On Thursday, Sept. 16, the Bristol Bar and Grille at 614 w. Main St. will welcome Andreas Wickhoff of Loimer Winery for a wine dinner celebrating Austrian wine and cuisine. Featured wine varieties include several made from the Grüner Veltliner grape, which is iconic in the Austrian wine producing regions. Chef Ramon Forcelledo has designed a special menu to complement each wine, and Wickhoff will be available throughout the evening to discuss the deliciously dry varietals from his home country. The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and is $55 per person, all inclusive. For reservations, call 502-582-1995.

Loimer Wine Dinner Menu

Appetizers
Kloster-Auflauf (Convent Pudding)

A delicious traditional Austrian dish made with pasta, shrimp, green peppers, pimentos, cheese, parsley and onion.

Stuffed Vienna Bread

Vienna cheese bread stuffed with mushrooms and seasoned with green onions, poppy seeds and butter.

Grüner Veltliner Szigeti

Salad

Bibb lettuce topped with steamed oysters, shrimp, roasted red peppers and sundried tomato vinaigrette.
Riesling Loimer 2008

Main Course
Viennese Schnitzel

Pork schnitzel served with warm Erdapfelsalat (Potato Salad) & Grüner Veltliner white cabbage.

Grüner Veltliner Lois 2009

Grüner Veltliner Loimer 2009

Dessert
Cheese Plate

Rose Zweigelt Lois 2009

Heinrich Red Austria 2009

The Bristol Bar and Grille has been Louisville’s dining tradition since 1977. All five locations are open for lunch and dinner daily, and the Jeffersonville location offers breakfast on Saturdays. The Bristol Café at the Speed Art Museum offers hours that complement that of the museum. The Bristol’s award-winning Sunday brunch is a renowned local favorite. Locations and phone numbers are: Highlands (502) 456-1702; Downtown (502) 582-1995; Hurstbourne Pkwy (502) 426-0627; Prospect (502) 292-2585; Jeffersonville (812) 218-1995; the Bristol Café at the Speed Museum (502) 634-2723; and Bristol Catering, (502) 584-3663. For more information, visit www.bristolbarandgrille.com.