasted Red Onions, Aioli, Mizuna


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As the band begins to play, waitstaff circulate with mouthwatering platters of hors d’oeuvre and beverages selected to compliment the flavors of the meal. As the evening progresses, dinner is served from our bounteous buffet and grill station; space heaters warm the meadow, candles light the meal, and staff serve beverages and pamper your guests.

Sumptuous Multi-Station Buffet

Passed Hors d'oeuvre

Gougere Cheese Puffs

Duck Confit Crostini

Tyropita with Feta, Crisp Phyllo

Romesco Potatoes with Grilled Prawns


Salads and Appetizers

Artisan Cheeses, Wood Fired Breads
Seasonal Fruits, Toasted Nuts

Sweet Corn Stuffed Roast Quail
Blackberry Glaze, Frisee Salad, Pickled Shallots

Heirloom Tomato Platter
Fresh Mozzarella, Cherry Tomato Panzanella

Summer Bean Salad
Cranberry and Green Beans, Hickory Bacon, Corn


Grill Station

California White Sea Bass
Chickpea Salad, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Black Olives

Herb Crusted Beef Filet
Salad of Arugula, Corn, Caramelized Onion

Balsamic Marinated Portobello Sandwiches
Aioli, Grilled Red Onion, Greens, Focaccia

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Guests mingle while delectable hors d’oeuvre circulate and a jazz trio plays. After cocktails, dinner commences on the winery meadow, ringed with soaring trees and birdsong. By the rosy light of the setting sun, cordial waitstaff serve five courses of exceptional food, each dish matched with the perfect wine. The Champagne Toast features the fabulous vintage dated 1991 Lassalle "Cuvée Angèline" Brut. When the festivities draw to a close, the guests of honor are whisked away in their classic Rolls Royce limousine for the start of their romantic honeymoon.

Elegant Plated Feast

Passed Hors d'oeuvre

Red Wine Roasted Fig & Goat Cheese Crostini

Crispy Truffled Wild Mushroom Phyllo Crowns

Endive Spears with Roquefort & Pomegranate

Ahi Tuna Provençal

1991 Lassalle "Cuvée Angèline" Brut


Five Course Seated Dinner

Medallions of Rabbit, Crisp Fennel Salad
Ragout of Wild Mushrooms with Roast Fennel

1998 Reisling Dme. Zind Humbrecht "Herrenweg"


Wild Leek and Celery Root Soup
Maine Crab Cake with Garden Herbs

1998 Pouilly-Fuissé Robert Denogent, Cuvée Claude


Herb Roasted Loin of Venison
Morel and Sweet Pea Ragout, Creamy Polenta

1999 Saint-Joseph Jean Louis Chave, "Offerus"


Hazelnut Crusted Fresh Goat Cheese
Salad of Wild and Local Greens

Sanlucar de Barrameda Manzanilla, "La Guita"


Crown of Roasted Strawberries
Caramelized Puff Pastry

1997 Sauternes Château de Rôumieu-Lacoste




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