A few days ago Mrs. F and I had a rare childless evening. So we decided to try someplace new. Any place with wine bar in the title gets our vote so off we went to the Shab Row Bistro and Wine Bar on East Street in Frederick. This newer restaurant was once the tasting room [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘review’
July 2, 2010
Rose Tease
Had the best rose I’ve had all season, but I’m not going to post it here until I go buy a few more bottles. I learned my lesson after the Tapena incident.
May 25, 2010
2008 Tapena Vino de la Tierra de Castilla
Regular readers know what a fan I am of good rose wines. They are the duct tape of the wine world: with their unmatched versatility you can use them in all sorts of situations: sipping on the patio, paired with barbeque or just about any summer fare, as base for sangria, to name a few. In [...]
May 12, 2010
Dibon Brut Reserve
The youngest Fredling is very musical. He loves to sing. The other night we had all been listening to REM. He went around and around the house belting out “It’s the end of the world as we know it.” Unfortunately that’s all he knew of the song so that’s all we got. A Cava I recently tried: Dibon Brut Reserve (NV) was a [...]
March 24, 2010
Mediterranean Grill Redux
I have reviewed this place before here and I really liked it. I continue to visit and last week had a wonderful lunch outside enjoying the unseasonable weather. They have redone their menu and added some new options. For once I passed on the falafel and had a wonderful sandwich: the Genoa I think it was [...]
December 9, 2008
Deck the Halls with Cremant d’Alsace
Saturday was putting up the Christmas tree day. Nothing but a real tree will do in the Fred household, so after a wonderful time of cutting down the tree in the falling snow and bringing it back home I had to deal with the dreaded task of sorting through the lights. After about fifteen [...]
November 13, 2008
Frederick News Post Rant (Again)
I interrupt my planned series of anniversary posts to bring you the following rant. Maybe I am just feeling cranky today, but another FNP article about food and drink irritated me. As mentioned earlier the Beaujolais Nouveau season is almost upon us. In yesterdays Post there was an article about Linganore Wine Cellars releasing a new wine: [...]
November 10, 2008
Cristallino- A Value Sparkler
Continuing in my never ending quest for good wine at a good price I want to pass on a decent value that I had the other day. Its a Spanish Non-Vintage Cava called Cristallino Cava Brut. Cava is Spanish sparkling wine and has a reputation for having some great values. Under Spanish law, it can only be produced [...]
September 2, 2008
Pizza Wine…Finally
Sorry guys. I didn’t mean to take so long on this topic, but I have been incredibly busy lately so the posting has fallen off. The wine that I found as a casual, everyday ‘pizza wine’ is the 2006 Gnarly Head Old Vines Zinfandel. This wine is very good. As mentioned the Spirit Shop has it for 10.99 a [...]
August 18, 2008
Volt
Well, I know the professional critics will not review a restaurant until at least three months after it opens, but hey I’m just a rank amateur, so what do I care. With all the anticipation I’m not inclined to wait more than three weeks. Also my brother and his wife were in town so it seemed a perfect occcasion to check out Volt [...]
