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Showing posts with label Il Buco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Il Buco. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

TERRE DE TRINCI SANGIOVESE UMBRIA 2008 AT VIVOLI

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Vivoli  is one of those restaurants we don’t favor too much, even though the food is good.  There are two reasons we slight them, and it...
Monday, November 29, 2010

TENUTA ST. PETER RIESLING ALTO ADIGE 2008

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If you're like me, when you hear the words "Italian Riesling," something just doesn't sound right.  Of course, the Al...
Monday, November 8, 2010

MURGO ETNA BIANCO 2006

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A favorite spot for lunch should have two things, in my family’s estimation: great Italian food and great Italian wine.  As Denise and I...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

COLLINE NOVARESI NEBBIOLO 2007 AT IL BUCO

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Italian food calls for Italian wine, and that's a rule I try not break - ever.  Fortunately, one of my favorite Italian restaurants...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

MONTE ZOVO VALPOLICELLA RIPASSO 2007

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Birthday month rolls on for Denise, and we dropped in on Il Buco again.  I've mentioned them before, with good reason.  The food is ...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

SELLA AND MOSCA LA CALA VERMENTINO 2006, SARDEGNA

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There are some pretty good options from which to choose in Los Angeles when I want to take my Italian-heritage wife for a birthday-mont...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Monte Antico Toscana 2006

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My favorite Italian restaurant in Los Angeles is Il Buco.  It's actually in Beverly Hills, but it's on Robertson, which feels more ...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

A Couple of Nero d'Avola Wines

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I have been drinking quite a few Italian wines lately, not because they are necessarily my preference, but because my wife, Denise, really l...