can anyone help with restaurants that do very expensive flights/tasting dinners? (like for 2 people, not a party that uses full bottles)

wine and/or champagne actually

it would ideally be located in the DC area, but NY would be fine if necessary.

thanks!

Are you talking about a tasting menu with wine accompaniments for each course? In D.C., you might try Galileo, especially the Labortorio section. My favorite Italian in D.C. is Teatro Goldoni, which has a great tasting menu, but I am not sure if they have wine accompaniments.

ive been very underwhelmed with the wine flights ive seen on menus.

same with tasting menu pairings when they list them.

Try Babbo in NYC. You can visit their web page for details. Amazing place.

hmm, thanks, they have info on their vintage tastings online.

Roberto Donna has closed Galileo because the building it was located in is being renovated; by coincidence, the Arlington, VA trattoria he's opened as a replacement was reviewed in the Dec. 31 Washington Post magazine.

The review is at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122701744.html

They also have two tasting menus:

http://www.babbonyc.com/menu2.html

For the dc area, the single events are best. the best list for these is

http://www.thelistareyouonit.com/

sometines this site has a thing or two

http://www.localwineevents.com/Washington-DC-Wine/

jaleo crystal city does a last thurs of month that is great.

for individual sites, check

dino

finn&porter(yes, finn and porter) some of the very best

san marco events for great venitian cooking, but medeocre wine

wine enthusiast

arrow wine

calvert woodley(high end) current offering:

http://www.wineaccess.com/store/calv...tter_id=106581

MacArthur liquor(hi end)

schneiders

planet wine(at least 3 tasting dinners a month)

I am not a fan of donna, or goldini. have been to many tastings at both, and the only decent one was cooked by jeff bubin before he opened viadelia.

we do not go out to individual tasting dinners, as these specials are such blowouts of special foods and wines. bit slow over holiday season, but will pick up soon

wow, thanks slawecki ^

as for babbo, this is what i liked seeing there >

In NYC, I like Del Posto better than I like Babbo.
Both are owned by Mario Batalli.

www.delposto.com

Thanks for the info! Sorry, OP, that I am a bit behind the times!

Bebo Trattoria is now one of my all time fave places to eat!! Going there for a lunch tomorrow in fact!

but nothing like "vintage babbo" at least on their website

In NY, Cru is on my list of places to go if I'm ever feeling rather flush (having said that, it's lower than the price range you mentioned). You can see their fall tasting menu on their website, along with the suggested wine pairings.

Per Se might be another good choice, although their website is less than helpful.

does per se do individual wine flights that high?

just noticed babbo is italian wine (obviously )