Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Trip to Europe (Italy-Slovenia) Fall 2012...Finale dinner in Trieste


(Friday, October 19)
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It was the final evening of this tour with Japanese wine people, and we had the farewell dinner at Trattoria Ai Fiori in Trieste.

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Pureed fennel soup with shrimp. Braised octopus with black truffle and potato puree.

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Pasta with monkfish, black olives, capers, and tomato sauce. Roasted branzino with roasted potatoes.

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We opened up different bottles but I didn’t get to take all the photos.

Spumante Ribolla Gialla 
2010 Kante, Vitovska 
1995 Borgo del Tiglio (VdT delle Venezia)
2010 Zidarich, Teran 
2002 Gravner, Breg 

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We enjoyed these wines with the rustic local dishes. After dinner, some of us had more wine at a local bar. The group went quite wild! But, since I was going to fly to Budapest the following day, I left around 2.30am. Some of them still stayed for more drinks. Crazy fun people. It was the perfect final night with the fun wine friends.