BWE Dallas '13

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:47 pm

Rob Dayton and Chris Bublitz are in the building...

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:12 pm

The BD champagne reception has begun....

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:13 pm

HM$ is in the building....

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:23 pm

Glenn aka Claret....

robertgoulet · Post by **robertgoulet** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:55 pm

thats some fancy stemware boys!!! to whom are we looking at?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:59 pm

We were just talking about you BobbyG.
Tom in DC is in the building.

robertgoulet · Post by **robertgoulet** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:03 pm

I would be scared to read the transcript

robertgoulet · Post by **robertgoulet** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:10 pm

the conversation must of dissipated down to a crawl if my name was brought up

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:22 pm

Jesus, we've already gone through numerous bottles and are just now heading off to dinner.

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:50 am

The plastic killed my arousal!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:35 am

Thursday dinner....

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:37 am

With 91 and 92 Dalle Valle....

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:40 am

Tom in DC

OrlandoRobert · Post by **OrlandoRobert** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:52 am

The 91 and 92 Dalla Valles were two of my all-time fave Cabs. Color me jealous!

How are they drinking? Worth seeking out again?

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:05 am

At our end of the table we are currently revisiting those two wines. I personally love both if them, but the consensus seems to be that the 1992 is shining more tonight. Wow, a tremendous dinner.

robertgoulet · Post by **robertgoulet** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:22 am

Does anything beat a Dunn? That's the stuff

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:23 am

Dunn 1991 was the wine of the night.

robertgoulet · Post by **robertgoulet** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:34 am

No surprise there...also the '92 is next to godliness

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:21 pm

There's got to be a morning after.
Feeling remarkably fresh this morning, gonna go for a little jog.
Another epic event last night, I must say I was quite impressed with the way these Cali wines performed, they were consistently excellent. Maybe some lacked the profoundness of Bordeaux but they were still nonetheless fun wines representative of their region.
Food and service were excellent, very reasonably priced, thank you Howard for setting us up there.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:34 pm

JCNorthway · Post by **JCNorthway** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:38 pm

I would have loved to taste those Cali Cabs you drank last night. They sound great.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:11 pm

From Oswald's sniper's perch at the Sixth Floor Museum...

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:58 pm

Stefan opens a real Bordeaux, 1970 Gruaud Larose, at Howard and Lisa's party.

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:17 pm

Friday afternoon at Howard and Lisa's....

tim · Post by **tim** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:29 am

Have a great convention dinner y'all!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:45 pm

We drank wine and ate whoopie pies in my room til 4 this morning.
The bellman has left his card outside my door this morning, does that mean anything???

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:13 pm

Ask not for whom the bellman toils...

robert goulet · Post by **robert goulet** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:19 pm

That's one motley crew!!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:52 pm

Barbecue, right out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre....

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:47 pm

You folks look like you're having a great time!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:52 am

The Saturday night dinner is underway!

Nicklasss · Post by **Nicklasss** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:17 am

I gave a call to Jim, 2 hours ago, and everything seemed in control. Dallas is like a superb BWE convention place, and I even talk to my old friend MichaelP who start his day with a glass of the 2001 Château Lafleur. Geez that start a day in a nice way.

Let us know more, later, us, the unfortunated, unaccomplished, impossible to attend, BWEers that read and follow the BWE convention in réal time.

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

Nic

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:19 am

Great to hear your voice, Nic, wish you were here!
Getting ready to give my annual sentimental speech.

SF Ed · Post by **SF Ed** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 4:41 am

What a fantastic event! Lots of Haut Brion (at minimum 71, 81, 82 (corked), 85, 86, 90, 96, 98, and 02) plus tons of other great wines. 1982 PLL, 82 Canon, 86 GL, 83 Lynch Bages, 89 PB, 86 Rauzan Segla, and that is just scratching the surface.

For any of you who think about attending these events and skip, you are doing yourself an injustice. Great people, great times, great wines. It doesn't get much better than this.

SF Ed

jmccready · Post by **jmccready** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:14 pm

Yes Ed, but how do you feel this morning? Or make that afternoon when you finally hit the floor. Just kidding, I would
gladly pay the price to be there. JM

dstgolf · Post by **dstgolf** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:29 pm

Just after 8am and the week has gone by in a flash. Wonderful tour of Texas and hooking up with old BWE friends. The wines were great but it's the friendships that make the weekend!

A little groggy this am but people already filtering back to their normal lives leaving to catch flights with Rob D and Chris B shuffling off through the front door of the hotel before I could catch them to say goodbye.

To everyone just a short thanks for being part of our lives and making these such a fabulous reason to get away.

Until next time.

PS The wines and peoples generosity were again over the top!

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:59 pm

At the airport, just parted from David and Peggy.
Yet another beautiful weekend, everything went perfectly.
As usual the weekend just flew by.
It was great to see everyone again.
What a tremendous amount of fun, taking three days out of our crazy lives to spend it with great friends, food, wine, activities, whoopie pies, etc.
If any of you have never been to one of these events you really owe it to yourself.
Start planning now! We're considering going back to DC in 2014.
The wines were absolutely superb, I drank much aged stuff that I would not otherwise ever see.
It was fun debating about Robert Parker, 2009 Giscours, assassination conspiracy theories, etc.
Howard Marc Spector and Lisa get A++ from their grateful benevolent dictator, the events were flawless.
It was great to get my annual call from Nic, whom I quoted in my annual sentimental speech: "BWE is about the people!"
Safe travels to everyone and thank you to everyone for coming, and thank you to BWEers far and wide for creating such a dynamic site.
We'll see you all again (most likely in DC) next year !

JimHow · Post by **JimHow** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:00 pm

I'll post normal sized pictures when I get home.

RDD · Post by **RDD** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:47 pm

Home safely.
Once I frame my thoughts I'll post my impressions.
Jim I hope you found the last Whoppie Pie I left at your door this AM.

stefan · Post by **stefan** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:36 pm

The wines and were great, but the people were greater. Thanks, Howard, for putting this memorable convention together.