My wife and I have been treated in a similar manner at rostang, feulliants and violon in paris. never in the countryside. I would also like to mention the high probability of racial profiling. particularly at the el-primo places. nice that they snubbed the old school republicans of the wsj, and not the times or the post.

many of the dc area tasting dinners have become very disappointing and similar to the description in the article............... three ounce pours. how do you get a dozen 3 ounce pours out of a 750? 50 people, 4 bottles. you divide.

as a disclamer, the only reason i keep my subscription to the wsj is to read the wine reviews. the wash post has turned to garbage, the FT(financial times, not flyer talk) person is a dingaling. i doubt i could find the review in the times.