$125 Per Person
Join us for a relaxed, sit-down wine classroom experience built around one of the most fun pairing questions: what wine goes best with your favorite snacks? Enjoy a guided tasting alongside a buffet of familiar favorites, packaged snacks, healthier bites, guilty pleasures, and gourmet deli items from Nick + Sons.
Hosted by Sommelier and Wine Educator Ian Blackburn of LearnAboutWine, this two-hour tasting explores how salt, fat, crunch, spice, sweetness, and texture interact with wine—and why pairings like potato chips and Champagne work so surprisingly well.
Choose your ticket type:
- Vegetarian
- Eat Anything
- Picky — Ask Me
The exact snack lineup will vary, with no single dish guaranteed. Expect a playful mix of classic convenience-store favorites and elevated deli bites designed for tasting, comparing, and experimenting.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Your ticket includes the full guided tasting, wine, snack buffet, service, and educational content.
Come hungry, come curious, and discover just how seriously good wine and snacks can be.
Wines to Be Announced!
*We reserve the right to change the wine line up without notice. We open one bottle per paying guest. The cost of our event is never based on any one bottle of wine but the cost of the event to operate and perform.
**We do not include but do encourage gratuity, if you agree we have worked to your satisfaction and are impressed by our show.
Location
With over 20 years of operating experience in restaurants from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach, I am thrilled to be in back in Southern California with my wife and two sons embarking on a new adventure. We feel that Nick & Sons is going to fill a much needed void in the neighborhood, providing a fresh local gourmet market and delicatessen, an aggressive cheese and charcuterie program, and an exceptional selection of wines. Above all, genuine hospitality is the foundation of all that we do, thus a relationship with our guest is most valued to us.
This market is yours as much as it is ours. We are excited to have you make it your own as it matures through the years. Your input and concerns are always welcome, please feel free to reach out to us, we would love to hear from you.
We look forward to inviting you to our new home and making many new friends!
3307 Highland Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
About
IAN BLACKBURN
Ian Blackburn, CSW, Event Producer
Ian discovered the wine industry while visiting the Napa Valley as a Culinary Student. Ian moved his focus to the front of the house, while working with Thomas Keller and Joachim Splichal in Los Angeles. Now in his 30th year hosting events; leading trips around the wine world; Ian has published a wine education book and is working on a new one; Ian has his own wine brand called Beekeeper Cellars and has sat for the difficult Master of Wine Exam! Today, Ian is considered one of the region’s best wine educators and works for his 120,000 followers (follow me), visiting vineyards and wine regions and produce over 100 wine classes and events per year for Learnaboutwine.com
