Chicago-Pizza and Riesling (and Piedmont)-November 19th (Coalfire)

[Clayton_Wai-Poi]

Works for me

[CliftonD]

Works for me as well

Will be bringing 2004 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese and bubbles

[Patrick_Rauber]

Sounds great, Adam!

By the sounds of it, we need some racy, high acid dry Riesling to fill this party out. I am bringing a bottle of 2014 Schafer-Frohlich Monzinger Halenberg GG and a 2018 Weiser-Kunstler Trabener Gaispfad Kabinett Trocken.

I will bring my own stems too.

[adam_caldwell]

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night at 6pm at the Coalfire Pizza on Grand Avenue (there are 2 locations so make sure its Grand Avenue please).

[R_Smith1]

I spoke with the owner he is going to look at putting together a menu for us. Is everyone good with @$50 per person for dinner all in ? That should include tax and tip. We could also just order off the menu but figured this might be a nice option to have him curate it, try to pair a few things and then we can just drink our nice wine and eat what they bring.

We will need to bring stems, I can cover 2 for Clifton. Anyone else need them ?

Hey Adam,

If you can for cover stems for me that would be awesome if possible. I’ll be taking the train in. $50 is perfect! Thanks again for organizing this!

[adam_caldwell]

I spoke with the owner he is going to look at putting together a menu for us. Is everyone good with @$50 per person for dinner all in ? That should include tax and tip. We could also just order off the menu but figured this might be a nice option to have him curate it, try to pair a few things and then we can just drink our nice wine and eat what they bring.

We will need to bring stems, I can cover 2 for Clifton. Anyone else need them ?

Hey Adam,

If you can for cover stems for me that would be awesome if possible. I’ll be taking the train in. $50 is perfect! Thanks again for organizing this!

No worries I should have you covered w stems.

[Patrick_Rauber]

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for coming, sharing some great wines, and making it a fun night!
Special thanks to Adam for setting it up and hooking up the great pizza (and meatballs)!

Hope to get another dinner together soon.

Cheers!
Patrick

[adam_caldwell]

Great Group, thanks to all for coming and participating. Hope to see you all soon.

[John_Preston]

Thanks again for organizing, Adam. We had a great time. Everyone have a safe and happy Holiday!

Cheers,
JP

[J_Rock]

I love Chicago pizza and Rieslings but live in LA – let’s here some highlights or see some photos! How was the pairing?

[Patrick_Rauber]

I didn’t take any formal notes, but in my opinion the drier Rieslings paired the best with the pizza, with the star being the Schafer-Frohlich GG. But several in the group felt that the sweet wines paired best, with the best being the Fritz Haag. It was great to see the differences in wines and opinions.

That being said, we had a killer lineup of Barolo to go with it. In particular I thought that 96 Giacosa was VERY good.

Hopefully Adam can add a couple photos!

[Bobby_B]

Here’s the line-up!

[J_Rock]

Very nice! I especially love those '01s! I’d think a Kabinett might go decently with a spicy Italian sausage or other extra fatty and mildly spicy pizza, and maybe drier Riesling with a more herbal pizza, but I guess I’ll have to try it sometime to find out.