Comments for Chez Nous Bistro

Comment on Wine Dinner Friday, February 24th: Personality & Terroir: Independent French Wines by Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:52:25 +0000

Excellent! I don’t know if we’ll change your mind, but we hope that at least you will enjoy the evening, the food and the wines!!
Merci, Rachel

Comment on Wine Dinner Friday, February 24th: Personality & Terroir: Independent French Wines by Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:37:35 +0000

Dear Mr. Morss, Thank you so much for sending me your post about wine dinners. It’s definitely an interesting perspective and I’m glad to have read it (as someone who hosts many more wine dinners than she attends!). It seems, though, that we have planned exactly the type of wine dinner that you DON’T like! We are working with a distributor who provided us with a list of flavor profiles for each wine that he has selected to feature. We made our menu based on these profiles, in hopes of creating a pleasing pairing for the guests between the wine and the food for each course, progressively creating a logical and balanced manu. What I love about these types of dinners is how, when the pairing with a particular wine and a particular dish is on the mark, it just elevates the guest in a kind of indescribable way ( I say this because I witness it, and occasionally experience it myself when I have a great pairing, but mostly it’s the mood in the dining room, the smiles on the guests’ faces, that’s how I know that we’ve gotten it right!). And then, you’re right, it’s abrupt to then completely switch gears and move on to another wine and another flavor profile with a new dish, but that’s what we have planned to do (and have done in the past; I’m interested to try a different kind of dinner/menu structure w/ your views in mind, but it would have to be for another time.) Let me know if you’re reconsidering joining us on the 24th. We really didn’t consider any kind of comparisons between the wines themselves, they’re very different, and while we’d be happy to pour all of the wines for you to taste throughout the menu, it isn’t how we’d calibrated the dishes for this particular meal. Many thanks again for your interesting post!
Rachel

Comment on Wine Dinner Friday, February 24th: Personality & Terroir: Independent French Wines by Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:42:26 +0000

Thank you so much, please provide a contact telephone number to confirm and we will see you then!
Rachel
ChezNous

Comment on Wine Dinner Friday, February 24th: Personality & Terroir: Independent French Wines by Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:33:29 +0000

Thanks, Ed! good to hear from you! Happy Valentines to you both and see you soon!
Rachel

Comment on Wine Dinner Friday, February 24th: Personality & Terroir: Independent French Wines by Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:01:20 +0000

Thank you so much, that’s no problem at all. We’ll see you in a couple of weeks,
Rachel

Comment on Wine Dinner Friday, February 24th: Personality & Terroir: Independent French Wines by Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:20:58 +0000

That’s wonderful, Dr. Burkman, thank you! No problem for the substitution and we’ll look forward to seeing you!
Rachel

Comment on Beet “Tartare” by Catherine Ferraresi

Catherine Ferraresi — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:41:49 +0000

Beet Tartare….oh my….it’s on my menu for tomorrow to delight my guests. It was such a pleasure to meet you in my shop. Looking forward to dinner a Chez Nous!