Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

Updated 10/18

-Short version, all other details below-

$250 per person for Friday. $230 per person for Saturday
-Common payment amounts below-
2 people, both nights-$960
1 person, both nights-$480
2 people, Friday night-$500
2 people, Saturday night-$460

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Confirmed guests(both days unless otherwise noted):
1,2. Thomas & Joanna (Both Friday Only) **PAID** RF
3. JimHow**PAID** 1x Lamb
4. HarryC **PAID** 1x Steak
5. JimHarrigan**PAID** 1x Lamb
6,7. MichaelP & Nalan**PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Salmon RF
8. ManjuC**PAID** 1x Steak
9. Marcus**PAID** 1x Beef RF
10,11. Lee & Regan (RPCV) **PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Chicken RF
12,13. Tom & Gail **PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Salmon RF
14,15. JayW+Costa (Both Friday only)**PAID** RF
16,17. ChrisB & Marjorie **PAID** 2x Beef
18,19 . JoelD+Catalina(Saturday only)**PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Risotto
20,21. Stefan & Lucie **PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Steak RF
22,23. BrianP & Dave **PAID**-1x Chicken, 1x Beef RF
24,25. RayM & Kathy (Both Saturday only) **PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Beef
26,27. MarcF & Sandra(Both Friday only)**PAID** RF
28.EricT**PAID** 1x Lamb RF
29. BruceR(Friday only) **PAID** RF
30,31. BobH & Barb (Both Saturday only) **PAID** 1x Lamb, 1x Steak
32. JeanneM(Saturday only)**PAID** 1x Salmon
33. CoreyM (Friday Only) **PAID** RF

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Friday 10/28 at Bistro Cacao, 6pm-10pm (anything but Bordeaux wines)

Total cost per person is $250
-Included (dinner, corkage, weekend room rental, glassware, tea, coffee, tax, tip)
-Not included (alcoholic beverages, other drinks not listed, any other courses/orders)
**We should have everything we need included. However if there is something else you would like then you will need to start your own tab as long as the restaurant will allow that.

We have the entire upstairs rouge room to ourselves with about 6-8 different tables. We are capped at 30 people and we are currently at 26 confirmed for this night. Before inviting anyone else not on the list, please check with me first directly via PM, text or email. Given the location and menu, the suggested theme to lean towards is Champagne, White Burgundy and Red Burgundy. However please bring anything you like. Many often bring wines from Loire, Rhone, Piedmont, Tuscany, Germany, Napa etc.

6pm-7pm- Hors-d'oeurves/platters and Champagne

7pm- 5 course tasting/pre-fixe menu that will look close to the following:
Some Hors d'ouerves/cheese to start.

1st Course
-Soup of the day
-Salade Santé
Baby Spinach, Strawberry, Dried Blueberry, Radish, Peppers, Pecan, Seeds, Honey Mustard Dressing

2nd Course
-Pâté de Campagne
Pork Country Pate, Dijon Mustard, Cornichon, Radishes
-Escargots au Beurre d'Ail
Sautéed Snail, Garlic-Parsley Butter
-Crevettes Pochées
Poached Shrimp, Creamy Cucumber Foam

3rd Course
-Magret de Canard
Pan Seared Duck Breast, Potato Gratin, Carrot Puree, Green Peas, Cherry Sauce
-Poulet French Airline
Airline Chicken, Broccoli Flan in Flavored Chicken Consommé

4th Course
-Grilled Mediterranean Seabass, Leek Confit, Preserved Lemon Sauce
-Roasted French Lamb Rack, French Beans, Rosemary Potato, Mint Flavored Lamb Jus
-Filet Mignon Grillé
Grilled Fillet Mignon, Mashed Potato, Baby Carrot, Asparagus, Red Pearl Onion Sauce

Dessert
-Vanilla Creme Brulee
-Suzette Crepe
Classic French Crepe, Orange Marmalade, Orange, Gramanier

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Saturday 10/29 at Bistro Bis (Hotel George), 6pm-10pm(Champagne and Bordeaux wines)

Total cost per person is $230
-Included (dinner, corkage, weekend room rental, glassware, tax, tip)
-Not included (alcoholic beverages, other drinks not listed, any other courses/orders)
**We should have everything we need included. However if there is something else you would like then you will need to start your own tab as long as the restaurant will allow that.

We will have the entire back/bottom section of the restaurant to ourselves, like last year's Friday dinner. I think we are capped at 32 people for this, but may be able to add more if needed. We are currently at 24-26 people. Additions for this night are still fine for now. We will have 4-6 large round tables that should accommodate us nicely. The general theme for the evening is quality Champagne and classic/aged Bordeaux. Some may bring wines from vintages ending in a 2 but the real theme is wines that are really in their sweet spot now. We'll have another thread for what everyone plans to bring so we can coordinate.

6pm-7pm- Starters

Cheese & Charcuterie- chef selections of cheese and charcuterie board

7pm-10pm- 3 course pre fixe dinner

Appetizers

Goat Cheese Tart rich chèvre egg in a crisp pastry shell with piquillo pepper coulis
Salad Panaché seasonal greens with shallots, chives & champagne vinaigrette
Lobster Bisque with brandy, crème fraîche & tarragon

Entrées **I will post this elsewhere but I will need everyone's entree order at least 10 days before the event**

-Risotto au Pistou eggplant, roasted summer squash, tomato confit, basil pesto, pecorino romano
-Atlantic Salmon with braised beluga lentils, vegetable mirepoix, celeri root purée & red wine bordelaise
-Chicken Romarin pan roasted breast, leg confit, sarladaise potato, broccolini, lemon, rosemary jus
-Rack of Lamb Provençale with dijon mustard herb crust, potato gratin, spinach & rosemary lamb jus
-Beef Bourguignon braised short rib in red wine, wild mushroom, bacon lardon, pearl onion, pommes mousseline
-Steak Frites watercress, red wine shallot butter, pommes frites

Sides
Parker House Rolls served warm, herb butter, maldon salt
Ratatouille Niçoise zucchini, eggplant, tomato, olive

Dessert

Crème Brûlée sugar crusted vanilla bean custard with grand marnier madeleine
Bistro Apple Tart crisp apple tart with crème fraîche & calvados sauce

DavidG Friday and Saturday.
PeggyG either Friday or Saturday, maybe both.

We'll have houseguests that weekend. We may be able to do other weekends in October.

Have a great time, either way!

Tom

Tom In DC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:59 pm We'll have houseguests that weekend. We may be able to do other weekends in October.

Have a great time, either way!

Tom

Sorry to miss you if so but it's definitely still a working date. Unlikely to change unless enough people can provide a firm commitment to another specific weekend or two. Which other weekends would you be able to confirm?

I will be there.

Hard to start thinking about restaurants until we have a better idea of attendance, but do people want to stick with places like Bistro Bis (have been good and reliable on food and set up with a range of party sizes) or seek out something new?

marcs wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:48 pm I will be there.

Hard to start thinking about restaurants until we have a better idea of attendance, but do people want to stick with places like Bistro Bis (have been good and reliable on food and set up with a range of party sizes) or seek out something new?

Everyone really enjoyed Bistro Bis last time, so I think that should stay in play. Let's see how many people we have first because that's going to be an important factor. I personally wouldn't mind picking something different food wise than Charlie Palmer, but the setup there was really nice. Especially when people were worried about Covid. We'll have to see how much of a factor that is this time.

Strong maybe. Won’t be able to commit for another week or two

See this is why we do the annual convention around April 1st. It is literally the only weekend of the year that the most people can attend. Otherwise, literally, the rest of the year is like this. Some people can make certain weekends, etc. Trust me, we’ve been through this equation before. That’s why I start with Stefan and see what’s the most critical mass we can come up with.

Yeah the problem is that we got messed up with COVID issues last year and it moved the schedule backwards. April felt soon to do it again after October last year but we probably should have.

If it really is that much easier to get people together in the spring, maybe we should demote this from being the official “BWE 2022” and just make it a get together for all who can attend. Personally I’d like to have a big blowout in the spring too

I’m up for both.

I'm up for both also. We certainly don't have to call it BWE 2022, especially if a lot of OG's can't make it. I was just trying to keep the unbeaten streak alive. Either way, I think it will still be good to get together with some folks that we haven't seen in a while.

I'll be in for it.

If it really is that much easier to get people together in the spring, maybe we should demote this from being the official “BWE 2022” and just make it a get together for all who can attend. Personally I’d like to have a big blowout in the spring too

I'm up for both also. We certainly don't have to call it BWE 2022, especially if a lot of OG's can't make it. I was just trying to keep the unbeaten streak alive. Either way, I think it will still be good to get together with some folks that we haven't seen in a while.

I totally agree with you guys.
This doesn't have to be anything more than what it is.
If we are able to get a couple nice Friday/Saturday night dinners in during October, that would be fabulous.
Start with the mighty Stefan, and work from there.
Make sure it's a weekend that DavidG can attend.
Now that my most recent trial is over I can resume focus on my October murder trial.
The prosecutors are being a little more difficult than we expected, we thought we had a decent shot at a manslaughter plea, and we may still, but there is a lot more work to do and right now we are going to trial.
As I've said previously, if I'm in trial, I'm out. If I settle, I'm sure I can work my schedule to make a trip into DC in October.
The problem is that I may not know the answer for a while, perhaps even not up until the eve of trial.

I'll be in for it.

Would be great to see you again E!

To do Oct we would have to cancel something. Choices choices...
The easiest would be 21-22 and we just miss a concert on the 21st, or only come for the 22nd.
14-15 we could maybe do 15. We still don't know the car event schedule that weekend yet.
Michael-P

Michael-P wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:54 pm To do Oct we would have to cancel something. Choices choices...
The easiest would be 21-22 and we just miss a concert on the 21st, or only come for the 22nd.
14-15 we could maybe do 15. We still don't know the car event schedule that weekend yet.
Michael-P

Would definitely love to see you both. Is 28/29 an option for you at all? That seems to be the other weekend that might work for the most people

The later the better for us. Lucie has to recover from knee replacement before we go anywhere, so 28/29 is more likely for us than 14/15.

28/29 would be more likely for me even if my murder trial goes.

I think I can make it. It would be my first BWE event so you’ll have to explain how it works.

Awesome BP!
The DC organizers will post details.

Made a few updates to the original post. Looking like the 28th/29th might be better for the majority. Specifically anyone who already confirmed 14/15 but CANNOT make 28/29, please mention asap. Thanks

If it is 28/29 I feel confident you can put me down for those two nights.

The 28/29th is actually better as both I and Janet will be able to make it.

Oct 14/15 and 28/29 should both work.

28/29 might work for a solo mr vino.

October 28-29 would be better for me.

Chris Bublitz

I have a conference with the judge first thing Monday morning concerning my murder trial.
I think we are going to know the exact dates of the trial by Monday morning but I am very confident that 28/29 would work for me whether we go to trial or not.

Joel: I would just make it math. Add up how many can attend each weekend and pick the weekend with the highest number. Michael-P

So far I haven't heard anyone say that the 14/15 are definitely better for them than the 28/29 while I have heard a lot in reverse. So it looks like the 28/29 are the best dates and we should plan on that moving forward. Glad to have a bit more time to organize as well. I'll start updating the head counts on the original post soon unless I hear otherwise from folks asap.

We have airline tickets for October 28/29!

Sweeet, so what be the themes? the "2" vintages? pretty sure they all suck, but I'm game.

ericindc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:27 am Sweeet, so what be the themes? the "2" vintages? pretty sure they all suck, but I'm game.

Ummmm, 1982 does not suck.

SF Ed

True, but thats the exception that proves the rule.

In my experience (1962-2012), only 1972 and 1992 suck, and even 1992 produced some pleasant luncheon claret.

But what about 1962 - one of my favorite vintages of Bordeaux. Unfortunately, I am all out of 1962 Bordeaux.

Happy to bring some 1982s - it was our wedding year so I did buy a few.

Let’s not get too deep into a theme. My favorite theme is wines that are drinking well now!

Chris Bublitz

2002L is one of my favorite vintages.
But yes, let’s not get hung up on themes.

OK, I’m changing the index page title to October 28/29…

Let's get it on!
We met with the judge yesterday.
Will be doing a final pretrial meeting Thursday afternoon.
In any event, if we go to trial, it looks like we are picking a jury October 3rd and the trial will follow thereafter for two weeks, so I should be safe for 28/29. Let's get it on!

Thanks, David. Busy week but i just updated the original post. If everyone coming could please make a new post, following those directions, that would be great.