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Belated Mother's Day at the Oregon Grille

A spring from hell, my Mother's death as well as that of my best friend's wife, delayed any real celebration of Mother's Day. It has long been our tradition to have...

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Restaurants
Charity Dinner at Restaurant Daniel

Another marvelous meal prepared by the great French chef, Daniel Boulud, the early courses were brilliant. They included his incredibly perfumed, intensely flavored fresh anchovy dish, and delicate salad of...

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Events
Charity Dinner at The French Laundry

This charity dinner benefitted the scholarship program for San Francisco's Hamlin School. One of the distinguished participants on Mark Squires' message board, Bill Langelier, and his wife, Carolyn, purchased this...

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Events
An Evening at Home with a Dear Friend

I  pulled out the big eight from 1982 that I had purchased as wine futures in 1983, took possession of immediately upon their arrival to America, and had stored in...

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Dining At Home
2001 BORDEAUX - AN IRREGULAR YET GOOD VINTAGE

Statistically, the winter of 2001 was wet and warm. The following spring was largely uneventful save for some frost alerts in an unusually cool, overcast April. By the end of...

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Restaurants
Dinner at Tour d'Argent

I  commented on the bulletin board about how abysmal the food was at this restaurant, but the views are magnificent, the wine list extraordinary, and the quality of the service...

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Restaurants
Private Dinner in Bordeaux

This was a dinner and blind tasting with the famed Bordeaux group Les Oenarchs. The meal, prepared by Chef Frances Garcia, formerly of Chapon Fin, included a salad of lamb...

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Restaurants
Blind Tasting of Primarily 1999 Red Burgundy with the Burgdogs

I  was invited to donate some New World Pinot Noir pirates to a blind tasting of highly regarded 1999 red Burgundies. The participants, called the Burgdogs, were all big-time red...

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Restaurants
Date With Decadence, Charleston Restaurant, Baltimore, MD

This is an annual holiday luncheon I host for good friends and wine lovers where three flights are served blind and we then proceed to embarrass each other. However, I...

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