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Jeff Grossman

Jeff Grossman
My partner and I are considering a short trip to Scandinavia later this year. He is generally focused on museums and history, while I am also interested in sites of natural beauty and culinary destinations.

Any suggestions for good destinations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:


Any experience with the birch wine?
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Wow, cool.

No one really does that with maples, do they? Maple mead? What would you call it?

"During his work, Mosten found a recipe torn from a Swedish book printed in 1785. Its title was: Birch Champ**** (strict EU regulations prevent us from writing the full title as the word Champagne may only be used to denote a sparkling beverage made of grapes in the French region of that name).

Curiosity took the upper hand and Peter decided to make sparkling birch wine from the recipe. The result was revolting. It would take a decade of experimentation and testing before Mosten even came near to anything worth selling by the bottle. Finally, he achieved Sav Sparkling."
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
Avoid the oaky Muscadet at Noma.
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I found one bottle of '06 Boloree and one 2010 Overnoy Ploussard carried me well through the meal at Noma. There were a few other tastes that the sommelier brought to fill in. Don't recall any oaky Muscadet.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by SFJoe:
Avoid the oaky Muscadet at Noma.
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I'm pretty sure I can do that... if it is possible to get a table at Noma at all, that is.

Any experience with the birch wine?
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My FIL, from upstate PA, is a big fan of Birch Beer. No idea how close the two may be, though.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:


Any experience with the birch wine?
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Wow, cool.

No one really does that with maples, do they? Maple mead? What would you call it?"
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Someone in NY is brewing a maple beer but I don't remember who. Tasted some maple "wine" once that was very nice, kind of like Maderia. Not sure what he used for acidity but he got the balance just right.
 
Speceriet - food
Food Bar at Mathias Dalhgren - food
Flying Elk - beer
Gaston - wine
Little Quarter - cocktails
Linje Tio - cocktails
Johan & Nystrom - coffee
Drop - coffee
 
One would hardly say that Kirk Wallace leads a pleasureless life. Though he is drinking those Bouchards with something like grim determination....
 
There are some pretty good restaurants in Helsinki - though many of them are quite similar in making pure-tasting foods from locally sourced ingredients. But I guess that's a common thread with much Nordic cooking these days.

For wine, Helsinki's not very interesting but most of these restaurants have a few good producers available and there's even now a wine bar, Vin-Vin, right in the centre of town (yes, Helsinki is a town - you can walk through the centre in 10mins).

Specifically what time of year would you be here? There can be some nice natural views here, but it all depends on when you'll be here.

Stockholm has much better museums than Helsinki. What type of museum/history -activity are you especially fond of?
 
originally posted by Otto Nieminen:
Specifically what time of year would you be here? There can be some nice natural views here, but it all depends on when you'll be here.
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We are thinking about early September, but we have a little flexibility.

Stockholm has much better museums than Helsinki. What type of museum/history -activity are you especially fond of?
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Oh, just about anything that's 17th-19th century - buildings, artwork, parks, history.

Also interested in theater, music, and dance; again, the more classical, the better.

Jim is not interested in ancient history or modern art... but I am; I can have a day or an afternoon to myself, too.

ETA: Jim wants me to say that he also likes some 20th C art (e.g., Mucha) and is interested in some 20th C events (e.g., we had a fascinating visit to the House of Terror in Budapest).
 
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