Wine Tasting Dinners

Add an extra dimension to your night out with one of our famous and very popular wine tasting evenings. Parties of 2 to 16 can enjoy an informal, tutored wine tasting in our Tasting Room at Calistoga Central. This is followed by dinner in the restaurant.  Larger parties can be accomodated with some slight change to the format. The prices are -

Congressional Tasting - £30 per person including 3 course dinner and coffee. This is a 40 minute tutored tasting featuring 4 good wines.

Senatorial Tasting - £35 per person including  3 course dinner and coffee. This is a 60 minute tutored tasting featuring 5 quality wines.

Presidential Tasting  - £40 per person including canapés w/ tasting, 3 course dinner and coffee. This is a 75 to 90 minute tutored tasting featuring 6 fine wines.

£5 for additional Cheese and Starboard Course

All tastings can be taken in conjuction with our Napa Valley Tasting Menu subject to the relavent tasting fee

All Tasting times are approximate due to audience participation. All wine tasting dinners require pre-booking, enthusiasm for wines is welcome, wine expertise is not assumed nor required.

Starters

Cool Crab, Melon and Ginger Soup

Fennel, Grapefruit and Manchego Salad w/ walnut dressing

Lobster & Pork Cream Sausage w/ mussel vinaigrette 

Cob Chicken Popcorn w/ guacamole and chilli

Roast Tomato, Pepper & Vegetable Chowder w/ tarragon cream

Mains

Eggplant, Mozzarella and Tomato “Steak” w/ cherry tomato confit

Beer Batter Pollack w/ sweet potato fries, caper berry & lime mayo

Yellow Pork Fillet w/ peanut & corn pilaff rice and wild mushroom sauce

Chargrilled Ribeye w/ hand cut fries and sweet chilli sauce

Lamb Gigot Chop w/ home fries and 3 pepper and port sauce

Desserts

Coffee 3ree - ways

Drunken Dates, Toffee Cake w/ white chocolate foam

Warm Chocolate Ravioli w/ pecan pesto

Fresh Fruit Fajitas w/ chilli mango salsa

Additional course of Artisan Cheeses w/ Starboard

Tea/Coffee