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Dinner at Veritas - '82 Bordeaux Magnum Blowout

Chef Scott Bryan's flavorful, soulful, very pure cooking is obviously designed to make wines show well, and certainly he proved that time and time again at this brilliant tasting of...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Oct 2001

Mark's Duck House, Arlington, VA Another Dim Sum Fix

Except for a disappointing white Burgundy (again!), everything that we tasted was pretty much up to snuff or even better. Pétrus, which is often somewhat underwhelming after bottling, has turned in...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Oct 2001

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...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Dec 2001

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...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Mar 2002

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...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Mar 2002

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...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Mar 2002

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...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 30 Apr 2002

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...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Jun 2002

A Blast From the Past at Café Boulud

Since Restaurant Daniel does not serve lunch, I was quick to accept the invitation of the great one, Chef Daniel Boulud, to cook lunch for me and some friends at...

Robert M. Parker, Jr. • 01 Jun 2002

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