A continuation of Andrea's search for the perfect wine dinner for her friends. See part 1.
The origins of the modern wine dinner started to become clear in the London wine trade in the early twentieth century. What occurred there, seemingly from a small band of wine lovers intent on sharing their dedication to wine, gave form to a tradition that has been passed like bread along the table from one wine dinner to the next ever since. It all started, as many important wine-dinner traditions seemed to, with a bottle of Château Haut-Brion.
André L Simon (see here...