for a special occasion, but won’t break the bank. Entrees ranged from $18 – 24. The menu is relatively small, which is a good thing, with a few nightly specials. The menu is french oriented, though a step up from...

their web site at www.northpondrestaurant.com. My wife and I just celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary there and we were very delighted to say the least. They also permit bringing in one bottle of wine with a $25.00 corkage so...

Both Bois de Boursin and Domaine St. Benoit (2004 for both) come in at $19.95. You will have much more selection if you go up just a bit. The E. Guigal is always a good deal, and if you want to splurge, my personal favorite...

2002 Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2002 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2001 E. Guigal Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2001 Buehler Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

location. Vidal-Fleury is a long-established, traditional producer that provided a training ground for E. Guigal. Then in 1985, Guigal purchased the estate and the wines have improved steadily and gained more finesse since then,...

imported from France as well). We can no longer use the excuse of our dollar being weak in comparison to the US dollar. Add to that a 250-300% industry standard mark-up in BC restaurants, and you end up with $65 bottles of E....

was a marvellous assortment of sweet treats, simply called "les gourmandises." Our wine choice was a 2004 Crozes-Hermitage from Guigal. Fruity without sweetness, but with some tannins to grab the tongue, it was well-priced at 25 E...

E. Guigal' Cotes du Rhone is excellent and runs about $8.99. If you are in New York, you can buy it at the wine shop at Union Square. —Molly

waitress after we ordered it from her). There were mucky-mucks at the next table drinking '72 La Tache and '91 Guigal Cote Rotie, and the wine staff seemed star-struck by this, and maybe this is why we didn’t get the best...

) for an Aussie twist on Champagne brunch. It’s a big, juicy wine with ripe grapey flavors accented with toasty oak and is near dry in sweetness. We had an interesting shoot-out between the E. Guigal Gigondas from my cellar...

course warming and refreshing at the same time. Laurent-Perrier NV Champagne: $27.99 Course #2: MEAT & POTATOES Braised Beef Short Ribs and Horseradish-Potato Puree with Parslied Shallots and Red Wine Jus WINE SELECTIONS: E. Guigal...

or subscription wines that some of the wineries you have mentioned in your past threads offer. Anyway, I picked up a Y2K E. Guigal French Rose that had a 90 rating for sub $9 at BB tonight and will give it a swirl tomorrow...

's book “The Cooking of Southwest France” that is cooked over two days and has pig’s foot, serrano ham, porcini as part of the braise. And of course one full bottle of Syrah... We had this with E. Guigal's...

>>Is the 2003 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie, La Turque rated 99 points by WS worth $800? Or would you prefer to buy a half-case of the 1996 Veuve Grande Dame rated at 93? I don’t know, because I haven’t had either.>> FWIW, the '96...

! 005517 P JABOULET PARALLEL 45 RHONE $21.99 1.50L — magnum 008399 RENWOOD SIERRA SERIES CAL. ZINFANDEL VI $9.99 750 ML —- Renwood’s been doing a good job with Zins in Amador County. 007822 E. GUIGAL GIGONDAS RED WINE VI...