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The Finest Meal and Possibly the Greatest Wine and Food Match-ups of My Life

All I can say is that one of my favorite writers and gluttons, the late A. J. Liebling, would have been in awe of the food and wines that were...

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Palena Restaurant, Washington, DC March, 2001

This was my first dinner at Palena with my colleague, Pierre-Antoine Rovani, and friends. Some of the great courses we had included a foie gras soup, caramelized duck leg, and...

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Lunch at Restaurant Daniel in New York City

I do not need to talk about the cuisine as no chef in the world can cook any greater food than Daniel Boulud. We began with the 1997 Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne, a...

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Petit Louis, Baltimore

My favorite Baltimore bistro, Petit Louis, has been making better and better food in a classic French bistro style. At a meal with several friends, I had one of the...

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Bring-Your-Own Party at a Friend's

This was a bring-your-own party at a friend's home. Someone brought a bottle of Beaulieu 1978 Burgundy. It was surprisingly good, even though it did not taste like Pinot Noir. I...

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Les Oenarchs Wine Group Blind Tasting

I am a member of a wine group called Les Oenarchs, which meets every six weeks for a blind tasting. The theme at this particularly meeting was several mini-verticals of...

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Lunch Chez Parker with a Friend from Bordeaux

This was another brilliant bottle of 1990 Clos de Goisses Champagne from Philipponnet. I had expected better things from Domaine Leflaive's 1989 Chevalier Montrachet as previous bottles tasted scored 2-3 points higher. This...

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A Dinner Party with Friends in Baltimore

Drunk with an excellent catered meal, the stars included the elegant, quintessential Blancs de Blanc Champagne, the 1990 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne. I don't know how much longer this wine can...

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Tasting at Pinot Blanc restaurant in St. Helena, California

At a tasting with wine collectors at the up-scale Napa Valley bistro, Pinot Blanc, the brilliant 1997 Marcassin Chardonnay and 1997 Pinot Noir were both exquisite. The Chardonnay flirts with perfection, and the Pinot...

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