The Gentleman Magazine Issue 14 | April 2019 | Page 63

The Polo Lounge at The Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The wine list at The Polo Lounge offers a thoughtful wine
collection featuring hard to find and older vintages. Since 1941,
the iconic restaurant continues to be the place to see and be
seen, considered as having one of the ‘Top 10 Wine Lists in
LA’ by Gayot.com and given the ‘Award of Excellence’ by Wine
Spectator every year from 2009 to 2018. Diners can choose
from more than 250 different kinds of wines such as Burgundy,
Bordeaux and Champagne from around the world and enjoy a
glass at the very place where Hollywood’s greatest stars, from
Charlie Chaplin to Elizabeth Taylor, have done the same while
seated at their favourite tables.
The Restaurant at Montage Beverly Hills
225 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The wine list at The Restaurant at Montage Beverly Hills
includes offerings from well-known producers from Napa
Valley, Paso Robles, Sonoma as well as premium selections of
legendary wines from France, Italy and other European wine
regions, which range from $30-$200 per glass.
The Restaurant employs a full-time sommelier, as well as
a Wine Director to run their entire wine program to ensure
every bottle has been tasted. By-the-glass selections range from
prestigious and familiar to ultra-boutique and are stored in the
hotel’s underground wine cellar, a 15,000 bottle, temperature
controlled, and limited-access room located in the heart of the
hotel.
Spago
176 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Offering over 3,000 selections, Spago's wine list is not only
one of the largest in Southern California, it’s one of the most
comprehensive, and quite possibly the most extravagant.
Guests can sip from bottles ranging in price anywhere from
$35 to a $12,000. Since 2010, the famed restaurant has
received five Grand Awards by Wine Spectator. After a massive
renovation in 2012 by SoHo House designer Waldo Fernandez,
the restaurant’s sleek and contemporary design is the perfect
place to unwind and feel like a celebrity.
Wally’s Beverly Hills
447 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
A full bar, bustling kitchen, cheese shop, reserve room and
impressive collection of caviar, chocolate and truffles are
merely a complement to Wally’s extensive wine menu that is
nearly 60 pages long. Over 2,500 bottles of wine line the walls
of this vast space in floor-to-ceiling cubbyholes that begin just
inside the front doors. Have a glass during lunch or dinner
service, pop in for a drink at the bar before your evening plans,
or head in late after a night out as the flagship wine shop, bar
and restaurant is open until 2 a.m.
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
419 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is one of Beverly Hills’ most
treasured shops and regularly tops any list of best gourmet
food or cheese shops in Los Angeles. While known for
stocking hundreds of rare and hard-to-find cheeses, they also
offer charcuterie, caviar, truffles, and unique takes on kitchen
staples like Himalayan fine pink salt, French lavender honey
and black currant vinegar. A few lucky patrons may even have
a chance to visit the store’s secret wine cellar, which consists
of 12-seat, private tasting room. Only available by booking
far in advance, the tasting room provides an intimate, rustic
European experience surrounded by framed mementos of the
local legends who have been customers, amidst an upright
piano that’s always in tune.
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