The IWA Pairing Experience is our annual U.S. restaurant program where chefs and sommeliers compete to create the most exceptional IWA food pairing - for the opportunity to experience the birthplace of IWA in Toyama, Japan.
In 2025, restaurants across the country competed using IWA Assemblage 5 (2023). At Lilo in Carlsbad, Executive Chef and Owner Eric Bost and Wine Director Savannah Riedel answered that question with one of the Grand Prize-winning pairings.
“What happens when caviar meets orgeat ice cream?”
Their N25 Caviar & Orgeat Ice Cream, poured alongside Assemblage 5, explored the delicate interplay of sweetness and salinity - playful, elegant, and quietly surprising.Sometimes the most unexpected combinations become the most unforgettable.