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Guicciardini Tuscan Wine Dinner
ByChris Parente May 16, 2016

This week Gabriele and I attended an Italian wine dinner at Riverbend Bistro, a favorite neighborhood spot. The theme was wines from Tuscany, including Castello di Poppiano, which was already a favorite of ours. Our evening was made more special by being seated with the two presenters of the wines. One was the importer Brennan…

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Two Old Favorites Deliver Two New Ones
ByChris Parente January 28, 2011

Recently Gabriele and I returned to two favorite Alexandria places for dinner. I’ve written about both before — Overwood here and Cheestique here — and I’m happy to report they delivered again. Of course just because you return to an old favorite doesn’t mean you can’t try new wines. That’s what we did, and came…

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