Dinner with Friends and a Trio of Wines

Harvest is nearly over and it's time to have friends over who have helped us from the beginning of our adventure in grape growing and wine making. Mary and Barry help us every year with all kinds of tasks in the vineyard and we wanted to have them over to celebrate. My husband recently found a recipe that he wanted to try called veal chops dijonnaise, a Jacques Pepin recipe. (Happy 90th birthday Jacques Pepin!)
Our friends came over with goodies to share. The wines that we were going to pair with the meal included a Dehours & Fils, Terre de Meunier Extra Brut Champagne, 2020 Domaine Le Flaive Puligny-Montrachet and a Robert Foley 2019 Napa Valley Petite Sirah.

Without a doubt, champagne and oysters are an incomparable pairing. The champagne did not disappoint. The pinot meunier used in making this champagne was delicious! We detected a hint of sweetness which went very well with the two types of oysters that we had which were Duxbury oysters from Cape Cod and Malpeque oysters from Prince Edward Island. My husband left enough of the brine in the cup that made for a gustatory experience!
The Domaine Le Flaive served double duty as a pairing for the oysters as well as a pairing for the veal chop. We also paired the veal chop with the Robert Foley petite sirah and interestingly, both the white and the red wine worked with the chop.

We had an intermezzo of salad that Mary made which was a mixture of interesting greens including baby water cress with walnuts. It was a perfect palate cleanser. For dessert, we had poached pears.

We enjoyed the Dehours champagne so much, I did a little research online.
Jerome Dehours took over the domaine in 1996. He oversees some 14.5 hectares of vines spread over 42 different vineyards in the Southern Marne, located on the left bank of the Vallée de la Marne, at the crossing point of the Flagot river. The vines are grown on clay and sand on a chalky subsoil. The Terre de Meunier is a blend grapes pinot meunier from two slopes called Patis de Cerseuil and Les Vignes dans le Bois.
We liked this champagne very much!
References:
1. Thatcher's Wine.
2. Dehours & Fils Champagne.