Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Excellent!
I think BWE '14 is going to be epic, people should get their tickets now!

Lori and Lee are in. Please let us know if we need to mail a check in advance for this dinner as well. See y'all in DC!

thanks. I'll be getting the payment pm out in the next few days. Updated. Limit is 30 so room for more! Please take a look at the attendee list to make sure I have included everyone who is interested at this point.

Hi Jay - it will be just me for Friday. Mrs. G will join on Saturday.

Jay, where can we send you the check?

Is there a theme for Friday night?

Nic

I usually bring Rhones or California Cabernets to the Friday dinner. You heathens were incapable of appreciating my 1989 Beaucastel last year, so this year I will have to hit you over the head with some young over-the-top New World Cab, Syrah or Grenache. I will warn you in advance that it will not be for the faint of heart. Your palate may not recover in time for Saturday's dinner and your teeth may stay purple for a week.

I will be bringing 1964 Baroli. Theme will probably be "anything but Bordeaux" with the sub theme of "yummy".

SF Ed

yes, anything but Bordeaux with "yummy" in the mix.

SF Ed wrote:I will be bringing 1964 Baroli. Theme will probably be "anything but Bordeaux" with the sub theme of "yummy".

SF Ed

So Ed, when exactly is the big 5-0?

Tom in DC your check arrived today-thank you. I'll send the pm out tomorrow with payment address.

I've emailed or pmed everyone who has confirmed attendance with payment info. If you are in that body and did not receive a message from me, pm me back.

I didn't get a pm, mr vino!

Thanks again, Jay - we're really looking forward to it.

payment received for Lori and Lee, JimHow, Stefan and Lucie, and Timc.

payment received from SF Ed

payment from DavidG, HM$ and ChrisB.

Looking good!
What's the theme again for Friday night?
"Anything but Bordeaux?"

If theme is ''Anything but Bordeaux'', that means we're allowed to bring a modern Chateau Pavie or Péby Faugères...

Nic

That's right, anything from the right bank is allowed.

JimHow wrote:That's right, anything from the right bank is allowed.

BD stirs the pot.

payment received from Nic.

Hi Jay.

Sorry to ask again, but can we bring our own bottles of wine, if yes, are we limited? Trying to plan what I will bring with me from Québec.

Thanks.

Nic

Nicklasss wrote:Hi Jay.

Sorry to ask again, but can we bring our own bottles of wine, if yes, are we limited? Trying to plan what I will bring with me from Québec.

Thanks.

Nic

Yes, as in the past, everyone brings wine and there are no limits. As I said earlier, the restaurant list is not good so I suggest sourcing from a local retailer. Despite the BD stirring the pot (see above posts), the theme is anything but Bordeaux.

payment received from the DAytons

Still room for more!

Bump. What are the numbers up to, Jay? I have some friends who might be interested if they are free that night.

Please add Nalan and I to the list for Friday.

Check is in the mail.

Michael-P

23 with MichaelP and Nalan so room for a few more, I'll have to submit a final count to the venue a week out so the 21st is the unofficial cutoff date though there may be a little flexibility.

Still room for a few more but I need to reserve two spots for possible guests. 30 is the max. I plan to give the count to the GM on Friday.

We'll be arriving to the hotel around 8:00pm so too late to make the dinner but we will try to pop by to say hello to all our friends.

jal wrote:We'll be arriving to the hotel around 8:00pm so too late to make the dinner but we will try to pop by to say hello to all our friends.

Please do!!

I just ordered the rental glasses. Everyone will have 3.

payment received Nalan and MichaelP

Jay Winton wrote:I just ordered the rental glasses. Everyone will have 3.

Jay, I wear progressive lenses now.

Ha ha! A man after my own heart. Well done, Rob!

What wines are people bringing?

I'll bring a Barolo, a Burgundy (a Saint-Jacques) and something from the Rhone.

Chris Bublitz

2001 Phelps Insignia and something else.
I have a 2001 de Malle I was thinking of bringing for one of the dinners.

Barolo (?)
1990 Clos De Urseles
Some other burg.

RDD wrote:Barolo (?)

It's something from Italy i.e. not Bordeaux.

We'll have white that should go well with the onion soup, a Giacosa '98 Asili which should be drinking well, take a flyer on a Lungarotti '78 Torgiano Riserva "Rubesco" that has been in the cellar for 30 years, and maybe one or two others. (We don't want to run out of wine, right?)

Are we buying bubblies off the list?

I'm bringing

03 Bouchard Bonnes Mares
01 D. Mugneret Richebourg

The first is in honor of HM$ and the second in honor of MichaelP.