Mark Lipton wrote:
> Richard Neidich wrote:
>> Saturday Night last week I hosted a wine dinner at Le Cirque.
>> Beautiful restaurant and in my opinion very nice food too.
> [...]
>> The last couse the duck was great...but the wine not even worth the
>> mention.
>
> RTWC is an internationally owned winery in Tokaj (Hugh Johnson is part
> of the ownership group) that produces decent, if not exceptional,
> Tokaji. 5 putts is sort of a Beerenauslese equivalent (6 putts being
> more like TBA). Ladoucette is one of the better-known producers in
> Pouilly-Fumé, but I can't comment on quality as I haven't had their wines.
>

Ladoucette used to be a very racy SB, full of tropical fruits and
agrume, almost
NZ-like certain years. Unfortunately it is a victim of it's success and
has been
priced out of contention (much like Cloudy Bay I suppose) for most of
us. I'd
guess it's a very safe menu choice though.

-E

> So, did you come up with the wines, or did the restaurant, Dick? I'm
> confused as to what the role of the host was at this event.
>
> Mark Lipton
>