We will be open until 9PM tonight (Wednesday) and then on Thanksgiving Day from 10AM until 2PM for all you last-minute types. Happy holidays everyone!

Tasting a wine without any preconceived notions. No knowledge of where it’s from, what price it is…or what points it might have scored from certain wine critics with massive followings. Possibly a scary proposition? Or maybe just a super exciting fun one!

Here at Domaine LA, we want to get you confident in your own palate and ability to judge a wine based solely on how much you enjoy drinking it. This can be done by sticking some wines in brown bags and tasting them blind. What does an 89 point wine taste like as compared to a 98? A $15 wine vs. a $50 wine? Can you even tell the difference? You just might realize that points are, well, pointless.

If you’re thinking, “I really want to try this blind tasting thing now”, you’re in luck! We’re having a blind tasting on Sunday! This is your chance to put your skills to the test and listen to your gut.  2-4PM, September 18th. To get a better idea of the wines being poured (12 of them!) and to buy tickets, go here.

Yesterday’s Sunday tasting was a special one. Alice Feiring was here with her brand spanking new book, Naked Wine. She also selected 8 natural wines for us all to taste, from winemakers/growers that are featured in her book. It was truly a delightful tasting and discussion.

Alice hasn’t left town just yet! If you want to make your Monday night a bit more exciting, call the Bazaar ASAP to grab one of the last few spots at what is sure to be an extraordinary evening of food and wine.

Monday, August 29

7PM reception, 7:30PM Seating
Dinner with Alice Feiring at the Bazaar by Jose Andres
5 waves of food and wine including the Calek Blonde, La Clarine Farm White, Mendall l’Abreuradeur and more!
$100pp plus tax and gratuity
Please call the Bazaar at (310) 246-5555 for reservations and reference the “Alice Feiring” dinner

Taste two new flavors from Carmela’s Ice Cream, based on wine we stock on our shelves! Two sorbets as well as the wines that inspired them, a Cava and a Malbec blend, will be on display as part of this Sunday’s event. From 2PM to 5PM on Juy 24th…come on down! Click here for discounted advance purchase of tickets (just $6!).

Join us this Sunday from 3 to 6PM as Farm Fresh Seafood shucks oysters outside and we pour wine inside. Bottles we’re opening include the NV Parigot Cremant de Bourgogne Blanc de Blancs, a Muscadet from Loire vigneron Eric Chevalier, and the 2009 Savary Vieilles Vignes Chablis. Click here for details and special advance purchase pricing. Wine and oysters available a la carte on Sunday as well.

PS - had we realized Hungry Cat’s annual Crab Fest was on the same day, we might have been more creative with our naming. Apologies for the similarity. Next time we’ll call it Oysterpalooza or something.