La Paulee
After a year off in 2004, Daniel Johnnes of Montrachet restaurant brought the glory of La Paulee back to New York City earlier this month in a weekend of decadence, excess and camaraderie unsurpassed in the wine world. There were more serious collectors in New York than I can ever recall, and everyone seemed to [...]
The Wine Programme (sic) – March 7, 2005
Based oÂn the first issue of the Wine Programme – a radio broadcast by the BBC (Radio 4) oÂn 7th March – it would be hard to imagine a more boring or more amateurishly produced radio show than this oÂne. The contents as read out by Oz Clarke at the beginning of the show did [...]
A Mega 1990 Bordeaux Tasting with Clive Coates (March 2005)
Clive was his usual warm and fuzzy self, semi-recovering from a five hour lunch from which he came straight to our tasting. Clive has so much experience in the world of fine wine, he could probably have done this tasting with his eyes closed. At times, due to the five hour lunch, it seemed as [...]
1955 Bordeaux at Le Bernadin on 24 February, 2005
We kicked off our Spring tasting schedule in style with a spectacular 1955 Bordeaux dinner at Le Bernadin, one of New York’s finest restaurants. I am ashamed to admit it, but it is actually the first time that I have ever eaten at Le Bernadin due to the fact that the cuisine is mainly seafood, [...]