pavane wrote on Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:41:19 -0400:


|> I guess the restaurants that I frequent are no longer the
|> type but I never really liked the custom of a sommelier
|> trying the wine using a little saucer hanging from a chain
|> around their neck. Has the custom died and if not, what is
|> the correct name for the little dish?

> The little dish is called a "tastevin," here is the Wikipedia
> article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastevin#Tastevin
> And yes, it has pretty much died out for practical as well
> as for sanitary reasons.

Well I'll be damned! So that's what is a Tastevin!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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