A Swan Valley and Regional Winemakers Association initiative

Our Menu

Leda Swan 2007 Chardonnay
three local scallops; served three ways
Leda Swan 2003 Shiraz
Almost traditional bouillabaisse. Packed with local seafood and served with rouille and crisp bread.

These two courses, and these two wines on these two weekends only are $50 per person, or $90 per couple. Of course, the rest of the fabulous menu and wine list is available too.

Harris Organic Wines

"Swan Valley" page here and Seafood and Shiraz brochure here .

The commonest wine and food matching resources will state shiraz is matched with meats and peppery barbeques. They might also say avoid seafood. But what they rarely say is that Marseille, France is the home of Bouillabaise and shiraz. The way the wine is made, blended and the manner in which the food is paired is the real consideration here. We are huge fans of Duncan's 2003 Leda Swan Shiraz (now Harris Organic Wines), and have oft mused on it's oldworldliness. In this way, it is the perfect match for olive oil rich seafood made in the Mediterranean style. Note that in The Rhone Valley wine regions of France, Syrah is rarely a variety produced independently. These wines will have Grenache, Marsanne, Mourvedre, Viognier (among others) as blends propreitory to the contolled region, and the producer.

A wikipedia link to Marseilles home of bouilliabaise, the classical Provençal Seafood Meal, and the administrative center for Bouches-du-Rhône department. This wine region grows, among other things, Syrah, or Shiraz.

A link to a great map showing Marseilles and the meander of the Rhone here. Try it on satellite mode or hybrid.