When seeing potential is painful.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2011-11-14

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Wonderful wine and fabulous food, perfectly paired! And we met a neighbor.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2011-03-14

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If the dining experience is dominated by speaking about the logistics of the meal...

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2010-12-06

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Another elegant evening. (Please excuse our inferiority complex.)

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2010-01-18

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My son Alex chooses a winner.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2009-05-11

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Exploring New Haven's downtown, I walked down Chapel Street away from Church Street at just about eight in the evening. I supposed that with such proximity of both Yale University and downtown New Haven, I would be able to find somewhere interesting to go for dinner. I looked in the window at Zinc, subtitled Modern American Food. What I saw was dim lighting, dark décor, and elegant. After a quick look at the menu posted on the window, I walked in.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-06-23

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Just when you thought that you knew Italian wines, someone comes up with this.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-06-02

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A pub to remember in San Francisco.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-04-28

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Spending any time in San Francisco? Give this place a try.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-04-14

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A proprietary red perfect for making any day a celebration.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-03-31

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Taking care of some business over a cocktail, an associate of mine and I noticed our server hovering by our table to check on the status of our drinks.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-02-25

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The flagship wine of Orin Swift Cellars, The Prisoner 2005 is a delicious blended red, wonderfully drinkable and an excellent complement to excellent food.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2008-02-04

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What do you get when you let two blondes ferment your grapes? Pine in your wine!

• Posted by abbyp
• Published: 2007-12-21

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A few weeks ago, I had the most bizarre dream. I'm not sure what Freud would make of this.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-12-17

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Simply delicious.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-12-03

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A restaurant review, alternatively entitled, "What Was I Thinking?"

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-10-08

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Looking for a quiet drink and dinner after a long day at a conference in Chicago, I took a seat at the bar in a somewhat pricey chop house. The lady on the other side of the bar looked at me and said: Scotch.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-07-23

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"A tribute to J.S. Bach's master work"? This I had to taste.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-07-02

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A small treasure in downtown Cincinnati.

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-06-18

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A happy arrangement of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon. (Not, as some might have it, "Bordeaux Grapes.")

• Posted by cmcurtin
• Published: 2007-06-11

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