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Nuschese Primitivo IGT

Wine: Nuschese Primitivo IGT

Small Plates: Try these flavorful treats for a change of pace

DINING OUT

For Las Vegas chefs, casual doesn’t mean inferior

They came, they saw, they conquered. And now they’re trading in the tuxes for Hawaiian shirts.

Chateau Meric Cru Bourgeois Medoc

Wine: Chateau Meric Cru Bourgeois Medoc

Small Plates: Eat out family style at Carmine’s at Caesars Palace

Carmine’s, founded in New York more than 20 years ago, opened an outlet at Caesars Palace this month. The 750-seat Southern Italian restaurant has the traditional decor of its sister restaurants in New York, Atlantic City, Washington, D.C., and the Bahamas, such as high ceilings, antique chandeliers and black-and-white photos of Southern Italian families to which Carmine’s culinary tradition traces its roots. Here’s a sample of the menu:

Spicy, brash, flavorful rye whiskey enjoying revival

Patrick Trundle need look no further than the Sazerac to back up his assertion that rye whiskey has made a comeback.