All Posts from 2008

Spanish Reds Blind Tasting

After many weeks we finally gathered again for a genuine blind tasting round. This means that we agreed on a topic – Spanish Reds from the nineties on – and then covered the labels. The big guessing fun game could begin.

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Our first wine was at the same time the oldest of five bottles. We all guessed that. In fact it had a rather light red colour with a slight brown hue at the edges. The 1995 Medina Del Campo from Valcruzal was at best medium bodied. Its taste was Read the rest of this entry »

2001 Dominio Lasierpe Reserva, DO Navarra

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Ein vermeintlich schön gereifter Rotwein aus Navarra entpuppt sich geradezu als solcher. Die Farbe liegt zwischen brillantem Rubin und Ziegelrot. In der Nase ein leichter Vanilleeinschlag der den Holzausbau verrät, jedoch gar nicht übermäßig erscheint. Darüber hinaus ein leichter Veilchenduft sowie Gewürznoten die mit viel Fantasie (;=)) an Ingwerpulver erinnern, und natürlich auch Read the rest of this entry »

Categories: Navarra,Spain

2001 Les Adrès, Domaine Du Trapadis, Rasteau, Côtes Du Rhône

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Der 2001er Les Adrès vom Domaine du Trapadis ist mit seinen 7 Jahren auf dem Papier ein Côtes Du Rhône im absolut trinkreifem Alter. Im Glas hat sich das dann auch sehr schön bestätigt. Read the rest of this entry »

Categories: France,Rhône

Christmas Food Porn – Update

Christmas is ahead (big news huh?) and I’m in charge of food. And I tend to get a little adventurous for Christmas dinners since it’s one of the few occasions in the year for homemade fancy food.

So here are my 2 main ingredients:

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Categories: Food

More NY Food Impressions

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Jack’s luxury Oyster Bar, NY

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intimate ambiance at JLOB

When I was in NY in November I met fellow food blogger Steve for a nice dinner at Tailor’s. Since I brought my friend Jeff and Steve brought his friends Toby and Brendan we were quite a nice round of food enthusiastic diners that evening. During this evening which ended in a bar in the West Village, we found out that Brendan is a young chef holding the reins at Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar – a restaurant in the East Village.
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