Wines for Gala at the Nat'l Air & Space Museum

[Brom]

Upfront I can tell you that these are not "high end" wines. Almost all would seem to me poorly matched for a "high end surf and turf dinner".

I don't know what you will be charging your guests, but this sounds like the type of an affair at which it would be an insult to serve a $4 bottle of wine, which is essentially what your white zin and the Redwood Creeks are.

You will certainly want one of each basic type - red, white and rosé. You have sparkling wine options listed, but I don't know I would serve a sparkling wine except maybe during the cocktail hour. I don't think most people will ask for "champagne" to accompany their dinner.

I am guessing that budgetary concerns guided the caterer/destination company in making these suggestions?

I can make specific comment on certain of the wines listed, but first I would ask if you have the option of throwing out the entire list (bearing in mind there are at least a couple of possibilities on it) and getting the next bracket up the scale to match the overall high end quality of the affair?