August 7, 2011
Marchesi di Barolo 2005
This continues to be one of our favorite wines. Barolos can be one of the more expensive Italian wines, however this one will only set you back about $40. It’s consistently delicious and easy to drink. It’s our “go to” special occasion wine. We discovered this wine while having dinner at a local restaurant. We must have been celebrating something, because we ordered a bottle off their wine list and I remember it was $85. We loved it so much, we set out searching our local wine stores for another bottle. As is usually the case, it was only $40 at the liquor store. Restaurant mark-up on wine continues to amaze me. There’s something to be said for going to a BYOB. Definitely try this one if you love Italian reds, you won’t be disappointed.
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June 24, 2011
One of our favorite restaurants is in Lambertville, NJ (across the river). It’s called Hamilton’s Grill Room. They have this quaint courtyard that they share with a bar called The Boat House. Truly a little house (very little) but so lovely. With a bar and some tables as you enter, up the narrow stairs there’s a small sitting area where you can gather and have a drink before heading across the courtyard for dinner at Hamilton’s. The Boat House gives off the feeling that we should all be drinking brandy in an oversized snifter, and somewhere in the place there should be a guy in a plaid blazer with those patches on his elbows smoking a pipe. It’s a place you could envision the great writers, like Hemingway, would hangout. One night we forgot to bring wine for dinner and Hamilton’s is BYOB. We ended up purchasing a bottle from The Boat House. We just loved it. Only about $35 from the bar, imagine my elation when I went to find it at the wine store and it was only $15 a bottle. Light and easy to drink and only $15! It’s worth a try if you like Pinot Noir. Ours was a 2008. Here’s the label:
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