$199 Per person advanced | $250 at the door
Join us for Napa vs Bordeaux at The Four Seasons Culina. We taste the wines blind and pick our favorites...
A flight of whites - discussing Bordeaux Blanc vs the styles in the Napa Valley. A flight of top reds - a great line up of wines.... A top flight Cheeseburger - the Culina Burger (Vegetarian Pasta Option available Also) is served and the battle increases as the price of the wine increases.
One bottle per paying guests - this event sells out at 18 wines and 18 guests. Can you decide which is best in the flight? Which is Bordeaux? Which Bordeaux? Which Napa?
Wine List
Whites:
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Château Carbonnieux, Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux, France, 2018
94 Points - Wine Spectator -
Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Blanc, Bordeaux, France, 2019
98 Points - Wine Enthusiast - Plinth, Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley, California, 2022
Bordeaux:
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Chateau La Conseillante, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France, 2015
98 Points - James Suckling - Château Aney, Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois, Bordeaux, France, 2015
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Château Giscours, La Sirène de Giscours, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, 2015
93 Points - James Suckling
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Château Le Boscq Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France, 2012
92 Points - Wine Enthusiast -
Château Lynch-Bages, Echo de Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeaux, 2014
92 Points - Wine Spectator -
Château Pichon Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande, Bordeaux, France, 2009
97 Points - RPWA -
Château Talbot, Grand Cru Classé, Saint-Julien, Bordeaux, France, 2016
95 Points - Wine Spectator
Napa:
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Opus One, Napa Valley, California, 2019
99 Points - RPWA -
Joseph Phelps, Insignia, Napa Valley, California, 2018
99 Points - James Suckling -
Realm Cellars, The Bard, Bordeaux Red Blend, Napa Valley, California, 2021
98 Points - Jeb Dunnuck -
Emerson Brown Winery, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 2020
91 Points - RPWA -
Royal Prince, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, 2019
93 Points - Jeb Dunnuck -
Arcudi "Terramagra" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2019
94 Points - Ian Blackburn -
Sullivan Rutherford Estate, Coeur de Vigne Red Blend, Napa Valley, California, 2021
90 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
Policy - we open and share 1 bottle per paid guest.
Amount of Champagne per person is 1 bottle.
We continue to open bottles as we add guests.
Location
Culina at Four Seasons Los Angeles of Beverly Hills
300 South Doheny Drive
Our Policy
All tickets are non-refundable. We can adjust your menu for dietary needs up to 72 hours prior without any additional cost. Wines can change without notice, failure or corked wine at the dinner does not result in any type of credit or refund. We open one bottle minimum per paying guest, and can reduce the total number of bottles being opened so that the dinner does not have to cancel should ticket sales not reach the minimum. Fewer bottles / larger pours - you will get the same quantity of wine and we always open the best wines for the quality of the event. Cancellation due to illness is not allowed, you may however take food to go - or assign your seat to someone else without fee. The perishable nature of our product requires no cancellation, no credit, no refunds for any reason.
About
IAN BLACKBURN
I discovered the wine industry while working with Chef’s Thomas Keller and Joachim Splichal in the top dining rooms of Los Angeles. My passion redirected my career from restaurants/hotels to vineyards and wine-education. Now with over 25-years of experience hosting events; leading trips around the wine world; I published a wine book; produced my own wine called Beekeeper Cellars and sat for the difficult Master of Wine Exam! Today, I am considered one of the region's best wine educators and work for my 20,000 followers (follow me), visiting vineyards and wine regions and produce over 100 wine classes and events a year for my businesses and my team.
