Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner

🕵️‍♀️🔮 Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner at Chenault Vineyards 🎃🍷

Step into an evening of intrigue, drama, and delicious dining this Halloween night at our Murder Mystery Dinner. Guests will enjoy a hauntingly crafted multi-course meal—from Witch’s Brew Mulled Wine to Death by Chocolate Tart—with wine pairings carefully selected for each dish.

The dinner show unfolds around the Crump family’s tangled web of love, betrayal, and secrets at a HOWSA fundraiser. When money goes missing and a guest turns up dead, it’s up to you and your fellow diners to unravel the clues, question the suspects, and solve the crime before the killer strikes again.

✨ Highlights include:

• Immersive live murder mystery performance
• Multi-course Halloween-themed dinner with optional wine pairings
• Costumes encouraged for added fun
• A night of suspense, laughter, and surprises

👻 Please note: Group seating may be used depending on party size. Wine pairings are available for an optional charge. Full cocktail menu available. Drinks not included in dinner price.

Join us for a wickedly good time where every bite is paired with a mystery, and every guest is a suspect.

Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner Menu

Welcome Drink: Witch’s Brew Mulled Wine
A hauntingly spiced red wine punch with cinnamon, clove, orange peel, and a splash of bourbon, garnished with a black sugar rim and blood orange slice.

Bread: Charcoal Brioche Rolls with Maple Butter
Soft, eerie black rolls, served with whipped maple butter.

Soup: Blood Moon Beet & Apple Bisque
A velvety fall soup with roasted beets, apples, and a touch of ginger, topped with a swirl of crème fraîche.
Optional Wine Pairing: Riesling Reserve

Appetizer: Smoked Goat Cheese “Graveyard” Spread
Smoked goat cheese baked with caramelized shallots and herbs, served with black pepper crostini “tombstones” and roasted pumpkin seeds.
Optional Wine Pairing: Blanc

Entrée – Choose One at Time of Ticket Purchase
Filet Mignon “Bloody Mary Style”
Seared filet mignon finished medium-rare, topped with a tomato-horseradish demi-glace for a dramatic “bloody” flourish

Blackened Chicken with Blood Orange Glaze
Pan-seared chicken breast rubbed with smoky Cajun spices, finished with a glossy blood orange–chili glaze.

“Bloody Garden” Eggplant Parmesan Stack
Crisp panko-crusted eggplant layered with roasted garlic marinara and mozzarella, drizzled tableside with a vivid “blood red” San Marzano sauce.

All entrées served with:
Golden parsnip–potato mash and black garlic butter green beans.
Optional Wine Pairing: Malbec

Dessert: “Death by Chocolate” Tart with Spiced Pumpkin Chantilly
A wickedly rich chocolate tart layered with ganache and cocoa nibs, topped with pumpkin-spiced whipped cream and a shard of sugar glass “dagger.”
Optional Wine Pairing: Home Grown Red