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La Beaugravière, Rhône Valley

I have been recommending this restaurant for nearly twenty years. It has the finest wine list in the southern Rhône, and Tina and Guy Jullien's cuisine just gets better and...

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Daniel, New York, NY

The incomparable Daniel Boulud produced a classic fall menu that offered one intellectual and hedonistic glory after another. The food was matched with wines that the chef loves the most...

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Café Boulud, New York, NY

Café Boulud is the more casual dining establishment of Chef Daniel Boulud. As chef, he has installed Andrew Carmellini, who has an impressive résumé and fashions intensively flavorful dishes that...

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Four Seasons Hotel - Fountain Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA

I listed these wines in the sequence they were served at a lunch by well-known and incredibly generous Philadelphia wine enthusiast and collector, Randy Feinberg. All of these wines were...

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Mark's Duck House, Falls Church, VA

At our decadent, lavish lunch of fabulous dim sum, the red Burgundies performed up to their exalted reputations. It was led by a perfect bottle of Ponsot's 1980 Clos de la...

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Charity Dinner at Charleston Restaurant

A great night that raised a boatload of money for a worthy cause, the food of Baltimore's finest chef, Cindy Wolf, was superb, as usual. It complemented the range of...

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Café Citronelle, Washington, DC

The brilliant, creative genius of Michel Richard pulled out all the stops in a marvelous meal with only one glitch ... the Belon Oyster and Jellyfish in Aspic. There is...

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Repaire de Cartouche, Paris, France

This is a superb bistro with a great wine list (super Rhônes as well as other offerings) that merits attention from serious eaters. They serve generous portions of impeccably well-made...

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Le Dome, Paris France

One of my two or three favorite Parisian restaurants for fish and shellfish, this famous old brassière/bistro offers the freshest seafood one can find. This is a great spot to...

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