Westin Miyako Kyoto pairs a Dominique Bouchet dinner with four vintages of Dom Pérignon
The Westin Miyako Kyoto will run a single-night, ¥68,000-a-head dinner at Dominique Bouchet Kyoto on 4 September, pairing four Dom Pérignon vintages course by course with the brand's Japan-based ambassador in attendance.
Kintetsu Miyako Hotels said in a release that The Westin Miyako Kyoto will hold a five-course dinner at its Dominique Bouchet Kyoto restaurant on 4 September, pairing each course with a different vintage of Dom Pérignon. Dinner starts at 18:30 and costs ¥68,000 per person, tax and service included, according to the release.
The pairings run from Dom Pérignon Vintage 2017 with the appetiser course through Vintage 2015 with scallop and pike conger, Rosé Vintage 2010 with lobster, and Vintage 2008 Plénitude 2 with the beef fillet course, the release said. Timothy Beck, Dom Pérignon's Japan-based brand ambassador, will attend the dinner.
It's the same playbook floortok has tracked at other Japanese luxury hotels this summer — Park Hyatt Niseko ran a comparable multi-course, multi-vintage pairing dinner in July — where a single-night, ticketed event with a visiting ambassador substitutes for discounting as the way to court a high-spending domestic and inbound guest. At ¥68,000 a head before drinks or a room, the appeal isn't value; it's scarcity and occasion, sold to a client who already has the wine.