Lets start the new year with some champagne or better yet, wine samples! Beginning on January 3rd and every Saturday after that until April, Sukie’s Wine Shop at the Village will be opening three bottles of wine for their customers to sample between 3pm and 5pm. All the featured wines will be in stock and […]
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I love the kitchen. I love the safety of its boundaries. I love the pace, the flow, the certainty of the actions. I love the quiet bedlam that is fully evident during peak service. I love the food… that is my bottom line in any restaurant, whether it is mine or anywhere in the world. […]
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Wine: Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Country: Australia Region: Margaret River When you mention Australian Cabernet, most wine consumers immediately think of the expensive, full-blown, high alcohol Cabs from Barossa Valley. But cooler growing regions, like Margaret River, Coonawara and Padthaway are also producing quality wines at a comfortable price level. A few years back I […]
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Wine: Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha 2011 Country: Spain Region: Campo de Borja A quick geography lesson: Spain has 17 autonomous regions, all of which are now producing wine. 20 years ago Rioja, Ribera del Duero and Andalusia were the only regions exporting wine to the US. Now we are seeing wines from Galicia, Priorat, and […]
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Wine: Mount Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2011 Country: New Zealand Region: Marlborough The Antinori brothers, who produced Italy’s illustrious Ornellaia, purchased the Mount Nelson property, located in the Wairau Valley of New Zealand’s Marlborough region, in 2003. This wine mirrors some of the traditional traits one expects from NZ Sauvignon Blancs – crisp acidity, natural exuberance […]
Dinner at L’Arpege
Friends, With my story about L’Arpege I’d like to start near the end of the meal. L’ Arpege was our only three star restaurant I selected. Sukie and I had dined there years ago and loved it (it was two stars then) and I wanted see where Chef Alain Passard had taken his restaurant over […]
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