Tag: Restaurans

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How To Know What Wine To Order In A Restaurant

It can be embarrassing if you are out on a date at a fancy restaurant and you don’t know the right wine to order, it’s even worse if you are out with another couple. Even though ordering a bottle of wine while dining out isn’t all that different than buying from a winery you do [...]

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Take Control Of The Wine List

Imagine this—you are seated at an upscale restaurant with one of your best clients and then handed a wine list thicker than a college textbook. You want to pick out the “perfect” wine to impress your client but everything looks like it is written in a foreign language. After only a few minutes the server [...]

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5 Secrets To Ordering A Great Bottle Of Wine Every Time

I have found that most people want to enjoy wine, but that many of them just feel frustrated and confused by all the jargon and pomp and circumstance. I believe learning about wine should be simple, without attitude and above all else, lots of fun! So here are my 5 secrets to ordering a great [...]

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Manolo Classic

It takes bags of bravery and a skilled chef (not to mention a healthy bank balance) to resurrect a failed restaurant. Les Oliviers opened in a flurry of hype a couple of years ago, resplendent in a landmark Georgian manor in the midst of much architectural (and culinary) mediocrity. With its eye-catching bold red and [...]