1999 Rosenblum Annette's Reserve Rhodes Vineyard with a pan-fried blackened
>ribeye (medium rare of course).
>Flash-fried cherry skin and plum wine, leather (some say dark chocolate)
>scents, almost 15% alcohol, with a flavorful marbled pan-fried ribeye - lots
>of pepper and salt - no sides or soups, just the beef and wine is an
>excellent primordial pairing.
>
>Ed R. - the ribeye was from Luigi's.
>
Sure, make me work to figure out what you're talking about. Went to Wine Spectator and searched on Rosenblum. Apparently they are a fairly eclectic bottler, with a wide range of varietals under the Rosenblum name--offerings from Napa, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, Lodi, lots of discrete vineyards and even "McLaren Vale" (?)
The Annette's Reserve is a Zinfandel. WS showed a 2000 rated at 86 and selling at $28.
Will look for more Rosenblum stuff. Haven't been on the S. side of town for a while. Luigi's just moved onto my short list. Been hitting Biaggi's regularly and choosing Italians from the "reserve list". Then going out and buying a case of whatever I've tried. It means dinner out with "she who must be obeyed" is running me around $600 after the wine purchases....
I'd bet the beef came to Luigi via Par Avion.