• 3-Hour Dinner, Drinks, Live Music and Dancing Experience at Local Vineyard
• 10-Course Tasting Dinner
• 2 Drinks including Wine, Beer, Wine Slushies, or Nonalcoholic Beverages
• Assorted Mini Desserts and Coffee
• Live Entertainment featuring Vic Volare and the Volare Lounge Orchestra
• “Mini” Swing and Rumba Dance Lessons from Dance and Entertainment Studios
• Wine Pairing Suggestions from Winehaven for 10-Course Tasting Meal
• Private access to Winehaven Winery and Vineyard
• Local GetKnit Gurus to Guide You

Celebrate the arrival of spring with our inaugural event – Jazz at the Vineyard – a festive night of local wine (and beer!), amazing food, live jazz entertainment, dancing, and great company! We’ve partnered up with Winehaven Winery and Vineyards, Vic Volare and the Volare Lounge Orchestra, and Dance and Entertainment Studios to help bring this elegant evening to life. During this outing, you’ll be treated to a 3-hour experience featuring a 10-course tasting menu for dinner, an array of local wine, live entertainment, dance lessons, and more!

Our evening will begin in beautiful Chisago City, MN where your Local Gurus will be awaiting your arrival at Winehaven Winery and Vineyards. Founded as Chisago County’s first estate winery in 1995, WineHaven has become a cornerstone of Minnesota winemaking, producing highly acclaimed wines that capture the distinctive flavors of its vineyards and region. After check-in, you’ll be welcomed inside the winery which is being opened up after-hours exclusively for this event. Here you’ll be able to make yourself comfortable in their spacious tasting room, head outside to their patio that looks out on their vineyard and the surrounding lakes, or dive into the action with a “mini” swing dance lesson from Dance and Entertainment Studios.

Upon arrival you’ll be invited to order up your included (one of two) locally crafted Winehaven wine, beer, wine slushie, or nonalcoholic beverage of your choice (soda, mocktails, “fancy” coffee, etc.). As a perfect pairing to our beverages, we’ll enjoy our first two dinner courses which are being butler passed during the welcome reception.

Our partners from Stillwater’s own Dance and Entertainment Studios will be doing two “mini” dance lesson throughout the night – one featuring Swing and the other Rumba. The first “mini” lesson will happen during our welcome reception between 6-6:30 PM and feature Swing, to help encourage you to get out on the dance floor. The second “mini” lesson featuring Rumba will happen during the band’s intermission halfway through our night together. Their dance instructors will also be available throughout the evening to answer questions and provide one-off instructions to ensure everyone that wants to learn some steps can do so.

As we kick off our evening, Vic Volare and the Volare Lounge Orchestra, will heat things up with their wildly entertaining music. Vic Volare is the Twin Cities legendary crooner. His Rat Pack stylings have been thrilling crowds since 1996. With his band of merry men known as the fabulous Volare Lounge Orchestra, Vic has blazed a horn screamin’ high kickin’ trail of swing music and classic standards that will keep us dancing all night long.

As our live entertainment gets swinging, our food partners at Donatelli’s out of White Bear Lake, MN will open up our dinner stations for our 10-course tasting menu to add to the festivities. Donatelli’s is a local, family owned restaurant that’s been serving “food with purpose” for over 40 years. Our dinner will feature a wide array of palate pleasures including the following:

• Course 1: Spinach & Artichoke Dip on Molasses Toast – Passed (Veg) – Mini pumpernickel bread toasted with molasses chili butter and topped with spinach and artichoke dip.
• Course 2: Bourbon Glazed Pork Belly – Passed (GF / DF) – Melt in your mouth pork belly tossed in a bourbon glaze garnished with honey, chive, sour cream served on a skewer.
• Course 3: Brie Stuffed Phyllo Cup (Veg) – Light and crispy Phyllo cup filled with creamy Brie cheese and topped with a Mango chutney.
• Course 4: Butternut Squash Risotto (GF / Veg) – House made risotto with butternut squash and fresh herbs.
• Course 5: Smoked Salmon Filet (GF / DF) – Honey smoked salmon served with the following accompaniments on the side; capers, hard boiled egg, diced red onion, diced tomatoes and crackers.
• Course 6: Roasted Vegetables (GF / DF Veg) – A variety of fresh vegetables including carrots, potatoes, peppers, squash and onions tossed with olive oil and seasonings, then roasted at a high temperature to preserve the flavors – great served at room temperature!
• Course 7: Italian Sausage and Peppers (GF / DF) – Italian sausage, peppers, onions, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil, marsala, and Italian spices.
• Course 8: Chicken Skewer (GF) – Tender chicken skewered alongside a cherry tomato, chunk of fresh pineapple and green pepper; marinated with a delicious teriyaki glaze.
• Course 9: Tenderloin Sliders – Thinly sliced roasted beef tenderloin served on a slider bun with greens and horseradish sauce.
• Course 10: Lobster Stuffed Ravioli – Ravioli stuffed with fresh lobster and served with fresh sweet corn sautéed in butter with garlic, roasted tomatoes and Applewood smoked bacon.

You’ll be invited to enjoy your dinner at your leisure as you take in the beautiful scenery from the winery and enjoy lively music from our entertainment. Once you’ve had an opportunity to enjoy the wide array of tasty fare, you’ll be treated to a scrumptious assortment of sweet treats featuring mini cannoli, tiramisu cups, panna cotta with Bing cherries and Spumoni cookies.

The rest of the night is yours to enjoy as you see fit – dance the night away and show off your fancy new footwork, grab a glass of vino and head out to the vineyard to take in some springtime sights of the budding vines, order up another round of drinks and tap your foot from the sidelines, or take in the sunset from their beautiful patio. No matter how you choose to spend this evening, we’re sure you’ll head home with memories as vibrant as the music, food, and drinks we enjoyed on this one-of-a-kind evening at the winery.