Every year, I build a brand new themed wine pairing dinner party from scratch — a full multi-course menu designed around a central idea. Whether that’s a region, a season, a cuisine style or a cooking technique.
Each menu includes wine pairings for every course, vegetarian options, and links to the recipes. Some themes are playful, some are deeply regional, and some push the boundaries of what a dinner party can be. Browse all eight menus below and use whatever inspires you.
Not sure which theme suits your group? Browse our wine pairing party theme guide to find the right concept before you dive into a menu.
Where it all started — a classic six-course wine pairing dinner that set the template for everything that followed. The menu that proved the concept works.
A seasonal menu built around St. Patrick’s Day — Irish-inspired dishes reimagined as an elegant six-course dinner with unexpected wine pairings that go far beyond Guinness.
The most ambitious menu of the series — six courses built around molecular gastronomy techniques, from gels and foams to caviars, each paired with a wine that matched the science.
A regional tour of the Southern Hemisphere — dishes and wines from Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and South Africa in one six-course journey around the bottom of the globe.
A love letter to the Pacific Northwest — six courses built entirely around Washington State wines and locally-sourced Pacific Northwest ingredients.
A side-by-side comparison dinner — each course paired with both an Old World and New World wine from the same grape, so guests can taste the difference for themselves.
As local as it gets — every ingredient and every wine sourced from within the immediate region, celebrating what grows and is made right here.
A five-course culinary journey through Italy — each course inspired by a different Italian region, paired with the wines that region is
famous for.
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