Sommelier Favorites: A Wine Luncheon of 8 Magic Regions That Fascinate Experts

Join our first 2014 wine tasting luncheon. The topic of this meeting is "Sommelier Favorites - Sommelier's present their Favorite Wine Regions".

Experience the classics of Cornas, Rioja, Barolo, and many more. Several sommeliers will attend and lead the tasting.

Total cost is $120, all inclusive (but not including valet parking). We will be at the rooftop of the Hotel Angeleno, overlooking L.A. in our private room.

Wines:

Nebbiolo, Barolo Italy
Tempranillo, Rioja Gran Reserva, Spain
Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux, France
Carmenere, Chile
Zinfandel, California
Pinot Noir, Oregon plus 2 special bottles for blind-tasting

3-Course Dinner:

Salad
wild arugula, radicchio salad with granny smith apples
toasted walnuts, point reyes blue cheese with white balsamic vinaigrette

Entrée
grilled chateau filet
whipped potatoes, grilled lemon broccolini and cabernet demi

Dessert
strawberry crème fraiche cheesecake
warm chocolate cake with raspberry sauce

PREPAY ONLY - if you want to RSVP, you MUST go to this link and pay: http://goo.gl/FIfUCc

Money Back Guarantees:

• Fully refundable with 4 days cancellation notice.

• Also, we guarantee your satisfaction with this event, otherwise the wine is on us.

If you are not sure if you would like to join, read here about what you can expect from our wine events. If you were looking for a real learning experience in wine, while connecting with new friends, this is the best place.

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In each of our sommelier-guided wine appreciation sessions, we use a stable framework that has been proven to be useful. Here is the event format you can rely on. It is unique in California. We aim the be #1 choice for wine connoisseurs who like to add the interaction component to their passion.

1. We always have 8-10 different wines of good quality, with a few real highlights, that are in line with the topic of the month. Every wine is discussed carefully, the sommeliers in presence deliver overviews of the basic knowledge that helps guests to categorize the experience for best learning effect.

2. The wines are tasted in rounds of 2 or 3 that we compare directly. Pours are generous. We have a slight Old World bias in the selection of wines, as we believe they are overall more instructive. But we cover any wine style of importance over time, from around the world. We also try to have aged bottles whenever we can.

3. The atmosphere is informal and friendly. We always have new guests joining, as well repeat members in presence

4. We often don't disclose the specific wines upfront to maintain an optimal learning effect. You can trust that we are not drinking uninteresting and cheap wines. We are very serious about our systematic explorations of the great wines of the world.

5. We all have dinner/lunch during our multi-round wine tasting evening, which usually takes 2.5 hours. Some guests stay long to be more social with friends made and to be safe drivers.

6. The total cost mentioned below is truly inclusive, no tricks. Multi-course dinner, all wines, sommelier guidance, corkage fee, room, parking, tips and tax are all included, unless stated otherwise. Cash after dinner is optimal. Checks are OK, Credit cards costs extra. Some events are prepay via credit card only.

7. We are focusing on wines in all discussions of the evening. If you are serious about wine, or want to explore your interest, you will be pleased with the depth of our wine discussions.

8. Prior wine experience does not matter, our blind-tasting approach brings everyone on the same page. We welcome new members, they will be comfortable from the first session on. We know how to integrate any new guests, singles, couples, shy or outgoing. Just RSVP and you will not regret getting involved with our group. There are many wine clubs that have all types of focus except wine. We are the real thing.

9. We usually have a private room (or private section) in a nice restaurant for good conversation.

10. In all our tastings we apply the philosophy laid out in this GrapeRadio interview that Joey gave in December 2013: http://www.graperadio.com/archives/2013/12/27/wine-tasting-clubs/

11. We are unforgiving if you RSVP and then let us down. We arrange for the right number of seats carefully, please know that this is a carefully choreographed event where we count on you.

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