This is one of my favorite spots in Paris for great fish dishes. They do a fabulous fish soup as well as bouillabaisse and great oysters (but September is not...

One of the hardest tables to get in Paris is at Chef Yves Camdeborde's tiny La Régalade. Before flying home from my fall tasting trip, Pierre Rovani and I had...

Meeting good friends from Baltimore for lunch at L'Ami Louis was a treat after seventeen days of hard work. The luncheon began with a beautiful bottle of the delicate yet...

My favorite (and most expensive) bistro in the world, L'Ami Louis, is at its best in the winter, when they offer the world's finest baby leg of lamb as well...

Round II of the 1998 vs. 2000 Châteauneuf du Pape Superbowl...

(A night of extraordinarily profound as well as extraordinarily disappointing wines from Domaine de la Romanée Conti) This was not a blind tasting, but rather flights of DRC wines paired...

I was in the minority, but I found the 1999 Schleinitz Riesling Koberner Weisenberg, 1998 Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl, and 1998 Zind-Humbrecht Tokay-Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl to be too sweet for my taste. I...

A quiet New Year's Eve with dear friends included some gorgeous Champagnes (two of my favorites). The deep 1990 Moët-Chandon Dom Pérignon Rosé was almost like a serious red Burgundy. The 1990 Louis Roederer...

Tio Pepe Ristorante, Baltimore, MD...