Gourmet
Wine Journal
This is the third time I have eaten at this restaurant in Hong Kong (they also have other venues in both China and Japan), which was founded in 1948 and...
Read MoreIt is always interesting to taste white Hermitage, especially after it has had five to six years of bottle age, because you are never sure what stage it will be...
Read MoreI decanted all of the Bordeaux three hours in advance. Somewhat surprisingly, the wine that blew everyone away was the 1982 Calon Ségur, which remains amazingly young at 30 years of...
Read MoreDinner at a friend’s house was a simple meal accompanied by some exquisite wines, all from magnum. Michel Genet is a reliable as well as outstanding Champagne that sells at a realistic...
Read MoreThis restaurant is located on the penthouse level of a building in which every floor is packed with restaurants. We enjoyed a sensational, classic Cantonese meal with my favorite dishes...
Read MoreTo celebrate Bert Basignani’s (one of Maryland’s finest winemakers as well as a friend of over 25 years) 66th birthday, he pulled some of the gems from his wine collection...
Read MoreDaniel Boulud’s noisy, open-kitchen, open-air restaurant was good, but for me it ranked behind his extraordinary Bar Boulud, which offers a remarkable selection of charcuterie and terrines as well as...
Read MoreA breathtaking beautiful restaurant with a stunning view of Hong Kong Harbor, this is the highest rated Michelin rated Chinese restaurant (3 stars) in Hong Kong, no easy achievement. The...
Read MorePrepared by the great French chef, Frédéric Chabbert, with head sommelier, Nicolas Pieron, this meal accompanied a look at some of my 100-point wines. While some may accuse me of...
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