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Dinner at L'Ami Louis, Paris

My favorite (and most expensive) bistro in the world, L'Ami Louis, is at its best in the winter, when they offer the world's finest baby leg of lamb as well...

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Veritas Restaurant

Round II of the 1998 vs. 2000 Châteauneuf du Pape Superbowl...

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Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA

(A night of extraordinarily profound as well as extraordinarily disappointing wines from Domaine de la Romanée Conti) This was not a blind tasting, but rather flights of DRC wines paired...

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Mark's Duck House, Arlington, VA

I was in the minority, but I found the 1999 Schleinitz Riesling Koberner Weisenberg, 1998 Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl, and 1998 Zind-Humbrecht Tokay-Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl to be too sweet for my taste. I...

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Oenarch's Dinner

Tio Pepe Ristorante, Baltimore, MD...

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Lunch - La Régalade

As evidenced by the laudatory reviews in past Wine Advocate issues from both Pierre-Antoine Rovani and myself, this is one of the classic bistros of Paris as well as one of the...

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Lunch - Chez Catherine

This has been one of my favorite bistros since the days when it was located behind the opera. Catherine, the attractive red-haired chef/owner, has moved uptown into a contemporary, artistic...

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Lunch - L'Ami Louis

When in Paris, I try and eat at L'Ami Louis twice, so I returned for lunch to essentially repeat the previous evening's gluttony. The meal was splendid, as always, but...

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Dinner - L'Ami Louis

My favorite bistro, and probably my favorite restaurant for serious eating, is L'Ami Louis, the frightfully expensive restaurant that has been open since 1924. I've been eating here since 1975,...

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