The Guest List: Knights Bridge Winery

Knights Bridge Winery

featuring Winemaker Derek Baljeu

Join us for the first Guest List dinner of 2026, featuring the critically acclaimed wines of Knights Bridge Winery, presented personally by winemaker Derek Baljeu and family member John Bailey. Charlie Palmer Steak IV welcomes you for a thoughtfully curated multi-course tasting experience, designed to showcase the synergy between food and wine. Expect elegant pours and perfectly paired plates in a relaxed yet refined setting.

Menu

AMUSE

Tsar Nicolai Caviar Parfait
crisp potato, smoked salmon crème fraîche

2023 Pont de Chevalier Sauvignon Blanc

FIRST

Lobster Bolognese
campanelle

2021 West Block Chardonnay

SECOND

Four-Spice Crusted Duck Breast
caramelized endive

2022 Haggerty Road Red Blend

THIRD

Seared Filet Mignon
truffled mushroom ragu, caramelized parsnip

2019 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

DESSERT

Knickerbocker Chocolate Torte

Mignardises

Mauritson Independence Port, Rockpile

About Knights Bridge Winery

Knights Bridge is a family-owned winery that produces 100% estate-grown wines. The organically farmed vineyard rests on ancient soils created by a volcano eruption 3.79 million years ago. A singular property rising from 450 to 950 feet in elevation on the rocky slopes of the Mayacamas mountain range, the vineyard is shaped by cooling marine influences from San Pablo Bay, the Russian River, and the Pacific Ocean--natural forces that lend the wines their signature restraint and elegance. A remarkable diversity of exposures, slopes, elevations, and soil types defines the site, with 43 distinct blocks individually planted to specific varieties, clones, and rootstocks. This precision in the vineyard is mirrored in the winery itself. Designed by Howard Backen in close collaboration with ownership and the winemaking team and completed in 2021, the largely subterranean facility is purpose-built for thoughtful, small-lot vinification. Equipped with optical sorting, concrete and stainless-steel eggs, custom fermentation tanks sized to each block, and dedicated climate-controlled spaces for fermentation and aging, the winery quietly supports the distinctive expression of the estate.