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Immediately prior to my trip to Australia, we celebrated a birthday meal prepared by Chef William Douglas McNeill at the Seasons restaurant in the Four Seasons hotel. McNeill retired the...
Read MoreMy wife and I prepared a great meal. When summer tomatoes come in, my wife makes a fabulous tomato/cheese pie (essentially ground up aged Swiss cheese layered with a bed...
Read MoreGetting prepared for a three-week visit to Australia, I took three blockbuster Shiraz to my favorite local bistro, Petit Louis, as well as a bottle of 1998 Monbousquet. It takes a...
Read MoreThis was another brilliant bottle of 1990 Clos de Goisses Champagne from Philipponnet. I had expected better things from Domaine Leflaive's 1989 Chevalier Montrachet as previous bottles tasted scored 2-3 points higher. This...
Read MoreDrunk with an excellent catered meal, the stars included the elegant, quintessential Blancs de Blanc Champagne, the 1990 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne. I don't know how much longer this wine can...
Read MoreAt a tasting with wine collectors at the up-scale Napa Valley bistro, Pinot Blanc, the brilliant 1997 Marcassin Chardonnay and 1997 Pinot Noir were both exquisite. The Chardonnay flirts with perfection, and the Pinot...
Read MoreAt a dinner and blind tasting of my local wine group, the first flight, served with foie gras, was sweet Sauternes. Not surprisingly, the 1989 Château Yquem took top honors. All of...
Read MoreI had a delicious meal with a group of friends, all of us bringing an array of blockbuster southern Rhônes. There were no surprises other than the youthfulness of the 1978...
Read MoreThis meal at the superb Portland bistro called Paley's Place (I highly recommend it) began with the 1999 Ponzi Pinot Noir (from a single vineyard, but I did not write down the...
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