-Coppola: Nice place to visit. Several fine wines. Andretti: Nice staff. Domaine Chandon: Beautiful grounds. The prettiest tasting room of the bunch. Regusci: My favorite place of the day. Tasted an excellent 01 Merlot here. Very...

appealing than I did. The cubes of mango were jarring in taste and texture in the smooth creaminess for me. We toasted Mrs. Yimster with two wines from my cellar ($15 corkage per bottle). The 1994 Dr. Parce Domaine du Mas Blanc...

messing around with white wines, much to the chagrin of your pocketbook. A step up in price point wines: Domaine de Beaurenard Chateauneuf du Pape '03 – CDP wines are the best wines out for the money in a good vintage. This...

written up, on rue du Seine, two blocks from Fish/La Boissonerie (also written up herewith). You can’t miss the Philip Treacy-esque display and bet you could wear the cakes too. Fromagerie: Cantin – there are at least...

't have what Rumpole would call the “bottom” to stand up to good food. Which was exactly the problem here. As an example, Domaine de la Janasse 2000 Cotes du Rhone ($9) would have done much better – and let us...

aromatic and flavor note of Sharlyn melon". I could hardly keep from popping with pride that I’d brought just the right thing to serve with our cheese course! That was the 1990 Domaine de la Soucherie, btw. The melon and a...

sauce was unmemorable, but it was at the dinner we had with 1984 Domaine du Trevalon and 1981 Beaucastel; which was proably a good choice for us as Shige was doing lots of tomato based dishes which worked with the wines. I...

Haven’t tried it yet, but for $1.99 I took a chance with the Chateau Souvrain 2002 Sauvignon Blanc. Also picked up the $1.99 Viognier from Domaine De Vedilhan which probably was throwing $2 bucks away since it is a 2000...

example) a bottle of 1985 Châteauneuf-duPape, NOT a bottle of 2005 Châteauneufdu-Pape; or a bottle of 1994 Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon, not the 2005 vintage of the same wine. The ODDS that the restaurant has those bottles...

and Rhône for reds. CHAMPAGNE Pol Roger Taittinger Pierre Peters Veuve Clicquot Aubry Rosé Krug LOIRE Muscadet Menetou-Salon Pouilly-Fumé Anjou Vouvray Coteaux du Layon RHÔNE CdR Crozes-Hermitage St. Joseph Gigondas CdP Hermitage

to convert the White Zin drinkers! My favorite pink wines are from France or Spain, but there are some really good American pinkes available. And good pink wine is suprisingly affordable. The best ones I know (Domaine Tempier...

was a nicely executed almond ice cream (in a quenelle), which was presented on top of crushed small pieces of chocolate. This part of the dessert was paired with a Banyuls Rimage Domaine du Mas Blanc, Dr Parce 2002. The wine had...

Here’s a representative sample, including a couple of outliers: Coda NV Brut D’Argent Blanc de blancs NV $8/glass $11/retail 5x8=40/11=363% 2005 Domaine L’Hortus Rose de Saignee $8/glass $14/bottle retail 5x8=40/14=286% 2006...

(5) RABBIT COMPOSITION Braised with glass noodles, sautéed with Meyer lemon and olives, sautéed foie gras, with Domaine Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin “Combettes,” Burgundy 1993 (Demi) (6) NIMAN RANCH PORK BELLY Poached slowly...

, and the Poached Lobster was perfectly cooked, better than the version I had at Comme Ca. I let my friend from Paris order the wine to pair with this Plateaux: A wonderful bottle – 2005 Riesling, Reserve Personelle, Domaine...