Houston eating places and wine 08

Post Oak Grill, 1100 Louisiana street down in tunnel
Nice place for lunch when it’s wet and windy
Ravenswood Vintners Blend, Sonoma No wimpy wines or Zinfandels from this producer!

Ouises,3939 San Felipe Road, 713.528.2264
Posh place with pretendy posh people and very good wine list
Etude Pinot Noir Another good PN producer, smooth, velvety, nice fruit

RuthChris Steak House, 6213 Richmond Avenue, 713.789.2333
Posh place, pricy wines but very good service and wine list
Barbaresco by Prunotti 2001, not the best producer but if you want Nebbiolo then what the heck…

Massas seafood, 1160 Smith 713 650 0837 Downtown,
Nice lunch place for fish and reasonable wine

Morton steakhouse, 1001 McKinney Downtown + Galleria
If you are really hungry then this is the place, the smallest steak is too big for me
Cornestone Cabernet Sauvignon Big heavy and minty
Trapiche Broquel Malbec, Argentina Big, elegant, smooth and perfect with the steak!

Backstreet Café, 1103 South Shepherd Drive, near downtown, 713 521 2239
Great place to eat outside when its not too humid. Delicous food and portions.
Russian Hill Pinot Noir, Russian River Wonderful light feminine Pinot in perfect burgundy glass, Pinot doesn't get better than this only more expensive
http://www.backstreetcafe.net/

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Leoville Lascases 1988

Last week was a special week for me as I received my last pay check from my previous employer. An event that required some sort of celebration with some good friends. Of the many bottles opened during that evening was a Leoville Lascases 1988. This Bordeaux wine from St. Julien is second Grand cru classee but it has the quality of a first growth. This chateau was also the wine that made me change from beer to wine as I had the pleasure of tasting a Leoville Lascases 1945 back in 88. The 1945 just knocked me off my guard and I remember thinking what a fantastic wine it was and what an experience to drink this wine from the year when world war 2 ended. I was in shock and I then just decided to enter into the world of wine. I have always had a soft spot for this chateau ever since. And to my pleasure it has been performing well at much more reasonable prices than the much more expensive first growths in the 1855 classification. Nowadays a bottle of this wine costs around ...

Condrieu 2014 by Cuilleron

In the steep hills north in the Rhone valley there is a small appelation which is called Condrieu. Here the rare grape of Viognier is grown. A grape not well known to many people but which gives a fantastic wine when grown here. It is a full bodied white with a very pronounced and overwhelming smell of flower, peach, apricot, tropical fruit etc. The taste is dominated by ripe fruit, medium acidity and a long finish. Very good to outstanding quality. This is not a white for the fainthearted as the style is rather opulent. But with 2 year old Comte it is the perfect match. Cuilleron (manager) has many different styles. The wine is pricy and rare to get hold of. Condrieu 2014 "La Petite Cote" Yves Cuilleron ca 30€ or 400 nok

Chianti Riserva 2016

Castello de Farnatello has a basic Chianti and a Riserva on the market. Both of them are good value for money. We tried the Riserva the other day, in two different glasses; Riedel Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The Syrah glass is more closed at the top (to the right). The colour of the wine is medium red and the nose discrete smell of cherries, leather and nuts. Attractive acidity with a firm well balanced taste. This is perfect with lamb for ex. 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot has been added to the wine as well and that gives it more body than the pure Sangiovese. And which glass works best? The Syrah glass enhances the smell much more than the CS glass in which the wine seems much more closed. Chianti Riserva 2016, Castello de Farnatello Ca 230 kr or 13euro

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