Tastes, Tasting Notes, and Inferiority Complexes Sender: Ian Salut-Hi Andrew Goldfinch, Thanks for your comments. I'll not add much to what Dale or J(dammit I've forgotten again)oseph? said, but just a question, and a couple of comments. le-on Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:11:59 GMT, tu disais-you said:- How did you rate your meal? Did you have the â,¬150 chef's tasting or the shorter menu? I have to say that we (5 of us) decided the same thing about what kind of wines to have, although the wine waiter did in fact produce a couple of non American wines. What we did, was to say "You know your wines and the food here. Here's your budget, choose wines - preferably from the region - that will match and compliment the food." Can I just say that I find a high percentage of French sparklers overpriced and suffering from a severe and unjustified superiority complex. Not all, as Occasional contributor Francis Boulard's Champagnes are gorgeous, and well worth the money, but many low price sparkling wines are pretty dire IMO! I'd expect Oz sparklers to beat them easily. Well, with luck you might find one or two poor quality new world wines in a few supermarkets, but rarely in decent wine shops. I've never seen anything like a Cline Zin, or a St Hallett or Ch Tahbilk Shiraz on sale anywhere in France, though it is hypothetically possible, I suppose, in Paris. -- All the Best Ian Hoare mailbox full to avoid spam. try me at website 
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