Flight Savor Fare

“Good-bye, Big Fat Wine List,” an article in September’s issue of Bon Appetit declares that the “leather-bound tomes are going the way of white tablecloths.” No! I mean, fine, get rid of the September-Vogue-issue-sized wine list and just offer a well-curated selection. But don’t we need tablecloths? If silverware is placed on your napkin and [...]

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Mostly I read Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast for this kind of information, but Consumer Reports recently got in the act. The article seems more for those consumers, of which I once was one until Nan got ahold of me, that choose wine by the visual and verbal wittiness of the label. Whereas Spectator and [...]

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for Bob Davis (on the walls at Flight) and Marilyn Bailey, local jeweler with national reputation. Rob outdid himself with savory platters of tomato salad, scallops, lamb chops — it just kept coming. Nan chose some red and white party wine to go with it all. Many still stayed for dinner! Marilyn Bailey Bob Davis, [...]

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Let’s eat some meat and drink some good stuff and party like it’s 1999! In Brazil, Carnival is a week long event and, in that spirit, Flight offers carnival specials from Thursday-Fat Tuesday (Feb 19 – Feb 24). Special themed dinners like our 13 oz bone-in strip steak with chimichurri sauce for $30 and — [...]

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Listen up, guys. Yes, make dinner reservations (at Flight, of course) and pick the right sparkling wine and wives and girlfriends will be impressed. (Flight is giving every two entrees a split of sparkling wine, normally called champagne, but that’s correct only if it actually comes from Champagne, France.) You can even have flowers awaiting [...]

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Domino magazine falls under the grouping best known in media as “women’s shelter.” I guess men don’t need shelter, just a roof over their heads. At any rate, Domino published an article in September about how to become a wine expert, quick and easy. I was all set to disparage said article, but upon reading [...]

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“Sherry is the perfect drink to have before dinner, said David Wondrich in Saveur Magazine, “or after it, or really anytime at all.” All sherry is fortified white wine made in or near the city of Jerez and aged in oak. Sherry is divided into three categories. There are the pale, dry sherries called flor [...]

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Snooth.com, half sleuth and half smooth, offers access to some two million reviews of reputable wine critics such as Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate. You can add your critique as well.

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