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LA Wine: R2 Tries Tacos and Cars

February 14, 2024

This iteration we tried something completely different…Jay scheduled an earthquake! And none of his cars were damaged, though all of the wine disappeared.

We’ll begin in the middle. Here is the entire crew consuming wine and tacos. Tacos?! Yes, tacos. Lets just say it was interesting.

The selection was very nice indeed.

Italian it is…that’s kinda like Spanish. Right?

Before that it was Chardonay and motor vehicles.

And after that it was earthquakes and cigars.

The boys discuss whether that counted as an earthquake or not.

Our event made the papers.

Thanks to Jay for hosting and Donnie for cajoling. Lets do it again!

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R2 Wine Luncheon Take 4

February 16, 2019

The fourth LA wine luncheon run was excellent and fun as always. This time the highlight of the day was an absolutely top notch menu put together by Bistro 45. (FWIW, Bistrot 45 already held the top dining position for these wine lunch things and knocked themselves right out of first place into first and second place.)

Your gracious host donnie sporting a svelte new look

All hands on deck

The fun end of the table

The menu features all organic ingredients

Carpaccio

Ravioli

Duck and polenta

Did we mention the polenta?

Of course, there was lots of wine, good conversation, and laughter.

The whites

The reds

Note to self that wine tasting is much better without the last vestiges of a chest cold.

After lunch we headed into greater downtown Pasadena for a cocktail or two. The bar at Smitty’s Grill is remarkably good. Excellent standard cocktails and a bartender who is even experimenting with milk punch.