Wine · Cigars · Motor cars
We host small themed evenings across London, and design private ones for companies that want their clients and teams to talk about the night for years.
The three themes
Every evening starts from one subject and a host who knows it properly. The venue, the menu, the music and the pace all follow from that choice.
Seated tastings led by a sommelier: vertical flights of one estate across a decade, or blind-tasting suppers where the table competes for the last bottle.
Open-air evenings with a torcedor rolling cigars at the table, paired with aged rum, cognac and single malt. Guests learn to cut, light and rest a cigar properly.
Classic and modern cars, from garden displays in town to Sunday runs out of London with lunch at a country house. Drivers stay dry until the keys are handed back.
Two ways in
The hosts, suppliers and standards are the same either way. What changes is whose name is on the invitation.
We publish a programme each season. Book a seat or a pair, arrive, and we look after the rest. People on our list hear about new dates 48 hours before anyone else.
We design and run private events for companies. One producer handles everything, from venue and licensing to the cars, insurance and photography.
For businesses
Most company evenings take four to eight weeks from first call to the night itself. Larger drive days need around twelve.
A half-hour call. Who the guests are, what the evening is for, which theme, and the budget. We come back with a first idea within a week.
Venue options, a running order, menus and a fixed price per guest. Revise it until it's right.
We book the venue, hosts and cars, arrange licences and insurance, and send invitations to your guests in your company's name.
A producer runs the evening on the floor while you host your guests. Afterwards you receive the photographs and a short report.
Programme
Seats are released in small numbers. If a date is full, enquire anyway: we keep a short waiting list for every evening.
A vertical tasting of one Pauillac estate, 2005 to 2016, with a four-course cellar supper.
Cellar room, Mayfair · 7pmWatch a cigar rolled from leaf to band, then smoke it with aged rum and cognac pairings.
Covered terrace, Marylebone · 7.30pmPre-war and post-war roadsters from Knightsbridge to the Chilterns, with lunch at a country house. Lunch is alcohol-free for drivers.
Departs Knightsbridge · 9amEnquire
Write a few lines and we'll reply with ideas, dates and a price. For a seat at one of our evenings, name the date and how many of you are coming.