Food & Spirits

Summer Wine Tasting and Dinner Series at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach

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The beautiful Portofino Hotel, tucked away on the private peninsula of Redondo Beach’s King Harbor is the only Los Angeles area property located directly on the Pacific Ocean. BALEENlosangeles, is their new, all-day dining restaurant that is offering a summer of wine-tasting events. Wine is the central theme of BALEENlosaangeles’ appealing new events, which are slated through summer at this calming beach retreat and are designed to heighten dining pleasure and the enjoyment of wine:
 BALEENlosangeles Dining Room
WEDNESDAY WINE DINNER SERIES
Enjoy discussing the subtleties of wine and wine making during a five-course dinner, with paired wines, on the last Wednesday of July and August.  Price is $125 per person,
all-inclusive; reservations are required and can be made by calling         310-372-1202           
July 25th  California Cabs
Spend an evening with winemaker Claudia Sansome of StoneFly Winery and taste her award-winning Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc

August 29th  Tamber Bey.
Superb cabernets will be the choice of wine this evening, from the vineyard at the southern end of the prestigious Oakville appellation.

WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS   6pm-8pm
Join wine industry professionals and the friendly team of BALEEN to taste wines from various regions of the world. $5 per person, light appetizers served, no reservation required.

July 11th  Wines from West Australia

August 8th  Wines from Spain and Portugal
The Portofino Hotel Redondo Beach 
The Portofino Hotel also offers other irresistibly creative packages to enhance your life for an overnight getaway, such a the Boys Will Be Boys Package, the His and Her Golf Package (golfing at the famous Trump National Golf course and a vist to Glen Ivy Day Spa), the Pampered Portofino LA Spa Package, and many more.

To make reservations for the wine series, call:         310-372-1202           
For hotel reservations and to book any of the special packages call:         (800) 468-4292           

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Jane Emery