So setting a date and time here. Start a list of who wants to come and what they might bring (the latter not required at this point in time.) I will add those who expressed interest below. I guess we will cap at 8 or certainly no more than 10, so if others are interested, do sign up. We can sort out food as time approaches.
Meeting at Domaine/Uovo at 5:30 on 10/22
1.Josh
2014 Hubert Lamy St Aubin en Remilly 2014 1er Cru (and either a PYCM or some other 2014 as back up)
2. Benjamin
‘20 Dominique Lafon Meursault
4. Ryan
5. Rohit
Confirmed
7. Steve
8. Patrick Lynch
'19 Robert-Denogent Pouilly-Fuisse Climat
Thanks for the interest, Ryan!
Maybe we can get a few of the other Chicago folk, @Clayton_Wai-Poi or @Keith_A_k_e_r_s (if he is still in town)? Or, of course, anyone else who wants to knock back some white Burg (@Bweiss ?)
It looks like we may have a quorum here, so I am going to throw out a few dates and places. Open to suggestions from others, @Bweiss or anyone else, who may have a tighter schedule than mine. Thurs , 10/24 could be a good one, or Friday 10/25 or Tues, 10/22? Domaine, uh Uovo, could work, though we’d have to source food. S.K.Y., maybe on a Tuesday, when I think they have no corkage. (Also, Apolonia, their less expensive establishment maybe, though I don’t know how they handle byob.) Obviously, we want food that goes well with white wine, so Vinci’s, for example, would not be a good idea. There are a couple of seafood places in Chinatown on the Chicago byob thread that might be suitable, but I don’t personally know much about them. I invite real Chicagoans–unlike me, a recent transplant–to please weigh in.
I can make that Tuesday work, if @Bweiss, @R_Smith1 and others can? Everyone please state their preference? On site, I admit it’s harder for me to drink much wine without food these days, so I would prefer a sitdown place. But if people like Domaine, I get stop by Eataly and get some cheese and things to hold start us off.
Domaine just tends to be easy, so it would be my preference for a Tuesday, but I can be flexible. I hear you on food, and happy to plan ahead there so we can have something delivered.
For confirming. It would be good if the others who are intending to come would do so as well, even if they don’t know what bottle they are bringing. I might grab some cheeses and such like at Eataly, even if we also aim to order food, so it would be good to know how many we are.