Vinous Table: Repubblica di Perno, Monforte d’Alba, Italy
Vinous Table, Italy: Piedmont, Piedmont
, Mar 2018
Repubblica di Perno, a favorite of locals and visitors alike, is a sure bet when it comes to good traditional Piedmontese cooking in the Langhe, with a fine choice of local and non-local fine wines to match.
Vinous Table: Ristorante Osteria Carletti, Bedano, Switzerland
Vinous Table
, Mar 2018
I won’t soon forget this spectacular dinner at Ristorante Osteria Carletti, a cozy restaurant/inn located in Bedano, Switzerland. For the occasion, dear friends in Lugano surprised me with a number of stunning wines and personal favorites. What a lineup! The team at Carletti prepared a fabulous menu.
Vinous Table: Osteria Da Nando, Aosta, Italy
Vinous Table
, Mar 2018
Da Nando, Aosta’s best trattoria, is revered by locals and tourists alike for an excellent wine selection, hearty, traditional food and very fair prices.
Vinous Table: Stuzzi, Harrogate, UK
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Mar 2019
Stuzzi is the antithesis to the previous night’s gustatory calamity. Instead of being slapped across the face, it slips an arm around your waist and titillates the olfactory senses before sitting down. The warm glow of intuition tells you: “Good choice my son, good choice.” Intoxicating scents drift over from the open kitchen as you soak in the buzzing atmosphere of a young crowd interspersed by families educating their offspring the delights of authentic Italian cuisine.
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Vinous Table: Boeucc, Milan, Italy
Vinous Table
, Mar 2018
A Milanese institution, Boeucc has rich history that goes back more than 300 years. Classically rendered dishes, good wines, and an elegantly romantic ambience in one of Italy’s most beautiful dining rooms harken to a past epoch.
Vinous Table: Dinner with Friends in San Francisco
Vinous Table
, Feb 2018
When friends weren’t able to travel to Piedmont this past fall, they did the next best thing and brought Piedmont to their home. This intimate dinner featured a lovingly chosen selection of Piedmontese classics, paired with a fabulous menu and an ungodly amount of white truffles. What could possibly be better?
Vinous Table: The Corner Townhouse, Rome, Italy
Vinous Table, Italy: Center & South
, Feb 2018
The Corner Townhouse is one of the many recently born Rome restaurants that are popular with the “in” crowd, but The Corner has potential to stick around thanks to its inventive food, decent wine list and a beautiful dining room.
Vinous Table: Le Coq Rico – The Bistro of Beautiful Birds, New York, NY
United States: New York, Vinous Table
, Feb 2018
There is something about the simplicity of a perfectly cooked bird that gets me every time. This recent dinner Le Coq Rico was one of the best meals I have had in New York City in a long time. A small group of friends gathered at the bar for front-row seats as we watched the action unfold in the kitchen in real time.
Vinous Table: Osteria Enoteca San Marco, Venice, Italy
Italy, Vinous Table
, Feb 2018
San Marco is Venice’s most famous and beautiful square. Osteria Enoteca deserves similar amounts of praise, especially compared to dining establishments of the same ilk in the lagunar city. Well-made, non-touristy food, a great wine list and competent service are the ingredients that make Osteria Enoteca well worth a visit.
Vinous Table: Vintage 1997, Torino, Italy
Italy: Piedmont, Piedmont, Vinous Table
, Jan 2018
Vintage 1997 offers solid, well-cooked renditions of updated Piedmontese classics in a quiet, refined but not stuffy ambience. The wine list teeming with great bottles at fair prices make Vintage 1997 a must stop for serious food and wine lovers.