Seated at the back bar at AOC, which houses one of LAs most celebrated wines bars, I was sipping a Yann Chave Crozes-Hermitage, contemplating the curried cauliflower. Seated at the back bar at AOC, which houses one of LAs most celebrated wines bars, I was sipping a Yann Chave Crozes-Hermitage, contemplating the curried cauliflower. MORE >>

drank the 2005 Bourgogne twice in early 2008 and thought it was excellent. The 07's had just been racked and were not available for tasting, but we sampled some of the 2008's. These are good plots in quality Beaune vineyards, such as Bressandes, Greves, Pertuisots, and Cent Vignes, and there are holdins in Pommard as well. MORE >>

Seated at the back bar at AOC, which houses one of LA's most celebrated wines bars I was sipping a Yann Chave Crozes-Hermitage, contemplating the curried cauliflower. On this hot Christmas Eve I find myself thinking about the pieces that never saw the light of day, and find myself wishing I could get on the plane and go to Lou in LA. MORE >>

The 1996 Tardieu - Laurent Hermitage made mostly (or entirely?) But I was told that 12 years is not old for Hermitage, and that it would soften with further aging.  A wine (Hermitage) I will definitely be re-visiting. I went away (within Israel) for the sabbath to a friend of the family.  Emillion Grand Cru.  Chateau Latour.  MORE >>

It turned out to be a 1998 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle. I've never had a Banfi Brunello before, or a Jaboulet Hermitage, or a Prunotto Barolo. Here are five red wines. They could be anything from anywhere in the world. Would you like to taste and try to identify them.blind? Never met him before. I'm the idiot. MORE >>