Musicians On Tour, Bill Stewart, Drums, New York City, Matt Brewer, Bass, Instruments, Lage Lund, Guitar, Matt Penman, Bass, Anthony Wilson, Guitar, Los Angeles, Ben Street, Bass, Where to shop, Where to drink, what to buy, Musician Recommendations, Loire, Wine, Natural Wine, Paris, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bologna, Milan, Barcelona, Brooklyn, Montreal, London, Ferrara, Montalcino, Rome, Copenhagen, Oslo, Kyoto, Tokyo, Singapore, Montreal
Terroirs in London | The European in Melbourne | Enoteca Trucchi in Rome
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Q. For anyone who likes singular, natural or traditional wine where should they journey to?
USA - San Francisco, CA
Drink | Wine Bars
Terroir
Terroir in San Francisco is lovely. [MB]
I love Terroir in San Francisco. [MP]
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Canada - Montreal, QC
Eat | Restaurants
They have the best selection of natural wines I've seen in Canada and they also have really good food. [MB]
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France - Paris
Find | Wine Stores
Caves Augé
When buying wine, visit cavistes [wine shops] such as Caves Augé. [AW]
La Cave de l'Insolite
Shop for natural wine. [BStreet]
For natural wines, which was recommended to me by Ben Street. [BStewart]
La Dernière Goutte
On the left bank, I like it for traditional wines. [BStewart]
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Eat | Restaurants
Café de la Nouvelle Mairie
For the great and affordable by-the-glass list. [MB]
La Cave de L'Os à Moëlle
A small and family-style restaurant where you grab a bottle of Beaujolais-Villages or Touraine Gamay and serve yourself buffet-style from big pots of braised meats and home-style potatoes and vegetables. [AW]
Le Baratin
For a great meal and amazing wines. [AW] + [LL]
Le Régalade
I still pay a visit for a hearty lunch. [AW]
Le Repaire de Cartouche
You would also do well to go to Le Repaire de Cartouche, because the food is so damn good -- real food -- and they have a huge list of beautiful wines. [AW]
Le Verre Volé
I love Le Verre Volé in Paris. [MP]
For a great meal and amazing wines. [AW]
Vivant
It's Paris, so obviously you're going to visit Pierre Jancou at Vivant. [AW]
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Spain - Barcelona
Find | Wine Stores
L'Ànima del Vi
For natural wine. [BStreet]
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Italy - Bologna
Find | Wine Stores
Enoteca Italiana
They have a great, wide selection. [BStewart]
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Italy - Ferrara
Find | Wine Stores
Al Brindisi
A wine store and wine bar with interesting Italian wines you might not find Stateside. It’s apparently the oldest bar in the world. However the owner, Federico, is young and likes natural wine. [MP]
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Italy - Milan
Find | Wine Stores
La Cantine Isola
A wine store and wine bar with interesting Italian wines you might not find Stateside. [MP]
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Italy - Rome
Find | Wine Stores
Enoteca Constantini
In Rome, try Enoteca Constantini at Piazza Cavour. [BStewart]
Enoteca Trucchi
[BStreet]
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Tayyabs in London | Iggy’s in Singapore | Ved Stranden 10
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UK - London
Find | Wine Stores
259 Hackney Road
For buying wine, of late, everybody's talking positively about the small wine shop 259 Hackney Road, though I've never been. [AW]
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Eat | Restaurants
Tayyabs
It wouldn't be a bad idea to pick up some gulp-able wine at 259 Hackney Road and tote it to the outstanding Pakistani restaurant Tayyabs, which is Halal and doesn't serve alcohol. [AW]
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Drink | Wine Bars
Terroirs and Green & Blue
In London, I always end up having a few bottles at Terroirs or Green & Blue. [AW]
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Denmark - Copenhagen
Drink | Wine Bars
Ved Stranden 10
They have charcuterie and a fantastic selection of wines from all over Europe. [AW]
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Norway - Oslo
Drink | Bars
Bar & Cigar
And when you go to Oslo you'll find Bar & Cigar, a small, dark place on a side street. Inside, a Eurocave wine fridge in the corner stocks all manner of unsulfured or hardly-sulfured wines from producers like Cornelissen, Le Mazel, Camillo Donati, and Domaine des Griottes. [AW]
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Australia - Melbourne
Eat | Restaurants
The European & City Wine Shop
Eat at The European near Parliament Square and their sister restaurant next door, City Wine Shop. I had Domaine Lafarge Passetoutgrain alongside a dish of padrón peppers with ricotta and toast. [AW]
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Singapore
Eat | Restaurants
Iggy's
Ignatius Chan at Iggy's, his little jewel-box of a restaurant located in a secluded corner of the Regent Hotel, is where you can find a wide selection of Burgundies. [AW]
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Article
Jazz musicians can spend as much time on the road as they do at home. Some of them have developed a knack for sniffing out seriously good food and wine between gigs, and even between sets.
This is the second part of our interview with six different music-makers in which we posed the same questions about their favorite spots abroad and at home.
Musicians On Tour | Part 2
December 12, 2012
Photographs courtesy of the musicians
Enoteca Osticcia in Montalcino
Photographs courtesy of Enoteca Osticcia
Q. Where was your last memorable food and wine experience abroad?
France
Paris | La Robe et Le Palais
[BStewart] I ate there three times in three days last time I was in Paris! It was excellent each time.
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Italy
Montalcino | Trattoria Il Leccio
[AW] Dinner with wine-grower Francesca Padovani (of Fonterenza) at Trattoria Il Leccio, in Sant'Angelo in Colle (Montalcino). Just after we ordered our food, Francesca ran across the street to a small storage garage where she keeps some of her wine. She returned with a bottle of Vouvray from Thierry Puzelat. I loved that she chose a Chenin Blanc from the Loire to accompany the huge array of antipasti - not typical but perfect!
Montalcino | Enoteca Osticcia
[AW] Also in Montalcino, the next morning, with a hangover and wanting a hearty breakfast, I ordered salsiccia (raw sausage) with fried eggs and potatoes and a bottle of Valentini Trebbiano at Enoteca Osticcia. That was a serious breakfast win.
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Japan
Tokyo | Rosso e Nero Restaurant
[LL] It involved 3 bottles of Frank Cornelissen’s Magma with charcuterie at Rosso e Nero in Hanzomon in Tokyo.
Tokyo | Seisoka
[MB] Last time I was in Tokyo, I went to a restaurant called Seisoka. They serve slightly modernized versions of traditional Japanese dishes and have a fifth-generation, Edo-style potter making all the ceramics. Both the food and the plates the food was served on were beautiful. My favorite dish was also one of the simplest. It consisted of plain ramen served in a large bowl carved out of ice. The idea was to dip the ramen into a small bowl of egg yolk and then into a little sesame broth. I love Japan for these kinds of simple and elegant dishes.
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Kyoto | Deux Cochons
[BStreet] It’s what I wish all wine bars were like - very quiet, and a turntable with plenty of nice records, old mismatched furniture and a super sweet couple running it.
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Franny’s in Brooklyn | Ten Bells in New York
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Q. You're finally home, where do you eat and drink in the city?
NYC - Brooklyn
Eat | Restaurants
Franny’s and Thirstbaravin. [LL]
I like Tacos Cachinella in Sunset Park, Tanoreen in Bay Ridge and Al Di La in Park Slope. I also like Roberta's Pizza in Bushwick. [BStewart]
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NYC - Manhattan
Eat | Restaurants
Trestle On Tenth. [LL]
In Manhattan, a good value is Trattoria Spaghetto at Carmine and 6th (I've been going there for 25 years now), Otto Enoteca for weekday lunch and, behind the Village Vanguard, Taim for falafel. For Chinese, Congee Village (there’s a $10 corkage fee) and Excellent Dumpling on Lafayette. [BStewart]
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Drink | Wine Bars
I happily stop in at Anfora, but generally I'd rather open something at home. [BStewart]
At Ten Bells or at home with friends because I can control the music and the volume. [BStreet] + [LL]
I also like stopping in at Ten Bells. [BStewart]
I really prefer to cook but I love the Terroir bars in Tribeca and the East Village. Very cool wines, generally. [MP] + [LL]
I also like stopping in at Terroir. [BStewart]
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Kao Gan Chin at Night + Market in Los Angeles | Wine from Domaine LA in Los Angeles
Photographs courtesy of Night + Market & Domaine LA
CA - Los Angeles
When I get home I want to chill at my apartment because I've been eating and drinking in restaurants for the last few weeks, but...
Find | Wine Stores
Domaine LA
I might pay a visit to Domaine LA in Hollywood and put together a case of fun, affordable bottles to bring home. [AW]
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Eat | Restaurants
Night+Market
If I do have to go out, I'll visit Kris Yenbamroong's delicious Thai restaurant Night+Market, at the corner of Sunset and Doheny. His food is insanely good, and he's put together a small but excellent wine list long on refreshing Loire selections. [AW]
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- Details of the musicians’ recommendations on where to eat, drink and shop for wine around the world.
- Read Musicians on Tour | Part 1
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