Forum: Food....and Wine Posted By: Greg Kramer Post Time: 08-22-2007 at 11:23 PM

The house of Albert Bichot in France is the biggesat buyer at this year's auction of the Hospices de Beaune. Compared to last year, prices at the traditional auction were down significantly...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Edward Forszt Post Time: 01-14-2008 at 05:40 AM

On Saturday, in the spirit of summer, we went up to Richmond Park and had a picnic in our own local Royal Park. Picnics are perfect for pasta salads and we prepared a pesto, olive oil, Greek feta and tri-colour fussily salad garnished with roast pine-nuts and fresh chopped basil. Picnics should be cheap...

Clos Frantin CellarsBeaune, Burgundy.The Maison Albert Bichot is one of these legendary Negoce Houses of Burgundy. It is arduous to summarize in a single page such an institution with all its intricate complexity and expertise accumulated over two centuries...

Howard Park Riesling 2008...

Forum: Food....and Wine Posted By: Rajesh Devraj Post Time: 12-30-2007 at 03:37 AM

I have a long history with the restaurant that used to be Duane Park Café and is now simply Duane Park. In 1998, when I was selling wine in NYC (back when the thought of paying my bills by way of journalism was a joke at best), I lived down...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Scott MANLIN Post Time: 01-02-2007 at 06:16 PM