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    Thu, January 30, 2020 (6:45 PM - 9:15 PM)

Bu-Ku Wake Forest
1228 Heritage Links Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Cost: $160

Bu•ku hosts Kative Bundschu of Gundlach Bundschu Winery for this charity wine dinner for the benefit of the Frankie Lemmon School and Development Center.

Sponsored by Jeffery & Laura Fieldman and Thomas & Jennifer Walters

Thursday, Jan 30, 2020 @ 6:45 p.m.

GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU

Gundlach Bundschu is California's oldest continuously family-owned winery, and is the second oldest winery after Buena Vista Winery.  For six generations and over 150 years, the family has farmed the estate vineyard at the crossroads of the Sonoma Valley, Carneros and Napa Valley appellations. Today, they focus on making small lots of ultra-premium wines from this distinctive and historic property. 

Gundlach Bundschu’s 153-year-old estate vineyardis located 35 miles north of San Francisco on the southwesterly slopes of the Mayacamas Mountain Range.  Located at the southernmost point in Sonoma Valley, flanked by the Carneros district to the south and Napa Valley to the east, Rhinefarm has a unique combination of steep hillsides and cool valley floor sites, allowing them to grow a broad variety of wines at a very high-quality level. 
 
Rhinefarm’s terrain below 150-feet elevation is ideally suited for ealier-ripening, high-acid varieties. Cool air settles over the valley floor, where ancient bay waters deposited mineral-rich sediment and pockets of light stream gravel in the Huichica clay-loam soils. The focus is on Pinot Noir, Gewürztraminer and Chardonnay on this gently-sloping terrain, where growing conditions consistently deliver minerality and focused acidity.   

Above 150 feet, the terrain is dominated by Arrowhead Mountain, and the rocky, shallow soils consist of rhyolitic volcanic ash and alluvial wash. Steep hillside blocks are planted predominantly to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with small plantings of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Syrah and Zinfandel. Pervasive maritime breezes and long daylight exposure allow for slow, even ripening, resulting in deep color, intense flavor concentration and elegant balance in the wines. 

KatiBundschu, the younger sister of winery President Jeff Bundschu is part of the sixth generation to call Rhinefarm home.   

www.gunbun.com 

BU•KU

Inspired by the pushcarts of street vendors in cities across the globe, bu•ku harvests an array of unique and distinct flavors and present them authentically in a virtual kaleidoscope of plates. The common link being, these are foods that people love. 

Working within different regional traditions, their menu brings together complex and flavorful dishes that have been honed over generations.  Foods like our Peruvian Hokkaido Diver Scallop Tiradito, Empanadas, and Indian Aloo Chana Chaat can be found on the street corners of Lima, Oaxaca, and Delhi. These are foods that have been shared and developed in their communities for hundreds of years. At bu•ku, they strive to convey the immediate thrill a traveler feels as these foods first cross over the cart and exchange hands into the urban setting. 

The Global Street Food menu is a new type of dining, designed for the type of mix & match tasting and plate-sharing that sparks conversation. Bu•ku is a locally owned and operated restaurant that opened to fill a growing niche in the Triangle; a place where people with different backgrounds and nationalities can come to eat something familiar, while at the same time, locals can try something they’ve never had before.  

https://www.bukuwakeforest.com/

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