On Brad Kane’s CA tour, I agreed to host a shindig at my house (in San Clemente, CA), theme to be determined, but I have plenty of big hunks of Flannery we can throw on the grill (as long as someone ELSE agrees to grill, as I’m not so good at it). Likely theme will be ‘bring some good wine, don’t be a putz, and have fun’ or something like that.
Date: Saturday September 7, 2019 Time: 3:30 (will grill later on) The Clemson game will be on from 12:30 - 3:30 ish, so be forewarned that you will NOT be allowed to talk to Jen if you show up earlier, and she will not be a hostess of any sort until the game is over We will have it playing on several tvs What to bring: Snacks/appetizers or a side dish if you want, no worries if you don’t, we’ll take care of what’s needed - do let me know if you plan to bring something, so I know to plan to fill in the blanks. I have 3 Flannery Zabuton ‘roasts’ to grill up. Theme: ‘Wines that are delicious with steak’ - Cabs, Bordeaux, Rhone, etc, and if you have a white or sparkling you’d like to have around prior to grilling, that’s always welcome. I have plenty of stems for about 30 people, I’d guess, but if you are like me, you have stemware preferences, so you are welcome to bring your own.
Just post your interest here, as the event gets closer and I get confirmations, I’ll share my address in a PM
Attendees: (** = tentative)
Todd French
Jen French
Brad Kane
Greg Piatagorsky +1
Michel Abood
Francine Haight
Rob Winn
Mike Hill +1
Bruce L. + Daisy
Brig and Chris (grill duty falls on Brig)
Veronica Castro
Joe Duncan +1
Cris Whetstone
Jay Selman
Good point - updated OP to include San Clemente. I figure most who can attend live somewhat near me, and thusly know where I live, but I warmly welcome out-of-towners! The more the merrier, particularly so we’re not just a bunch of the same old tired Berserkers time after time
I know a subset of WineBerserkers that wouldn’t have a problem getting on a plane to fly to SoCal.
As a matter of fact, if this was posted on Flyertalk, you’d have visitors from all over the world.