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What About Now? (Vertical tastings of famous Châteauneuf du Papes)

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...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Lunch at Citronelle, Washington, DC

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...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Mark's Duck House

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...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Les Oenarchs Blast From the Past

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...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Dinner, Oregon Grille, Hunt Valley, MD

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...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Restaurant Palena, Washington, DC

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...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Cindy Wolf's Charleston Restaurant - Les Oenarchs Dinner

Chef Cindy Wolf prepared another sumptuous meal, with every course hitting high notes. The Champagne flight was disappointing, with a decrepit bottle of 1982 Dom Pérignon followed by a tart, green, sharp 1990...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
Citronelle, Washington, DC

In an attempt to get a reality check on just how great Michel Richard is compared to some of the top chefs of France, I made a pilgrimage to this...

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
New Year's Eve, 2002 (At a Friend's House)

We started the evening with great smoked salmon, terrific Peking duck, and the unbelievably fat but tasty Wagyu beef from the famous purveyor of beef in New York City, Lobel's....

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Robert M. Parker, Jr. •
L'Ami Louis, Paris, France

My favorite restaurant in the world, and a place to recharge my batteries after working ten straight 12 hour days, L'Ami Louis is a palace for incredibly fresh raw products...

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