We ran into Payard Bistro and Patisserie Executive Chef Gregory Gorreau at Caesars Palace today, and the conversation went something like this:
ELV: Gregory….mon ami! Comment allez vous?
Gregory Gorreau: Ca va bien. Et tu?
ELV: Tres bien. Do you know where I can find a huge, 6 oz. white truffle from Alba, Italy, that costs around $800 wholesale, and that you’ll soon be shaving on your eggs Benedict, among other things?
GG: Follow me.
And so we did.
A good general rule (of wine tasting) is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.
Stephen Potter – One-upsmanship (1952)
Dear ELV,
After tasting the 1996 Oddero Barolo at Carnevino, I decided I needed more. For fun, I read a review of one release, and came across this gem:
Continue reading “Letter of the Week – How (Not) To Taste Wine”
Gastronomy has been the joy of all peoples through the ages. It produces beauty and wit and goes hand in hand with goodness of heart and a consideration of others. – Charles Pierre Monselet
For years, the wine and food societies in Las Vegas have been the domain of the giant hotels and the booze wholesalers/distributors who love them.