What: A special table in the main dining room featuring a Chef Tory’s specially selected 5 – course menu complemented by an assortment of wines.

Who: Your host for the evening will be one of Commander’s wine experts.

When: Monday through Sunday evenings at 7 PM

Where: Commander’s Palace
1403 Washington Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130

The only way to learn about wine is to taste it. Thank God. And the best way is to compare several at once. If you drink a Chardonnay tonight and a Sauvignon Blanc tomorrow night, the differences will not be nearly as pronounced as when you drink them side by side.

Certainly the differences between two Chardonnays will be harder to decipher and therefore to recall. To demonstrate this point, we've been hosting wine tastings at Foodies Kitchen: "Summer Red's" one night and "ABC Anything but Chardonnay" another. But the grand dame of tastings is to experience your own at our Wine Table with the guidance of head grape nuts.

The table is yours for the night and our wine experts will teach you as much or as little as you want to learn. You can choose the wines and we'll plan a menu around it or we can make all the decisions for you. Wouldn't it be great to taste American Pinot Noir next to UNCORKED French or how about French Syrah next to Australian Shiraz? Or why not all of them? How bad could that be? Nestled in the corner of the main dining room surrounded by wine paraphernalia is the wine table, available only to one party per night.

It's an "everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask about wine" evening with liberal doses of fun and a meal paired especially for your wine choices. Now that's what living in New Orleans is all about. And while you're at it you can ask our wine experts what the difference is between Shiraz and Syrah. Or ask him what wine goes best with our style of food – do you pair the food and the wine or the wine and the sauce? Ahhh – the mysteries of the Wine Table...

For the Wine Table Reservations, call Debra Conroy at 1-504-899-8221.