What did you eat last night for dinner? - Page 8

Not to mention that the Romanee-Conti wine is often $1,000+ per bottle.

I think the latest release of DRC Romanee-Conti is about E2300, the Richebourg is in the $300-400 range though, as is the RSV. I really like these wines but wouldn't recommend them to people who aren't really into Pinot Noir because they may be a bit difficult to understand if so, especially if drank young. I would age them at least 6-10 years before drinking. After this weekend's relative extravagance, I'm going to lay low this week with my food and wine choices, although since tommorow is Chinese New Year I may celebrate by cracking open a nice Pinot (probably Central Coast)

0630 over here my friend, not 3. In other words, if we had had to be at work at the normal report time, I would have had to miss the end of the game. The ONLY thing I miss about American television is the ability to watch a game at a normal hour. Sopranos and Alias I can get on DVD Tom

Last night, Guiness floats. Tonight, lamb ragu. Any eligible women equally happy with either is welcome to apply Tom, an aspiring foodie

Well, *I* took it from the web, but I believe the original is from Nassau St, in front of Firestone Library. *I've always thought it was one of the prettier parts of the town, with the old sidewalks and the benches and the trees (ash?). *

The pictures that I actually took aren't always fit for public consumption...



Tom

I think Pinot in general and Burgundy specifically is a bit harder to understand than a cabernet. One vitiner said (and I'm misquoting) Bordeaux is to Dickens as Burgundy is to Joyce, they're both great but one is harder to understand. Lunch today: 16 oz filet mignon lemon cooler cake (from Costco)

I hate to tell you this if you haven't been back in a while, but there's nothing but a parking garage across from the cemetary now... There is a great wineshop right around the corner though, the Corkscrew. I still enjoy the e-newsletter, 4000 miles away. Tom

Here's how I see it, and this applies to both the domestic scene and the international, so I'm going to be fairly general and refer to "cabernets" and "pinots", so we'd be primarily comparing left bank Bdx and Burgundies if taking the french wines into account. Being very general, pinot-based wines are going to be lighter bodied than cabernet based wines, and they are typically less fruit forward, with slightly less tannins, and are more floral with more subtle secondary characteristics. Cabernets have more fruit and more tannin, and are heavier bodied wines that are designed to go with lamb, beef, and heavier meats. California variants of these particular grapes typically have more fruit than their french counterparts, and typically more alcohol as well.

Now you're really testing me...directly across from the cemetary, to the south, everything was cleared out for a garage. Can't be sure of the names, were you right across, or up the road a little bit? Greenview sounds like it would be one of the cross streets rather than the one that runs parallel to Nassau--which if memory serves is called Paul Robeson now, or at least part of it is. When were you in Princeton, if you don't mind me asking? Tom