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food and wine pairing

Review: Food and Wine Pairing at Meadowood

by Marisa D'Vari1 November 2009

Are you a jaded diner? In today’s power-packed culinary world, many people are lucky enough to visit four and five star restaurants as a matter of course. Twenty years ago, for example, dining at a top restaurant would be because…

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Pairing Exotic Cuisine from Radisson St Martin With Wine

by Marisa D'Vari16 October 2009
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Have you noticed that hotel chefs … rather, high-end resort hotel chefs, are all the rage? Their responsibilities are even heavier than those of their restaurant-based colleagues, as they must set a tone with the cuisine that also matches that of the hotel. In many high-end hotels, the chef is also responsible for creating room [...]

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Joel Delaunay Sauvignon Blanc

by Marisa D'Vari18 April 2009

… so here I am, blind tasting wine on a gorgeous NYC Saturday, and I pour a few ounces into a glass. It is white and from the nose seems like a sauvignon blanc, yet very subdued. “Old World” I…

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Wine pairing with Jacob’s Creek winemaker & Australian celebrity chefs

by Marisa D'Vari25 January 2009

“Gorgeous mansion!” a woman says, accepting a tall flute of Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir from a server in a starched white jacket. We are standing in the hallway of the Honorable John Olsen, Australian Consul General, New York,…

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Review: The Wine Bible

by Marisa D'Vari27 August 2007

The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil Reviewed by Marisa D’Vari Imagine yourself at one of the popular new wine bars in your town. You are sipping a glass of red wine perfumed with notes of violet and lavender – a…

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Sommeliers replaced by software …

by Marisa D'Vari30 June 2007

…well, it looks like human sommeliers will soon become extinct. A Dallas news web reports that a new mobile technology allows “anyone” to be a sommelier. Text eWineMatch at 411511, type in an an ingredient or cuisine type and you…

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