Gourmet Dinner Fundraiser at my church

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A committee of five put on a fundraiser with a strictly limited number of tickets at $30 per person. The menu:
Appetizers: tuna tartare, shrimp cocktail, hot crab dip with crackers wine: a premier cru white burgundy from Chassagne-Montrachet;
Salad: mixed greens with cherry tomatoes, mandarin oranges, red onion, and walnuts with IK's recipe Raspberry-Hazelnut Vinaigrette (except I had to substitute Walnut Oil for the Hazelnut) wine: village Gevrey-Chambertin (picked for its raspberry
aroma/flavor)
Entree: Roasted Cornish Hen with cranberry chutney, white and wild rice, green beans and glazed carrots wine: Sancerre rouge from
Francois Cotat--comes across as a rose wine
Dessert: 14-layer cake with chocolate icing between layers wine: Cockburn 10-year Tawny Port
Everyone loved the food but they differed in their opinions on the wine. (Most are pretty inexperienced with wines and some prefer sweeter white wines. Overall I think they liked the white burgundy and the port the best.) If we do this again (possibly three times a year) with a different menu and wines I will be sure to include a sweet German wine with dessert--would have this time except that the chocolate goes better with port.