Boutique Wines are Bountiful at Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar Wine Dinner Nov. 17

Small wineries boasting big bouquets fill glasses for guests joining Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar executive chef Boyd A. Rose at the Alpharetta restaurant’s first wine dinner of the season on Thursday, Nov. 17. Crafted Brands managing partner Bayard Crawley will be on hand to pour on the details about these small producer wines paired with Rose’s five-course menu. $65 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations required; call 770-752-0922. Menu and more details on our blog.

Boutique Wines and Small Batch Spirits Flow at Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar Wine Dinner Nov. 17

Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar executive chef Boyd A. Rose and Crafted Brands managing partner Bayard Crawley invite you to join them for the Alpharetta restaurant’s first wine dinner of the season on Thursday, Nov. 17 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Rose showcases the autumn harvest and flavors in his five-course menu. The pairing is a natural for Crafted Brands, which likens itself to farm-to-table restaurants in espousing local, small farms for ingredients and producer partners. Feast eyes on how the meal will unfold, opening with smoked apple-brined Springer Mountain Farms chicken, roasted apple-stuffed chive crepe and brie Mornay paired with 2015 Hayes Valley Monterey County chardonnay. Courses progress through Johnny Hoe black-eyed pea grit cake with duck confit and dried blueberry port wine duck demi with 2014 Rudy Santa Rita Hills pinot noir; seared espresso-braised lamb belly, smoked blue cheese, Carnaroli rice and black currant lamb jus paired with 2013 Rudy Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon; black pepper-crusted N.Y. strip with buttercup potato bacon gratin, red Swiss chard, dried cranberries and red wine jus paired with 2014 Square, Plumb & Level Dry Creek red wine; and salted caramel crème brûlée with a Hammer & Tongs cocktail featuring Breckenridge bourbon. $65 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations required: 770-752-0922.