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CASINO DINING GUIDE
Mississippi casinos honored by Wine Spectator
MISSISSIPPI — Wine Spectator
offering 350 or more selections, these
Receiving an Award of Excellence
recently announced its award-winning
restaurants are destinations for serious
designation were BR Prime Steakhouse,
restaurants for 2026. In Mississippi,
wine lovers, showing a deep commitment
Coraline’s, Jia, and Stalla Italian Kitchen
17 restaurants made the list. Of those,
to wine.
at Beau Rivage, and Morton’s, The
seven were casino restaurants. Wine
Receiving a Best of Award of
Steakhouse at Golden Nugget Biloxi.
Spectator’s Restaurant Awards recognize
Excellence designation were Phillip M’s
“To be recognized among the most
restaurants whose wine lists offer
at Pearl River Resort and thirty-two at IP
world’s most exceptional beverage
interesting selections, are appropriate to
Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi.
programs with the Wine Spectator
their cuisine and appeal to a wide range
Five Mississippi casino restaurants
awards is an immense honor,” said Beau
of wine lovers.
were awarded an Award of Excellence,
Rivage Sommelier Charlene Egan. “Beau
There were two Mississippi casino
and four of them are located at one
Rivage’s wine program brings some hard-
restaurants that received the coveted Best
casino and all of them are in Biloxi.
to-find and truly extraordinary wines
of Award of Excellence. These wine lists
These wine lists, which should offer at
to Coastal Mississippi, with more than
display excellent breadth across multiple
least 90 selections, feature a well-chosen
5,000 bottles in our cellar, and a rotating
wine-growing regions and/or significant
assortment of quality producers, along
selection that changes to match menu
vertical depth of top producers, along
with a thematic match to the menu in
changes and the evolving tastes of our
with superior presentation. Typically
both price and style.
guests.”
Palace dinner celebrates historic wine tasting
BILOXI — In 1976, a historic
dinner on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7
coq au vin, chicken with pearl onion,
blind wine tasting held in Paris forever
p.m. Mignon’s Steaks & Seafood is
Nueske’s bacon and potato knepfle.
changed the world’s perception of
host to the five-course gourmet dinner
Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon
California wine. In a stunning upset,
that offers guests the opportunity to
is the featured wine with this course.
California wines triumphed over
experience the wines and the legacy of
The second entree is steak au poivre
some of France’s most celebrated wine
the wineries that changed the course
vert. Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Artemis
producers, proving that Napa Valley
of wine history, including Chateau
Cabernet Sauvignon is served with this
could stand among the world’s finest
Montelena, Stag’s Leap and Freemark
course.
wine regions.
Abbey.
The wine dinner is $139 per person.
Palace Casino Resort marks the
Enjoy items such as Oysters and
Limited seating is available for this
50th anniversary of the Judgment
Pearls, a French specialty, paired with a
typically sold-out event. Reservations
of Paris with a tribute wine pairing
Chateau Montelena Chardonnay, and
can be made through OpenTable.com.
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