Food & Wine
OLD RED BURGUNDIES PLUS A COUPLE OF ZINGERS AT TWO VERY DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS
Recently I attended two dinners. One was with my old friend and Underground contributing editor, John Brincko. John brought the red and I brought the white. The dinner was at the long established Vincenti Ristorante in Brentwood – Los Angeles, CA. The food and service here is consistently great as it was this evening. We […]
Click here to read entire article »FOOD AND WINE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING MEAL
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! It is really hard to believe, but it’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we are busy preparing for this years feast. Since I was a small child our Thanksgiving meal has been my favorite meal of the year. It is also a wonderful day for celebration […]
Click here to read entire article »DOMAINE COCHE-DURY & CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE: A MAGICAL COMBINATION
Recently, I attended a dinner at Melisse restaurant in Santa Monica, CA with four friends where we drank 7 vintages of Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne that were paired with superb food. That is the basis for this article. But, before I get into that, I would first like to make a few comments about Domaine Coche-Dury and […]
Click here to read entire article »THANKSGIVING 2013
It has been quite a challenging year for me (to read about my experience click here) but, as always, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and spending time with friends and family and sharing good food and wine. This is truly a Thanksgiving to be thankful for. And, like we have for every year since […]
Click here to read entire article »REMEMBERING ROUSSANNE
Introduction This article on Roussanne was written by contributing editor Greg McCluney. Greg has been writing about wine, beer, spirits, food, travel and restaurants since 1988 from his home bases in Atlanta, Georgia and Tampa Bay, Florida, traveling most of the world’s wine regions to research and taste for his reports. (To read Greg’s biography […]
Click here to read entire article »A GREAT FOOD & WINE DINNER FEATURING KRUG CHAMPAGNE
At the invitation of K&L Wine Merchants and Gray Westby, the Champagne buyer for K&L, I recently attended a dinner and tasting of Krug Champagnes. It featured the new Krug releases and was held at the Quattro restaurant located in the Palo Alto Four Seasons Hotel. This was a memorable evening in all respects. […]
Click here to read entire article »THANKSGIVING PAST 2012 & 2011
INTRODUCTION This article is in two parts. The first is Thanksgiving Past 2012 and this is followed by last year’s article Thanksgiving Past 2011 which first appeared November 29, 2011. THANKSGIVING PAST 2012 Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year. I trust all of you had a wonderful celebration. We certainly did. The recent […]
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INTRODUCTION It’s hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is almost here. We are busy getting ready and preparing for the celebration next week and I know many of you are doing the same. So here is something that might be of help in your planning. This article first appeared last year. This year it is being […]
Click here to read entire article »ANDRÉ L. SIMON’S PARTNERS (1951) REVISITED
A GUIDE TO THE GAME OF WINE & FOOD MATCH-MAKING Introduction Following this introduction is the text of an André Simon lecture presented by Sid Cross, an Underground Contributing Editor and a resident of Vancouver who is recognized globally for his knowledge, tasting abilities, and connections within many wine regions of the world (to read […]
Click here to read entire article »UNFORGETTABLE
There are things in all of our lives that are truly unforgettable. For me and my wife Laurie, one of those things was Richard Wing and the Imperial Dynasty Restaurant in Hanford, California. It has now been two years since Richard’s passing. I miss him. He was not only a great kind and gentle […]
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