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Chile Wises Up

It’s no longer a factory for inexpensive, imitative wines.

It was fun, recently, to find two reasonably priced new-world Chardonnays—and to like them a lot.

I read in the Silicon Valley Metro about Rick’s Cafe. Seems the falafel is suppose to be good. Owner Fawaz Hamad does everything and he’s from Jordan. Other sandwiches: gyros $5.95, chicken shawarma $6.5, kofta kebab...

I’m aware of the following French restaurants run by Vietnamese: La Vie on San Gabriel Blvd in Rosemead Tai Sui also on San Gabriel Blvd in Rosement Casablanca on Altantic in Monterey Park But, I don’t know anything about...

Hi All, I’ll be staying in the Brandywine Valley (in the Longwood Gardens area) and I’d love some advice on some good dining you’ve had in the region. Looking for some good lunch and dinner places. In particular...

lined up and there are now some organic products like Rocky chickens. Actually, there is one of the best ranges of chickens I’ve seen ... generic, Perdue, Rocky and Hudson Valley all roosting together in the meat counter. A few...

Margaret River 2003 Argyle Chardonnay Willamette Valley 2002 Casa Lapostolle Chardonnay Casablanca Valley Cuvée Alexandre (2001 thru 2003) Chateau Souverain Chardonnay Sonoma County 2002 Chateau Ste. Michelle Chardonnay Columbia...

Natura Chardonnay, Casablanca Valley, Chile. Not as complex as a Grand Cru Meursault, of course, but good value. In the style of full malolactic and peachy fruit. Good with loster and turkey.

The Wall Street Journal just published an article on cheap chards from Argentina and Chile. Here are their recommendations: - - - - - Montes Alpha 2005 (Casablanca Valley) Chile $16.99 Very Good Best of tasting. Like sunshine....

Chardonnay Casablanca Valley Cuvée Alexandre (2002 or 2003) (Chile) Chateau Souverain Chardonnay Sonoma County 2002 (Calif.) Concha y Toro Chardonnay Pirque Marqués de Casa Concha 2002 (Chile) Chateau Ste. Michelle Chardonnay...

You may do better posting on the Mid-Atlantic board, and there’s a recent thread ("Brandywine Valley — Where to Eat, What to Do?") that might give you some suggestions (including a BYOB or two). Most are in the Kennet...

is not too far from those right of the Pan American highway going south. Matetic is in the San Antonio Valley(aka Leyda valley) on the road to San Antonio. We found the Leyda sauvignon blancs we sampled much more to our liking...

) opened a restaurant in the Casablanca Valley called House of Morande. This restaurant is a glass house placed in the middle of a vineyard with breathtaking views of the mountains, vines, sunset... The food was the best we had...

Casablanca Valley “Reserve” Chardonnay. The cellar-master stated that this had just gotten a big writeup in WS and was a “fabulous” Chard. If I heard correctly, it was priced at US$12.99, but I could have confused it with one of...