Where:Franchettis’
1229 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa
Just north of College Ave
Who: Larry and Lori
Mike and Dana
Mike Dildine
Carl Jensen
Brian Tuite
Vamsi Kaipa
Nick Cośtanżo +1
Richard Foxall
What: Domestic Old Vine Whites and Reds
Theme: ?
Past events have been lots of fun. If you appreciate wines from historic old vineyards, Zinfandel, Mataro, Petite Sirah, Carignan, Syrah and dozens more, without any pretense, this is your kind of offline.
I’d be happy to host as well, but IMO both our places are remote enough I’d prefer to find a restaurant. Mid-November is probably fine as long as it’s not the weekend before or after Thanksgiving.
We’re away weekend of Oct 15. Otherwise there are a few winery pickups in Nov/Dec, but those are all mid-day (if you want to invite Mike O, his pickup dates are Dec 3 and 10).
The question mark was more with regards to Karen. Rosso really works well for a group around 12 people. Others may want to try something new but I’ll at least throw it out there.
What does everyone think about an early start time?
I’ll try to stop in tomorrow when I am in the neighborhood and find out. They are connected with Rosso so I am thinking corkage would be waived for our geeky affair as they always do. I’ll scope out the seating arrangements too.