sea salt and Piquillo peppers stuffed with bacalao served with Bonny Doon’s Albarino. The second course was the housemade Pate Grand Mere with cornichons and rostini and Devil’s Gulch Ranch rabbit risotti with Parmesan...

Viejo Mas de Caralt Red Table Wine Whites: Vionta Albarino Anything from Bodegas Spanish brandy: Fundador* Sweet lemon juice sounds like simple syrup added to lemon juice; lemonade concentrate would be a probable substitute. Be sure to...

the Tocai or Ribolla grapes) or Alto Adige (often made with Gewurztraminer). They might also like a white from Spain such as a Albarino. Finally, if you want something in that price range, that is excellent, and would be very...

) but it’s not for picky eaters, since the chef kind of makes it up on the spot. If you do go to knife + fork, get a bottle of the albariño or the morgon (or both, like we did). Both were outstanding, well-priced and very...

something less than perfectly fresh? Maybe it tires toward the end of a night. Anyway, it was a disappointment, though the slaw and fries were fine, as usual. I also found a lovely glass of Albariño from among many good...

. $19.00 for a pitcher of sugary wine like liquid. All their Albarinos were old, the youngest was 2004, some were 2003 .What the hell? The other dishes at my table were just as ghastly. One of my group had some sort of spaghetti...

Well, not that I know anyone that doesn’t like Sherry . . . (make sure you are serving a fresh Fino or Manzanilla, well chilled but not ice cold). Sticking wth Spain: a dry crisp white, such as an Albarino; a lighter but...

wine, albarino, cabernet, orange muscat Overall, the experience was nearly perfect. We had high expectations, given that our favorite wine consultant gave the recommendation. Each dish was refined, presented well, served at...

light and crisp wine, helped cleanse my palette (after the damn shots of Patron). French Onion puree soup – quite rich, but tasty. Baby Romaine salad – I did not partake in this, but those in my party that had it...

There have been a number of posts about this place so via Open Table we had a 7:00 reservation tonight. Arrived early and were seated with no problem. A couple of glasses of excellent Spanish Albarino was ordered and arrived...

Niepoort Redoma Branco (Douro DO, Portugal): Corked! 2006 Do Ferreiro Albariño, Cepas Vellas (Rias Baixas DO, Spain): This wine is 100% Albariño, from 200-year old vines! (Apparently they can prove it.) Fermented in stainless, and...

(stay away form the house white though, always go for a good Albarino). The places in Retiro are good solid places, neighborhoody places, not fancy, and some of them you have to walk through the bar to get to the dining room....

spiced up with global flavors—Portuguese-style steamed clams with chorizo, potatoes, and Albarino, crab cakes with mango salad and chipotle aioli, Block Island cod with lobster fricassee, sautéed spinach and smoked tomato...

peppers (i’m not sure exactly that they’re stuffed with) and the other had the mussels. Food was great, washed down a a glass of some type of Albarino. Please don’t tell.

rounded out lunch. Alas, no marinated, smoked, grilled tuna. Two glasses of Albarino and Roxanne and I were in high heaven!