Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Red Table
12 of us dining tonight at Red Table restaurant. Surprised on a rainy Wednesday evening that the place was packed. Diners cleared out about 8:00 but the bar area remained full. Our table was very congenial and chatty. Made for a very pleasant evening. I did notice other patrons "eyeballing" our table. Maybe it was the dozens of glasses and the 16 bottles of wine that made them envious.
A lot of appetizers were ordered so actual dinner did not start until about 7:30 which made it very late for me to start eating with my medical issues. Should have had lunch at 3:30 and it would have helped. My fault for not adhering to my schedule. Next time I will order an appetizer and forget dinner. Can't eat both. It would have really helped to have a basket of bread or crackers on the table. I may have to start bringing a small bag of such to tide me over until food arrives.
I had ordered the "Filet" for dinner. About 7:15 to 7:30 I was told they ran out of filets. Seems early to run out of a cut of beef. But who knows how they order, Substituted a Rib Eye. Did not know it came with a sauce all over it. I scrapped as much sauce as I could off the meat. It was a decent steak but I was not impressed. Would not order it again.
With 16 wines I did not taste at least half of them. I brought a 2015 Williams Selyem, Sonoma Coast, Pinot Noir. In my opinion one of the best wines on the table. There was about 2 ounces left in it when I brought it home, Numerous compliments on the wine.
NV Bohigas, Spain, Brut Reserva, Cava - very good wine
2023 Piero Macini, Olbia, Italy, Vermentino de Gallura - did not taste
2017 Croad, Willow Creek District, Paso Robles, Mouvedre - did not taste
2019 Heitz Cellar, St. Helena, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon - nice, not a fruit bomb
2022 Eifrig, Alexander Valley, Chardonnay - did not taste
2018 Tenuta Cucco, Serralunga D'Alba, Barolo - did not taste
2022 Lando, Sta Rita Hills, Pinot Noir - not impressed, lacked any characteristics
2023 Paul Lato, Santa Ynez, 2 Wolves, Sauvignon Blanc - did not taste
NV Scharffenberger, Anderson Valley, Sparkling - did not taste
2019 Birchino, Central Coast, Besson Vineyards, Old Vines Grenache - a very nice wine
2009 Ken Brown, Sta Rita Hills, Rancho LaVina Vineyards, Pinot Noir - a big disappointment
2020 Graziano, Redwood Valley, Coro Mendocino, Zinfandel Blend - did not taste
2020 Denner, Paso Robles, Mother of Exiles, Bordeaux Blend - did not taste
2019 Champalon "LaCuvee des Fondraux, Loire, Vouvray - nice clean wine
2018 Brunier Lynch, Les Pallieres, Rhone - did not taste
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