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Paris Resort & Casino
3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702)-944-4224
In the city of Sin, it’s tough to find a restaurant that won’t burn a hole in your wallet and at the same time prepares great food. Well look no further, Mon Amí Gabi does it all. From merely glancing over the menu [...]

25 Broad St. (Throckmorton St.)
Freehold, NJ 07722
(732)-409-6651
Quite the Central New Jersey find. Eric’s is one of the area’s best kept secrets. Main Street Freehold is rapidly becoming a hot-spot for great restaurants, but Eric’s is located just one block away from Main Street. This gives it the great advantage of being a little [...]

Frog’s Leap

2003 Napa Valley Zinfandel

Tasting Notes

Mild cherry presence. Spicy on mid palate, finishes clean. Slight tart flavor which is indicative of fruit. Initial aroma of saddle leather.

Pair With

Consumed with hangar steak and salmon wrapped in filo dough. A wine that knows no boundaries.

Consumed at: Spargo’s Grille

Spargo’s Grille

130 Route 33 West
Manalapan, NJ 07726
(732) 294-9921
Spargo’s Grille is set in a shopping center in seemingly urban Manalapan, NJ. From the outside, the restaurant looks typical with the letters of the name in large purple neon. When you enter you see the attention to detail taken in the dining room. The layout [...]

Bentgate

2003 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasting Notes

Hints of strawberry in the nose. Flavors of berries with cherry. Barn red look.

Pair With

Sauteed meats

Cline

2004 Ancient Vines Zinfandel

Tasting Notes

Strong nose, prune, jam, raspberry, plum. Slight pepper, easy to palate.

No

2004 Lake County Sauvignon Blanc

Tasting Notes

Riesling in disguise. Nose of heavy apple. Sugary

Pair With

Fish, summer foods, citrus

Caelum

2001 Vendemmia il Palagione Chianti Colli Senesi

Tasting Notes

Young nose, not pronounced. Alcoholic scent. Decently wet with an abrupt finish. Plum and blackberry.

Gallo of Sonoma

2002 Chardonnay

Tasting Notes

Pear, apple, vanilla. Mild at onset. Spicy with good bite. Crisp.

Le Calvane

1998 Il Trecione Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

Tasting Notes

No finish. Flavors die at mid palate. Nose of blackberry.

Pair With

Pizza




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