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Guest Chef Dinner @ Heron’s (5/17)

vino wrote this on April 26, 2010

Executive Chef Scott Crawford of Heron’s will host three of the regions best chefs on Monday, May 17th at 7pm for a five course, wine paired dinner. Ashley Christensen from Poole’s Diner in Raleigh, NC, Jim Anile from Revolution Restaurant in Durham, NC and Vivian Howard from Chef & The Farmer in Kinston, NC [...]

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Fall Dinner Series @ Washington Duke Inn

leandra wrote this on October 24, 2009

Fairview Restaurant at The Washington Duke Inn has announced their Fall Dinner Series which starts next week. Each of these dinners begins with a 7pm hors d’œuvres reception followed by a five course dinner in the Vista. The price per dinner is $95 plus tax and gratuity and you can get a 10% discount for [...]

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Triangle Restaurant Week reviews

leandra wrote this on May 19, 2009

Eric and I visited three new restaurants last week for Triangle Restuarant Week: Four Square (Durham), Solas (Raleigh) with our favorite review writer Chris, and Il Palio (Chapel Hill).
There were good and disappointing aspects to each place, but in the end our favorite of the three was Four Square which came out on top because [...]

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Southern Rhone Review: Gigondas vs Vacqueyras

chris wrote this on May 17, 2009

This review is a heads-up evaluation of two wines, both from the same producer, the same vintage, and from the southern Rhone, with one wine from the Gigondas AOC and the other from the neighboring Vacqueyras AOC. Gigondas has been an official French AOC since 1971 while its “little brother” Vacqueyras did not receive such [...]

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Wine Authorities Italian Wine Duo

chris wrote this on May 2, 2009

This week I would like to share with you two Italian wines I picked up from Wine Authorities in Durham for a dinner party. I had never tried them before and as usual I was very impressed with both the quality of the wine as well as the value. I recommend this Italian duo for [...]

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Oak and Wine

chris wrote this on April 25, 2009

Hello Everyone,
I recently gave a seminar at the Great Grapes event in Cary this past weekend (4/18) on oak and its effects on wine. I had four wines to sample at the seminar; one unoaked and one oaked each of white and red wines. After the presentation I had the participants taste the wines and [...]

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Jujube Recession Dinner Review (14-Apr-09)

chris wrote this on April 18, 2009

Charlie Deal, the owner and head chef of Jujube restaurant in Chapel Hill, has for some time now hosted  a series of economically priced “recession dinners” at Jujube. For $40, a patron gets 5 – 6 special courses not found on his usual menu, paired with a half glass of an alcoholic beverage. Many times [...]

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