All Blind, All Fun, All Amazing and Now Live, In-Person!
Price increases to $225 after April 1st
For those who love Champagne! Join us for a fast-paced, blind tasting of an abundance of bubbles in addition to a Caviar Benedict.
Taste great wines, compare a few values, domestics, and bizarre finds, some we taste blind, and some we experience and discuss the style. Paired with light, tasty bites from Papille Gustative.
We open one bottle per paying guest!
Wine List from Previous Event
Tete Challenge Flight
Challenge Flight:
- J. Lasalle, Cachet d'Or, Premier Cru Brut, Champagne, France, NV
- Aubry, Brut, Champagne, France, NV
- Pehu Simonet, 'Face Nord' Brut, Champagne, France, NV
- J.L. Vergnon, 'Conversation' Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru, Champagne, France, NV
- Mangin et Fils, Brut Nature, Champagne, France, NV
- Doyard, Cuvée Vendémiaire, Blanc de Blancs, Brut 1er Cru, Champagne, France, NV
- Charles Heidsieck, Brut Reserve, Champagne, France, NV
- Louis Roederer, Collection 242, Brut, Champagne, France, NV
- Billecart-Salmon, Brut Reserve, Champagne, France, NV
- Taittinger, Brut Reserve Champagne, France NV
- Ployez-Jacquemart, Extra Quality Brut, Champagne, France, NV
- André Robert, Les Jardins du Mesnil Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne, France, NV
Welcome and Education Flight:
- Veuve Fourny et Fils, Blanc de Blancs, Brut Premier Cru, Champagne, France, NV
- Champagne Gremillet, Blanc de Noirs Brut, Champagne, France, NV
- Pol Roger, Brut Reserve, Champagne, France, NV
- Cleto Chiarli, Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro Amabile DOC, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, NV
- Domaine Collin, Crémant de Limoux Cuvée Tradition Brut, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, NV
- Sorelle Bronca Extra-Dry Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG, Veneto, Italy, NV
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.
Menu from Previous Event
The Venue
(Taste Buds in Latin languages) is a "farm to table" concept cafe-restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Our specialty menu is based on organic, locally sourced produce, exquisitely prepared and served fresh daily. We source the best ingredients directly from farmers and incorporate them into a fast changing, highly seasonal menu. Our food is perfectly paired with Single Origin specialty Coffees and Teas as well as local, biodynamic sustainably made Wines and craft beers. We've worked with 20+ employees and now we are reduced to 9. Despite having to adjust with the times, we've managed to cultivate a unique and mouthwatering dining experience
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2823 Main St. Santa Monica, CA, 90405
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.