Kosher, South West France And Spanish Wine On This Monday

Kosher, South West France And Spanish Wine On This Monday – Episode #362

December 3, 2007

Gary has 3 wines that he has promised to taste so on this glorious Monday after a huge Jets win and a great weekend with the Vayniacs at Crushpad he tastes away! Also a Huge Contest announcement!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Yarden Cabernet SauvignonIsraeli Kosher Wine
2004 Castano SolaneraOther Spanish Red Wine
2003 Saint Jean Du Barroux L’oligoceneVentoux/Luberon/Nimes

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December 4, 2007

malliemcg
Best Meal:

After a horrific week of working interstate, wandered about Sydney for a little while, went to a random restaurant – Don Quixote in Sydney – had an awesome steak, some wonderful sangria the atmosphere, the unwinding and the tenderness of the meat – was just tip top!
December 4, 2007

New World Wayne
nice hair -
December 4, 2007

Cassie
The best meal I ever had was at a restaurant called Ristorante Zepplelin in Orvieto, in the Umbrian region of Italy. It was a five course bomb of old-world ingredients / new world style fusion cuisine. The chef at this restaurant is one of the fore-front chefs in this fusion movement that is taking place in Umbria right now. Not to mention Italian ingredients always just taste better to begin with…It was honestly THE thundershow of Italian food. We had a lot of courses so I’ll just share my favorite one – cauliflower cream soup with olive oil drizzled on top, sundried tomatoes, bacon, and i think it was…a sprinkling of parmesan cheese on top…I’ve got a pictures too.
December 4, 2007

Fred Schechter
QOTD: Doh! Watched a day late the wrong day (I hope I get in!)!
Best meal,, easy,,also best wedding meal,, 2, that’s right, 2 fresh Maine Lobsters and 2 baskets of clams in Boston (I live out west,, so it was a big deal), great wine (I think,, I was in a lobster coma). Deeelish!
December 4, 2007

3dvw
QOTD: … no clue … had a bunch of good ones
December 4, 2007

DAVID KAPLAN
Okay, you got me. After lurking since episode one, the Masseto offer has forced me to post this vis a vis the question of the day.

Althought there are several very strong contenders, perhapos the best meal I ever had was in NYC around 18 years ago when chef Vrinat of Taillevant came over with much of his staff to do a meal at the Four Seasons restaurant (not the hotel). It was sponsored by Morell wine (sorry about that). Words do not do justice to the incredible food served (and the wine was great, too). In fact, it was better than any of the meals they do in Paris (!), including the excellent one I had there a week ago.
December 4, 2007

Craig
Food and drink are my thing, so a question like this is difficult. We had a fantastic meal on the Mississippi river with friends. We were going to go out, but decided to do it ourselves. We bought the best steaks we could find, did slow crock pot mushrooms, butter fried potatoes, fresh tossed salad, fresh baked bread, and the best wine we could find.

We spent more than any restaurant meal, but it was so much better. We finished off the evening with a little port watching the stars on the top deck. A memory that will last forever.
December 4, 2007

Mr.Ambassador
One of the best recent meal-experiences I can remember took place at a charming restaurant in Anacortes, Washington. The chef worked with winemakers from Walla Walla’s Woodward Canyon winery and paired six of their wines with an equal number of courses. We sampled the Old Vines and Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon as well as the Estate Barbera and other fantastic pours. Courses included a mouth-watering duck-confit and fantastic cream of celery soup, chocolate bombe and more.

The fact that the whole family attended and the elegant-casual atmosphere combined to make it a memorable event. We sat with the chef and enjoyed discussing his food preparations. We met with the winemakers who sat at our table for a couple of courses and regaled us with tales from the vineyard and have us looking forward to upcoming projects.

A great event and a fun time was had by all!
December 4, 2007

Foster
QOTD: A little bistro in Montreal with my GF (now wife) back when the dollar was going strong. We pulled out all the stops, including the first time I ever experienced a cheese platter.
December 4, 2007

Jules
As someone who works with a lot of Central Pinot and screw caps in general I can safely say that the wines do age very well indeed (at least in the medium term – there is simply very little information about the long term potential/life of a screw cap seal. They tend to develop much slower than wines under cork but I find this makes the secondary and tertiary flavors of really great wine more expressive. Trials in Germany (with Riesling) suggest that a screw cap closure will hold for about 30 years but (as far as I know) are only guaranteed for about ten – maybe we will see re-sealing clinics like Penfolds (in Australia) do or the option of sending the wines back to the producer to be resealed as they do in Bordeaux with older wine.

Just a thought.
December 4, 2007

grape_ape
QOTD: Cyrus in Healdsburg over the summer. Phenomenal.
December 4, 2007

James Mildren
Vegetable korma and lamb masala at India Palace in Lawrence, Kan.!
December 4, 2007

Jimmy S
crazy – i just read about montana legend in Smart Money magazine yesterday.

Best meal I ever had was at Il Mulino in Caesar’s in Vegas. They start you off before you even order with parm reggiano, mussels, bruschetta, etc.

The rest of the night, featuring my veal milanese, topped with arugula was fantastic. Plus, they filled their men’s urinals with ice, which is about the most fun you can have while pissing.
December 4, 2007

Adam
The best meal that I’ve ever had was a steak I had at the Smith & Wollensky Steak House in Columbus OH. What made the meal so memorable was the company and the bottle of wine (wish I could remember the name).
December 4, 2007

Rick C
QOTD: It worked! A lurker coming out of the woodwork for this one. The best meal I’ve ever had was the New Year’s Day all-you-can-eat buffet at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. It was amazing. The variety went on for miles, but the pinnacle was the King Crab legs that were even already cracked open for you in the shell. I must have had 15 King legs! I was hurting bad from that meal, and I even skipped breakfast and lunch in preparation for it. A mere $54, and I think they lost a lot of money on me. Boy was it amazing.
December 4, 2007

glenn levine
chef’s table Emeril’s in NOLA is a memorable night. truthfully though i fonder recollections from many lunches.

ship The Masseto with great care. thx GV.
December 4, 2007

Serge Laporte
Greatest meal might well have been last summer, in Tuscany:)

My gf and I went to Poggio Antico, a beautiful restaurant in the slopes, just before arriving to Montalcino.
We had an amazing zuchini risotto, to die for, a mixed plate sushi style of tuna, crab and veal..yup..
All of the above served with the 2001 Poggio Antico Brunello, so all in all, exquisite. On top of which, it was gorgeous outside, and from the terrasse where we were seated, we could see miles of beautiful, lush countryside, it don’t get better than that
December 4, 2007

Billr
Boy, what a response on comments. Guess everyone comes off the couch when it comes to getting something for nothing or free……..
December 4, 2007

Karl Laczko
Did you say MEH on that Castano?

QOTD – Almost impossible to say, I’ve already tried on the forums. If I had to choose one experience, not just the food but the location, the ambience & the company then I’d have to go for either of the 2 evenings I’ve had at Shmulik Cohen’s in Tel Aviv with my colleague and friend Yaron Lapidot. Eastern European dishes, we let the house decide what to bring us, took over 2 hours to get through the multiple courses and had homemade lemon Vodka to wash it down – absolute bliss.
December 4, 2007

David Magee
I worked at a hotel out of college and one of the perks was dinner at the hotel’s 3-star restaurant. Duck in raspberry sauce – and the first outstanding meal that I earned on my own as an adult.
December 4, 2007

Bohi
I may be too late but the best meal I’ve ever had was at Cuistot in Palm Desert. Salmon Bocuse, Sweet Breads, Foie Gras, and Roasted Rack of Lamb all with individual wine pairings. Snap.
December 4, 2007

KruszControl
QOTD: I just loooove ground lamb cooked with pine nuts and garlic on top of some nice yellow rice cooked with a bit of olive oil.
December 4, 2007

lifestooshort
QOTD: Easy one: The woman I married made Fra Diavolo for me for our very first meal together. It was, and will always be, my favorite meal.
December 4, 2007

David
QOTD: I absolutely adore food, so that is a tough question. Probably the tasting menu at Daniel in NYC about 6 months ago with my wife celebrating our anniversary – phenomenal.
December 4, 2007

Valerie
QOTD: Petit Fliet Mignon, garlic mashed potatoes, and asperagus with bernaise sauce! Melted in my mouth it was sooooooo good!