Mark Slater
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Factoid for the interested: The wholesale cost of a bottle of wine that sells for $9.99 is $6.66 Devil wine!
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This is just another good reason to drink white Burgundy.
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If I recall correctly, you need to provide credit card info when registering. If you have lots of credit cards and lots of email accounts, I guess it's possible to register several times.
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Old Ebbitt Grill.
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In the early 70's, we drank Boone's Farm Apple Wine. Lots of it. I was a waiter in college. One night in 1976, a friend and I decided split a bottle of 70 Lafite Rothschild for a whopping $25! (Boone's Farm cost $12 a case at the time) I never drank Boone's Farm again. In the 80's when I worked at Jean-Louis at the Watergate, we had 18 bottles of Mouton-Rothschild 1945. I tasted 14 of them. It's everything it's cracked up to be. The single most breath-taking Burgundy I ever had was a 1949 Latricieres-Chambertin from Faiveley. These were my first wine epiphanies.
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That's easy. Get really cheap vodka martinis at Fox & Hounds before dinner, then go to Komi.
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Aha! A candidate for cloning if there ever was one!
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Having just returned from France where I tasted almost 400 wines from Bordeaux and Champagne in a week, I can assure you that it is not only Brunello that has this problem.
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Ask our friend Tom Power about the Citronelle in Baltimore.
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February menu: Onion carbonara Sablefish crusted in onion Raspberry Maccaron
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If Rox is around, apparently so.
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Copied from the current mailing:
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With the constant bombardment restaurants get for charitable donations including appearances by the chef/owners plus family obligations and business related appearances like book tours, why is it so important that he/she is there every night? The chef de cuisine is there every night. Roger Vergé was once asked who cooked when he wasn't there. His answer was "The same person who cooks when I am there".
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2 more to look for: Lewis Cellars (Schneider's has it) and Darioush. Sleeper Pomerol of the year for me: Chateau Beuaregard 2002, about $45 retail.
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I tasted '66 Canon last week and must say that it was the best '66 of ANYTHING that I've ever had. Mature, ripe and ready. '64 Figeac is supposed to be the most magical wine that estate ever produced. Rocks, got some? PS I drove by Chateau Canon 2 weeks ago when I was in St. Emilion and it is a beautiful estate.
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2003 Turley Zinfandel Old Vines
Mark Slater replied to gks_eats_dc's topic in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
Citronelle is serving California Old Vines Zinfandel 2003 by the glass right now. I plan to keep it for another 2 weeks or so, or until the supply dries up. -
BYOC - Bring Your Own Cake
Mark Slater replied to Pat's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
...WHILE WEARING A BLOODY APRON. -
I have customers who do this, too. OpenTable will even send you a reminder.
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Wrongo Dongo!! He's known as "Dreamy Derek".
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Go there. Ask politely for steak tartare. Have boudin blanc.
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The English equivalent of Chiboust is "Cream Puff".
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Black Salt is seeking a Wine Director/Restaurant M
Mark Slater replied to Joe Riley's topic in Jobs and Employment
How interesting that the ad does not say anything at all about "excellent pay, benefits and working conditions". -
What? No Poitrine de Volaille?
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You are all nuts. The answer is obvious: Clyde's.
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"How to enjoy wine and not look an...."
Mark Slater replied to Joe Riley's topic in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
Because of the prices these wines command these days ('61 Petrus = $10,000 a bottle), the counterfeit problem is real. Wine Specatator did an article about it last year. Scanning equipment can duplicate labels. The corks are a bit trickier. This is why a re-corked bottle will normally have a short capsule: so the cork and its imprint can be seen through the neck of the bottle.