Omar: I just communicated with Jay and Tom. Jay deposited the check but he's going to get the money to Tom. Jay owes you $5.00 but he insists he's good for it. So you're all set, we have you down for Saturday night at Charlie Palmer. Apologies for the confusion and thank you for clarifying! Looking...

JimHow wrote:I believe Omar is attending on Friday night, is he attending on Saturday?

I'm attending Saturday night at Charlie Palmer.

+ Omar

Will a Trump White House change the house cuvée Schramsberg to his own? Make state dinners great again!

I'm finally settled back in Washington and look forward to attending the Saturday dinner and other planned BWE events.

Hello all, I thought I would contribute some notes from my 25th birthday dinner which I hosted with friends last night at my place in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. With the exception of Pol Roger, the menu consisted of entirely Left Bank wines. (All courtesy of Winebid apart from the Pol and the Bl...

Hello all, I'm disappointed that I didn't have the chance to join for this year's BWE festivities because I was still abroad (I had such a fantastic time last year) but I will most certainly be joining you in 2014 given that it will be conveniently held in the city that I'll be living in once again-...

So sad that I missed BWE '13 by a week since I've just gotten back from the UK. Very excited and can't wait for BWE '14 in D.C., however!

Hello all, Forgive my absence, but quite a bit has happened since we all met at BWE 2012 in Washington last spring. I've now found myself back in the UK where I'm completing my graduate work in International Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Only after briefly arriving here in October, I was ...

How I wish I could attend. Given that I'll be in Houston the following week (also for Wagner but not the Ring-- "Tristan und Isolde" at the Houston Grand Opera, instead) it's a shame that I'll still be across the pond the weekend you are planning the annual round BWE festivities. I'll cert...

The '64 Latour, '76 Cheval-Blanc, '85 Marguax, '80 d'Yquem, '86 Gruaud Larose, and '50 Lynch-Bages (!) were all very memorable. Thanks to everyone for making it a fantastic evening, which I hope will be my first of many future BWE dinners. I look forward to seeing many of you very soon!

-Omar

What is the typical dress code for the dinner? Black Tie?

Very much looking forward to it!

Does anyone think a bottle of Bollinger Grande Année 2000 is ready? Still deciding if I should pop open tonight or keep for another year or so...

Sounds terrific. I'm looking forward to participating in my first (of what I hope to be many) BWE Annual Convention. I'm also lucky to find myself working in DC this upcoming year as well as finding such an enthusiastic group of claret lovers.

Sure! I'm a former member of the Oxford University Blind Tasting team and will be living in Washington for the next year. I'm particularly fond of the wines of Bordeaux (specifically Left Bank) and look forward to participating in events and meeting members through BWE. As new member, I have a few o...

I'm also interested in attending. Looking forward to it!