I spontaneously decided to cook up dinner for about-to-be-wed friends Steve Zeller and Dana Weisberg the other night.
Steve’s request: “Some kind of chop.”
Looking through the best “chop” pairing offerings at Beacon Wines, we came across Joel Gott’s 2006 815 Cabernet Sauvignon. Having previously been a tremendous fan of both his Zinfandels and his previous Cabs, [...]
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Joel Gott 2006 Cab Meets Lamb Shoulder Chops
May 1st, 2008 3 Comments
Tags: Cabernet Sauvignon · Drink · Wine
Casa Mono Review
May 20th, 2008 3 Comments
Jamie and I had tickets to Fuerza Bruta this past Friday in Union Square, and wanted to take advantage of one of the many fine dining experiences in the area. Still riding high from our Babbo experience, we were interested in trying another restaurant within the Mario Batali pantheon. We settled on Casa Mono, the [...]
Review of “The Wine Trials”
May 22nd, 2008 1 Comment
What if instead of reading one of the influential media outlets, such as “The Wine Spectator,” or Robert Parker in the “Wine Advocate,” you opted to invite 507 of your closest friends to sample over 6,000 glasses of wine blindfolded. Wouldn’t the traditionally more expensive wines favored by Robert Parker logically still come out ahead?
Tags: Cabernet Sauvignon · Drink · Wine
