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January 2008
In Defense of Flaws in Wine
Posted: 10:20 AM ET, January 18, 2008
"Is it a flaw or is it the wine?"
This is a question that I often think about. This is mostly because I am frequently accused of being too charitable toward wines that display any of a wide range of things that some winemakers and drinkers deem unacceptable. Read more
Buyer Beware?
Posted: 05:01 PM ET, January 11, 2008
I say restaurant beware!
Most certainly I am not trying to set off an epidemic of returns-for-no-reason, not in the restaurant I work in, nor any other for that matter. What I am referring to is the dated and, frankly, rude policy of “buyer beware” when it comes to buying older wines on wine lists. Read more
My Best Meals of 2007
Posted: 04:19 PM ET, January 09, 2008
As 2007 has come to a close, I give pause to think about where I had some of my best meals of the year, and here they are in no particular order!
Eleven Madison Park, New York
I ate at Danny Meyer’s elegant Madison Square restaurant six or seven times. Read more
More Slings and Arrows: Ranking Wine Service Around the World
Posted: 11:54 AM ET, January 02, 2008
In last week’s post, if you missed it, I let some arrows fly at Italy and its wine service. Today, I’m aiming closer to home. Let’s begin with France.
Ah France! A country I love like no other. Nowhere do we see more of the most-beloved grapes reach their apogee than in this country. Read more
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