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Another brilliant, prodigiously original meal from the gifted chef, Michel Richard. His Ceviche of Geoduck Clam, Poached Egg with Foie Gras, Lobster Carpaccio, and Halibut Cheeks were all home-run courses...

Astunning meal prepared by French Chef Laurent Gras, accompanied by the knowledgeable as well as impeccable wine service of Belinda Chang made for a super evening at this high-class restaurant...

All of the following tastings were conducted over the last eight months. The Clos des Papes tasting was held at the domaine's cellars. Tastings of the Beaucastel Hommage à Jacques...

Readers can obviously look at the menu that Michel Richard prepared, but I did want to mention several courses that stood out for their incredible brilliance. This includes the assortment...

A word of advice. No one should turn down an invitation to have dinner at my house. The evening began brilliantly with a spectacular magnum of 1998 Peter Michael Chardonnay Point Rouge,...

We had some terrific wines, including the fully mature 1995 Côtes du Rhônes from Domaine Gramenon, a young, vigorous, intensely blackberry and mineral Syrah, the 1995 Cornas Vieilles Vignes from Alain Voge, and the outstanding but...

A sensational meal at Baltimore's finest restaurant was matched with some classic Napa Cabernet Sauvignons, primarily from the seventies. We began our evening with two great magnums of Champagne, both...

A simple meal with fine wines featured the excellent cooking of Chef Mark Henry of the Oregon Grille, one of the two or three finest restaurants in the Baltimore area. The...

After a charitable tasting of 2000 Bordeaux to benefit the American Heart Association in Washington, DC, a small group of us retired to one of DC's outstanding restaurants, Palena, on...