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Wine Journal

Le Dôme

One of the temples of great shellfish and other assorted seafood; this is one of my favorite restaurants for lunch on a Friday or Saturday. In January, the oysters are...

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Dinner with Friends

The more I taste Burgundy, the more I tend to think that the great whites age better and more consistently than the great reds. I suppose that's heresy among most...

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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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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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Oenarch's Club, Baltimore Country Club

Silver Oak has long been one of the most popular Cabernet Sauvignons made in Napa Valley. The late Justin Meyer developed a formula requiring nearly three years aging in Missouri...

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Dinner Honoring the First African-American President of the Maryland Bar Association

I have known Harry Johnson for over twenty-five years and was happy to provide the wines for a dinner honoring him as Maryland's first African-American President of the Maryland Bar...

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La Beaugravière

One of the most heartwarming stories on my trip was when I arrived at La Beaugravière and told Chef Guy Jullien and his wife, Tina, that my guests were Henri...

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Restaurant/Hotel Greuze

Jean Ducloux opened this extraordinary 2-star Michelin restaurant, known for its 19th century cooking, in 1947. Ducloux has retired, but he spends time at the restaurant greeting his legion of...

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