In article >, Mark Lipton >
wrote:

> To celebrate my birthday last night, we traveled down to Indianapolis to
> dine at Oakley's Bistro, a restaurant that we had only visited once
> before, shortly after its opening. With a very nice dinner (I had
> seared scallops as a starter followed by an assortment of vegetable
> dishes: veggie "lasagne" consisting of grilled eggplant between layeys
> of grilled polenta with a tomato confit on top, a morel souffle that was
> the highpoint of the meal, an artichoke chili relleno and cold sesame
> noodles; Jean had a shrimp bisque followed by a grilled halibut with
> olives, capers and sundried tomato) we had the following wines:
>
> NV Zardetto Prosecco
> nose: light, slightly floral
> palate: crisp, clean, floral and melon notes, light
>
> 2001 Dom. Ramonet Bourgogne Blanc
> c: deep yellow
> n: initially, very oaky, blowing off to show lemons
> p: rounded, midweight, nice acidity, lemons, slight minerality, clean finish
>
> 2006 Torres "de Casta" Rosado DO Catalyuna
> c: almost hot pink
> n: bright strawberry
> p: light, bright, strawberries, dry finish
>
> One lovely thing about the wine service was that we were able to get the
> Prosecco by the glass and the other two wines by the "quartino," a
> container holding 187 ml, enough for about three decent pours. That
> enabled us to have a leisurely two hour meal and have no qualms about
> the 60 mile drive back home. Of the three wines, the Ramonet was the
> most interesting, but the Torres Rosado was a fun little quaffer for a
> summertime dinner out of doors.
>
> Mark Lipton

Happy birthday Mark. This sounds like a great meal and two of the wines
the Zardetto and Torres I have liked. Where is Oakleys? Is it all the
way downtown? I will be in Brownsburg near the end of the month and may
want to go downtown for a good meal as opposed to Brownsburg.