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A SPECIAL LUNCH ON THE REGENT SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER

Just about everything is free on the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, even tours.  However, you can pay more for more expensive alcoholic drinks and even certain meals.  We each paid $179 for a special lunch with expensive wines and fine cuisine.  The menu. It all started with a Kir Royale, followed by a Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc from Malborough, New Zealand.  This is the wine that first made a world impression.  Now most of the really good white ones come from this region of the country.  We had a Tuna/Avocado Poke with this wine. Then another breakthrough wine, a 2016 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay from Napa Valley, California.  The 1973 version in 1976 won the  Paris Judgement , when nine French judges blind tasted white and red wines, and this Napa Valley wine came out with the highest score, red or white.  There was a 2008 film,  Bottle Shock .  The reputation of California wines thereby made a spectacular leap. Served with seared scallops.  Portions were small, thankfully. A  2018 Loui