BWE Convention Welcoming Reception on Thursday afternoon.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:44 pm

... in the JimHow Room... Be there or be square. See everyone soon!

Michael-P · Post by **Michael-P** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:58 am

Arriving Fri afternoon, so I'll miss the Thurs fun. Enjoy!

Michael-P

Daytonnc · Post by **Daytonnc** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:53 pm

We will see you then! Looking forward to it!

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:33 pm

Do you have a theme in mind, BD?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:38 pm

I'm thinking 4:30-5ish, Stefan, but I'm flexible.
I'll make sure we have something good to drink.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:39 pm

"Theme", not "time", Jim.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:42 pm

The theme will be Bordeaux... and maybe some champagne?

Tom In DC · Post by **Tom In DC** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:17 am

Foam the runways!

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:42 am

OK; Jim. Any Bdx?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:47 am

Sure, any Bordeaux, young and old. I'm going to have the 2008 Leoville Poyferre there. I doubt any significant 2009s will be on the shelves, it would be good to sample some 2009s over the weekend.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:49 am

Sounds good. I'll bring an extra toothbrush.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:51 am

It's going to be a wild one.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:56 am

Incidentally....Now that you are a Burgundy lover, Jim. Chevillon does a great job in so-called off vintages. Lucie and I drank a lovely 03 NSG Les Bousselots tonight (I had left over quail; she ate a mushroom omelette) that has a developed bouquet and tannins for aging. Robert Chevillon is the winemaker who convinced me that NSG is not just a country cousin of the finer northern Burgundies.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:02 am

Yes I have one bottle of his wine, a 2005 Chevillion Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots.
My purchasing plan over the next two years is to load up on 2009 Bordeaux and 2010 Burgundy.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:53 pm

stefan wrote:"Theme", not "time", Jim.

By the end of the weekend, you'll all be seeing double! That's OK, I know a good eye doctor.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:46 pm

Been looking for black frames, man is it tough to find a simple pair of black frames these days without all kinds of designs, art work, brand logos, etc., all over them. What happened to those good old NASA scientist days of simple retro black frames! Like the ones I used to wear in Catholic grade school. The world is going to pot, these days, I tell you.

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:55 pm

I'll bethere Jim, ready to sample a few bottle before attending the dinner Mr. Bublitz organized for later that night.

Maybe I have a suggestion : maybe bring some Gruaud larose (fro m1998 to 2008, excluding 2000 and 2005) to see if Mr. P is right about it?

Nic

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:39 pm

I'd like to try out two or three 2009s. Has the vintage hit the shelves at all in NYC or DC?

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:28 am

I was in Macarthur's a couple of months ago and some of the inexpensive petits chateaux <$20 bottles were available. Been meaning to call them to see if any of the grand cru classe have come in. Their website says: "Some 2009 Bordeaux are now in stock - but most will arrive in April 2012. Quantities are very limited." Calvert Woodly also has a bunch of petits in:

http://www.calvertwoodley.com/wines/All ... _type=wine

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:18 am

Wine reception moved up to 4pm.... Or, heck, whenever you feel like coming by!

Houndsong · Post by **Houndsong** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:51 pm

Have fun everybody. I'll be watching.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:22 pm

We will raise a toast of some fine northern Medoc in your honor, Hound!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:03 pm

Enjoy yourselves everybody. And I bloody well hope the Canadian contingent makes a worthy showing of themselves!

When I get home from the office later I'll have to crack something open to participate sympathetically in this joyous event.

Hey, maybe the 08 LeoP.

Enjoy!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:57 pm

Of course, the convention begins NEXT THursday afternoon, but feel free to start celebrating now!

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:34 pm

Oops.

Just so eager to get going! At least my wine will have one more week to age!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:41 pm

Well done, Bacchus, very well done indeed. The true spirit of BWE. We need to get you to a convention one of these years!

Chateau Vin · Post by **Chateau Vin** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:36 pm

Coming Thursday, I will drink up some claret in the name of BWE...

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:13 pm

I'd like to be able to join in, Jim. Everyone sounds so friendly and vino-knowledgable; a convention should be great fun as well as something of a learning experience. Mind you, being an academic, this is always an impossible time of year for me.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:58 pm

Bacchus, I am also an academic, but every year I arrange my schedule so as to make the convention.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:30 am

I'm impressed, Stefan. Tough time of year to get away from the office. How do you deal with your classes, and the marking that is always piled so high this time of year? You must be able to draw upon grad students?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:43 pm

Bacchus, Stefan understandings that the true test of a BWEer is that you have to undergo an official BWE "hazing" at a BWE convention with the BD, eating a whoopie pie while also drinking a fine northern Medoc.... It' is a rite of passage!

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:00 pm

I arrange my spring teaching M-W in the spring term, Bacchus, and arrange assignments so that I don't have to grade the weekend of BWE (which means that I am grading this weekend). I have never missed teaching a class for a personal reason (except once because of a death in the family) and don't intend to start at this point of my career.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:44 pm

OMG, eating a whoopie pie while drinking a northern Medoc at the same time!!!!

Isn't that the definition of heresy or blaspheme, or something like that?

How about going with a sauterne?

Stefan, You can get a M-W schedule?! That sounds great, but I can't due that at my institution. It's possible under certain circumstanaces to get a T-Th; but the most common is a M-W-F.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:45 pm

Yeah, we have M-W, T-T, and M-W-F. My department is huge, so I can usually get whatever days I want.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:59 pm

I am also guessing that Stefan's seniority and international renown (which he is too modest to bring up) probably give him some pull when it comes to scheduling.

Picking the date for the convention is always problematic, as there is no one date that is completely free of conflict. We would love to have you join us one of these years (soon!) Bacchus, if you can find a way to swing it without compromising work. Just keep in mind the definition of a workaholic: someone who's pathological devotion to work interferes with their responsibilities to their drinking buddies.

(JK of course, alcoholism is a serious problem and I don't mean to trivialize it).

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:38 am

I clicked on the link Stefan provides: a huge place by comparison to the university I'm at. Probably 5x the student population, a much larger department, and a way better football team!

But that doesn't mean I won't be able to swing something. If I can get a T-Th schedule, and a holiday were to fall in the right place, or perhaps with the assistance of a grad student . . . one never knows.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:20 pm

I second what David says, Bacchus, where there is a will there is a way!

Houndsong · Post by **Houndsong** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:19 pm

OK so this is, like, tomorrow, right?

I think the Supremes will be done with the ACA by then so y'all should be good.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:47 pm

Tomorrow afternoon at about 4pm eastern U.S. time, the wordwide BWE celebration begins!

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:38 pm

Can we petition them to force all Americans to buy Northern Medocs and Whoopie Pies?