flossie009 Posted July 31 #1 Share Posted July 31 Today’s Spanish wine lunch on Voyager was excellent. Delicious food paired with a variety of wines from Spain. (Sorry, no picture of the dessert; similar to a crème brûlée) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorklelover Posted July 31 #2 Share Posted July 31 A few questions about the Wine Lunch. Is there one on every cruise and if so how can find out the information ( date and time) prior to sailing ? What do they usually run and can you use shipboard credits to pay for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 31 #3 Share Posted July 31 (edited) When you board the ship, you are normally sent to La Veranda for lunch. The bar crew offers specials at this time. They usually have 3 offers: The wine lunch which is excellent, normally about $160 on a sea day A Champaign lunch, normally over $200 Sometimes a Cognac tasting ~ $90 The best value is the wine lunch. These items do occasionally sell-out. Edit: yes, you can use shipboard credits to pay Edited July 31 by Kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambagahle Posted July 31 #4 Share Posted July 31 Just as well you can use your shipboad credits to pay. That is a LOT of money for a "Wine pairing lunch"... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepFreeze63 Posted July 31 #5 Share Posted July 31 No, not every cruise - "on select voyages" per the "Luxury Goes Cruising" blog on the Regent website. Have only seen it on sea days. Cost quoted (today on Regent website) at $169 p.p. Yes can use SBC. Very worthwhile! Tell Maitre de at any ship restaurant of your interest and someone will contact you. Of course, it'll be announced in an early issue of Passages. Be forewarned, this event will be cancelled if not enough interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie009 Posted July 31 Author #6 Share Posted July 31 Today’s lunch in Chartreuse was offered as part of the “Spotlight on Wine” programme on this cruise. It was priced at $80pp; shipboard credit could be used. There is an “Exclusive Wine Dinner” in a couple of days priced at $450pp 😮 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishwitchy Posted July 31 #7 Share Posted July 31 33 minutes ago, flossie009 said: Today’s lunch in Chartreuse was offered as part of the “Spotlight on Wine” programme on this cruise. It was priced at $80pp; shipboard credit could be used. There is an “Exclusive Wine Dinner” in a couple of days priced at $450pp 😮 Thank you for the pricing details, it didn’t look quite up to par with my previously wine luncheon expectations. I would love to see the details of the exclusive wine dinner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie009 Posted August 1 Author #8 Share Posted August 1 13 hours ago, irishwitchy said: I would love to see the details of the exclusive wine dinner! Still spaces available, if you can arrange to join the ship in Spain by tomorrow evening 😉 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mj_holiday Posted August 1 #9 Share Posted August 1 We did the cognac tasting on our last cruise. It was on a lark, but was very nice. We learned alot and were treated to some nice Hennessy cognac. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GMIAC Posted August 1 #10 Share Posted August 1 We did the wine lunch on Grandeur in April. We weren't impressed with the food, as it all seemed to be re-heated stuff from the previous wine lunch. Very disappointing. The wines were good, but nothing special. We came away from it disappointed that we ate up two hours of a beloved sea day doing this. If you're interested in one of these, ask a Sommelier early on in the sailing, in any restaurant, and they'll sign you up. Onboard credits can be used for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toseaornottosea Posted August 1 #11 Share Posted August 1 $450 per person sounds like a bargain...NOT. Ridiculous pricing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cAPS lOCK oN Posted August 1 #12 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, toseaornottosea said: $450 per person sounds like a bargain...NOT. Ridiculous pricing. It's not a price I would pay but Napa Valley Reserve wines are about the most exclusive wines produced in the US. They are almost impossible to get your hands on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whinenowine Posted August 2 #13 Share Posted August 2 8 hours ago, cAPS lOCK oN said: It's not a price I would pay but Napa Valley Reserve wines are about the most exclusive wines produced in the US. They are almost impossible to get your hands on. No doubt....now if Bill Harlan were there and the Harlan Estate cabs were being poured, I'd be more likely to drop $900 on a lunch (snob that I am). 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie009 Posted August 2 Author #14 Share Posted August 2 Is the wine that good to warrant $450 for 5 glasses of wine ? ………….. or is it a case of “emperor’s new clothes” ? We will not be investing $900 tonight to find out, but might take a sneak peak into Chartreuse to see how many do 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOARMY Posted August 2 #15 Share Posted August 2 Have done two Wine Lunches and one Wine Dinner. Had a surfeit of OBCs to use up. Been there; done that; got the menus. Regent does not seem to have an issue booking these up to capacity. Constant reminders in "Passages" does the job. No sour grapes [sorry!] as to wine selections. Attentive service and explanation(s) as to what wine--or champaign--was being paired with a particular course. Not high on our repeat list--at this point. GOARMY! . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyTvlr Posted August 3 #16 Share Posted August 3 18 hours ago, GOARMY said: Have done two Wine Lunches and one Wine Dinner. Had a surfeit of OBCs to use up. Been there; done that; got the menus. Regent does not seem to have an issue booking these up to capacity. Constant reminders in "Passages" does the job. No sour grapes [sorry!] as to wine selections. Attentive service and explanation(s) as to what wine--or champaign--was being paired with a particular course. Not high on our repeat list--at this point. GOARMY! . How were the pours at the dinner, and were they willing to top up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOARMY Posted August 3 #17 Share Posted August 3 (edited) Happy: Yes. Everyone was "happy" during that dinner; and at those lunches. GOARMY! Edited August 3 by GOARMY Edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyTvlr Posted August 3 #18 Share Posted August 3 1 hour ago, GOARMY said: Happy: Yes. Everyone was "happy" during that dinner; and at those lunches. GOARMY! Thanks! Same was true at the lunch I attended on my first cruise on Grandeur. I'll keep an eye out for the dinner on future cruises. Unlikely I'll see it on my upcoming holiday cruise on Navigator, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOARMY Posted August 3 #19 Share Posted August 3 Happy: Actually--our Wine Dinner event was on Navigator. June, 2023. Montreal to NYC. Second leg of a B/t/B. Our seating was in the Card Room with 10-12 others. "Oversubscribed", so they set up another location "next door" for about the same number of guests. Received good reviews. This was fairly new for Regent, at that time. Believe second occasion for a special Wine Dinner on any Regent ship, and a first for Navigator. Have not been back on Navigator since. Suggest you inquire through your TA--or directly w/Regent as to possibility of this being offered on your segment. If no definitive answer (and, I would not expect one before you board), ask the Sommelier or Matre'd. during your first day aboard, as suggested above. My-oh-my. Has the price escalated! Or, as the old SNL "Weekend Update" Commentators opined--"Really! Really?. Total for the two of us was around $425.00. Supply and demand, again. If Regent can fill the space, it will charge the freight. GOARMY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katykrol Posted August 4 #20 Share Posted August 4 This is related to the wine lunch comments. In December 2022 we were on the splendor and they had a complimentary wine tasting of some of the included wines. We did not participate because it was at 10:00 in the am. I had seen this event mentioned a couple of times in CC. Fast forward to march 2024. We were on the grandeur and when I inquired about it, none of the staff seemed to know what’s was talking about and I didn’t see it advertised. was I just imagining this event or did Regent stop offering ? Thanks for any replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare loriva Posted August 4 #21 Share Posted August 4 31 minutes ago, katykrol said: This is related to the wine lunch comments. In December 2022 we were on the splendor and they had a complimentary wine tasting of some of the included wines. We did not participate because it was at 10:00 in the am. I had seen this event mentioned a couple of times in CC. Fast forward to march 2024. We were on the grandeur and when I inquired about it, none of the staff seemed to know what’s was talking about and I didn’t see it advertised. was I just imagining this event or did Regent stop offering ? Thanks for any replies There was one on Explorer in January of this year. Held in the atrium on the same level as the MDR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong1 Posted August 4 #22 Share Posted August 4 43 minutes ago, katykrol said: This is related to the wine lunch comments. In December 2022 we were on the splendor and they had a complimentary wine tasting of some of the included wines. We did not participate because it was at 10:00 in the am. I had seen this event mentioned a couple of times in CC. Fast forward to march 2024. We were on the grandeur and when I inquired about it, none of the staff seemed to know what’s was talking about and I didn’t see it advertised. was I just imagining this event or did Regent stop offering ? Thanks for any replies Perhaps another example of subtle/under-the-radar "corporate cost cutting"? The sum of many small and little-noticed saving can probably add up to rather large savings fleet-wide over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mj_holiday Posted August 4 #23 Share Posted August 4 We were on Explorer April 2024, there was a wine tasting in the Atrium one morning of included wines. It was like the first sea day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minotaur Posted August 4 #24 Share Posted August 4 1 hour ago, mj_holiday said: We were on Explorer April 2024, there was a wine tasting in the Atrium one morning of included wines. It was like the first sea day. Same on Voyager March 2024. No charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyTvlr Posted August 4 #25 Share Posted August 4 4 hours ago, katykrol said: This is related to the wine lunch comments. In December 2022 we were on the splendor and they had a complimentary wine tasting of some of the included wines. We did not participate because it was at 10:00 in the am. I had seen this event mentioned a couple of times in CC. Fast forward to march 2024. We were on the grandeur and when I inquired about it, none of the staff seemed to know what’s was talking about and I didn’t see it advertised. was I just imagining this event or did Regent stop offering ? Thanks for any replies It was on the first sea day on Grandeur in March 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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