Leo's Blind Tasting Club - Summary Schedule

At the July installment of “Leo’s Blind Dinners,” I volunteered to set up and manage a master list of the upcoming dinners and the person hosting. Each host is responsible for managing the time, place, and guest list of his/her dinner in a separate thread. I am merely tracking, across “both” boards, who is hosting a given month, and which months are open. Many of the people who hosted last year have said they would like to host a second time – but we are trying to give everyone a first chance before we start on round two. If you have been involved in these, but have not yet hosted, please pick an open month and sign up by posting in this thread.

January 2010 - Leo Frokic; February 2010 - Jay C. Miller; March 2010 - Greg dal Piaz; April 2010 - Cheryl Mills; May 2010 - Ben Goldberg; June 2010 - Jay Hack; July 2010 - David Lazer; August 2010 - Vacation; September 2010 - Suzanne Camhi; October 2010 - Gil Bauer; November 2010 - Mark Swenarton; December 2010 - Salil B.; January 2011 - Jeff Lewis; February 2011 - Josh Leader; March 2011 - BYO; April 2011 - Leo Frokic; May 2011 - Jay C. Miller; June 2011 - David & Caroline; July 2011 - Ben Goldberg; August 2011 - BYO; September 2011 - Jay Hack; October 2011 - Suzanne Camhi; November 2011 - Mark Swenarton; December 2011 - Jeremy Johnson; January 2012 - Gil Bauer; February 2012 - Salil B.; March 2012 - Josh Leader; April 2012 - Jay Hack; May 2012 - David Lazer; June 2012 - Leo Frokic; July 2012 - Jeff Lewis; August 2012 - BYO; September 2012 - Jay M.; October 2012 - (postponed due to Sandy); November 2012 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; December 2012 - Alan Chan; January 2013A - Jay Hack (rescheduled from October due to Sandy); January 2013B - Mark Swenarton; February 2013 - Ben Goldberg; March 2013 - Salil B.; April 2013 - Suzanne Camhi; May 2013 - Jeremy Johnson; June 2013 - Gil Bauer; July 2013 - Josh Leader; August 2013 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; September 2013 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; October 2013 - Jay Miller; November 2013 - St eve Coyle; December 2013 - Alan Chan; January 2014 - Jeff Lewis; February 2014 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; March 2014 - Leo Frokic; April 2014 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; May 2014 - Ben Goldberg; June 2014 - Salil B.; July 2014 - Mark Swenarton; August 2014 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; September 2014 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; October 2014 - Suzanne Camhi; November 2014 - Gil Bauer; December 2014 - Josh Leader; January 2015 - Jeremy Johnson; February 2015 - Leo Frokic; March 2015 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; April 2015 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; May 2015 - Jay Miller; June 2015 - Salil B.; July 2015 - Alan Chan; August 2015 - BYO; September 2015 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; October 2015 - Ben Goldberg; November 2015 - Jeff Lewis; December 2015 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; January 2016 - Mark Swenarton; February 2016 - Gary Zimberg; March 2016 - Gil Bauer; April 2016 - Josh Leader; May 2016 - Jeremy Johnson; June 2016 - Salil B.; July 2016 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; August 2016 - BYO; September 2016 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; October 2016 - Cheryl Mills; November 2016 - Leo Frokic; December 2016 - Jay Miller; January 2017 - Alan Chan; February 2017 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; March 2017 - Ben Goldberg; April 2017 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; May 2017 - Mark Swenarton; June 2017 - Gary Zimberg; July 2017 - Gil Bauer; August 2017 - BYO; September 2017 - Josh Leader; October 2017 - Jeremy Johnson; November 2017 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; December 2017 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; January 2018 - Cheryl Mills; February 2018 - Leo Frokic; March 2018 - Jay Miller; April 2018 - Alan Chan; May 2018 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; June 2018 - Ben Goldberg; July 2018 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; August 2018 - BYO; September 2018 - Mark Swenarton; October 2018 - Gary Zimberg; November 2018 - Gil Bauer; December 2018 - Josh Leader; January 2019 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; February 2019 - Jeremy Johnson; March 2019 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; Apr-19 Cheryl Mills; May-19 - Jay Miller; Jun-19 - David Lazer/Caroline Levy; Jul-19 - Alan Chan; Aug-19 BYO; Sep-19 - Ben Goldberg; Oct-19 - Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk; Nov-19 - Gary Zimberg; Dec-19 - Mark Swenarton; Jan-20 - Gil Bauer; Feb-20 - Josh Leader;

Mar-20 David Lazer/Caroline Levy
Apr-20 Jeremy Johnson
May-20 Jay Hack/Rebecca Schenk

Jun-20 Jay Miller
Jul-20 Alan Chan
Aug-20 BYO
Sep-20 David Lazer
Oct-20 Ben Goldberg
Nov-20 Jay Hack
Dec-20 Mark Swenarton
Jan-21 Gary Zimberg
Feb-21 Gil Bauer
Mar-21 Josh Leader
Apr-21 Caroline Levy
May-21 Jeremy Johnson
Jun-21 Rebecca Schenk

Sorry I missed the July dinner. At the dinner at Ben Goldberg’s, I had requested to host in October, but I don’t think anyone has been keeping track of this. I would like to host a dinner (and should, given my prior attendance at the dinners). I guess I don’t mind waiting until a another month is available, but I don’t want December. December is too difficult to get a good reservation and people available to attend.

Josh

Do others agree that we should skip December (as we are skipping August)? Or, put differently, does anyone want December? I didn’t realize that these didn’t start until January of this year (I missed the first one). Josh, do you want October? (I could give it up, but I can’t do December either).

Please chime in.

thanks for organizing, Gil

I think Salil will take December

Gil,

I’m ok either way about October. If you want October, that’s fine. But I do want to make sure I have the chance to host, both because I would like to and because I want to make sure to return the generosity of all who have hosted so far.

Josh

Josh - so pick January or February (or, if that is too far out for you to schedule, take October and I will take January or February). I think once we get all the “first round people” (like you and me) on the calendar, some people will start to sign up for a second round…

  • Gil

what about Rebecca and Caroline?
They have been coming to dinners (other than their spouse’s) are they going to host as well?

I know Salil was in Singapore last week and was going to be in that general neighborhood for at least several weeks so you might not hear back for a while.

Thanks for the update, Jay. As you probably saw, I added Salil because of Leo’s comments upthread. I wanted to hear from him before counting the date “confirmed,” but I guess there is no rush.

Salil sent me an email asking me for a slot and I told him december was free. Considering december is hard to get reservation maybe we can do his hosting at my place and me and Salil do the cooking.

Gil,

Why don’t you keep October, and I’ll take February.

Thanks,

Josh

Done.

What’s the format or theme of these tastings? I have seen mention of them, but do not know what goes on. I’m in NYC usually twice a year and am curious about these.

Merrill,
The host/hostess pick venue and supplies all of the wine for the evening. The participants treat the host to dinner. We try to keep it to 10-12 people.
We try to guess. Region, varietal and producer. Fun tastings all wines served blind.

I’ll volunteer for January

Fair point, although Jay and I have attended more often than Caroline and Rebecca. I suggest we host at the end of “Round 1”, before anyone hosts for the second time.

Just to amplify a little - we rotate hosting with each person taking a month. It’s usually at a restaurant but one person hosted at his home. It’s loads of fun, even when a wine is not something I’d normally drink. And despite the fact that I’m terrible at identifying wines blind (I guessed 1997 Beaujolais for a 1997 Haut Brion at the last tasting [oops.gif] at least I got the vintage ) guessing is also a blast.

Those of us who went early are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to host again. I’ve been through about a dozen permutations of my next wine list already.

If you are keeping a wait list can I please have my name added. Thank you.

Robert - are you asking about a waiting list to host or attend?

If attend, then that is handled separately by each host for each event (see Suzanne’s September thread).

If host, then you can pick a month marked “open” in the first post of this thread (which I have been updating). Have you attended any of these? (and thus owe/want to host) I have been to about half of them and don’t remember seeing you, but maybe you went to the ones I missed?