Cab Franc Forward Wine Dinner at the Marshal
August 10, 2026 9:00 pm
Cab Franc Forward is more than a wine dinner theme; it is a statewide movement built around the belief that Cabernet Franc deserves to be recognized as New York’s flagship red grape. Founded by leaders from Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and the Finger Lakes, the group brings together producers who see Cabernet Franc as a shared thread across New York’s best wine regions: elegant, expressive, food-friendly, and unmistakably suited to the state’s climate and soils.
This dinner offers a rare chance to taste that mission in one evening. All eight founding members are represented, showing the grape’s range from sparkling and rosé to structured, age-worthy reds. Because the evening includes two additional wines and an extra course compared with the other seven dinners, it is priced $25 higher—a reflection of the evening’s slightly grander experience.
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2023 Macari Horses Sparkling Cabernet Franc
strawberry-peach gazpacho, crème fraîche, basil, apricot oil, brioche crumble
2024 Fjord Vineyards Cabernet Franc Dry Rosé
warm wood-fired goat cheese custard, roasted raspberry and heirloom tomato, basil, brick-oven toast soldier
2023 Dr. Konstantin Frank Cabernet Franc
summer mushroom and shaved summer squash flatbread, aged gouda, toasted rosemary, tomato conserva
2024 Boundary Breaks Cabernet Franc
veritas farm lamb meatballs, cranberry-black pepper jus, smoked citrus gremolata
2023 Milea Estate Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Franc
hudson valley duck and porcini ravioli, dark cherry jus, shaved parmesan, crispy sage leaves
2023 Hermann J. Wiemer Magdalena Vineyard Cabernet Franc + 2024 Paumanok Vineyards Minimalist Cabernet Franc
wood-fired filet mignon, smoked onion-yukon purée, sour cherry-herb jus, charred kale, rosemary
2021 Wölffer Estate Vineyard Caya Cabernet Franc
bittersweet chocolate olive oil cake, roasted blackberry mascarpone, candied fig and cocoa nib crumble
