Recent content by Jeff Grossman

Murray's has definitely fallen off the radar. Best and Liberty are both near my office and both pretty good these days. Russ & Daughters is definitely a high-quality place but the high-quality prices put me off sometimes. Court Street, which had a glowing write-up in the NYT a couple years ago...

I was hoping for a glass of something but I guess a discount is almost as good.

Kinda spiffy for the likes of us. Hope there's a good BTG menu on here somewhere.

Damiano Ciolli 2024 Olevano Romano "Silene" - 13.5%, cesanese, raised in concrete and aged in the bottle, this is rather intense for a lightweight red, more earth and less metal-y flavors than other cesanese I've had; I rather like this Bod. Bhilar 2020 Rioja "Phincas" - 80% tempranillo, 15%...

They know what their wee beasties produce, and when!

Somewhere around here I have a recipe for a cold Sauternes soup. I made it once; very rich. It is a dessert soup, not the widest culinary category, but a good change of pace idea. I think Sauternes with foie gras is just fine. A small glass (2 oz?) and it won't enfeeble your appetite. Are you...

Yes. I have a picture of the back label but I can't post it because Our Great and Wonderful Politburo seems unable to handle uploads anymore. The label indicates Alsheim Fruhmesse, Qualitatswein, 4 252 367 11 20, 12.5%.

attendees: Don+Melissa, Jay, Jayson, Jeff, Lisa, Seth, Victor No, we have not stopped meeting like this. We just had an amazingly successful run of predicting the day of the next blizzard. If only there had been a way to procure snow shovel futures or perhaps some options on calcium chloride...

What Scott said! -- Also, Jim, glad to see so many new grape varieties. I've gotta get on the Greek-and-environs bus!

There's a pelaverga flight here, a few wines down from the top.

Birichino on the label is almost always a guarantee of a good wine inside.

Defaix seems to be totally 'on' in recent vintages. (Yes, six years is still recent.)

Now I'm trying to figure out what it was she didn't like. California merlot? Texas hybrids (Eden is a sneaky one)? Teinturier grapes from Malta?

You have a time machine?

It's always steak or fish. I'd imagine foie gras would completely overwhelm yellowfin carpaccio.