IPOB announces 2016 Schedule and NYC is not in it!

[Stuart_BeauneHead_Niemtzow]

@Peter Kleban

@Stuart BeauneHead Niemtzow

What is “IPOB”?

In Pursuit Of Balance. Cousin of AFWE

Thanks, Peter. Initially, I thought you were kidding, but…did a search…and …you’re not…

Had never heard of this organization/purpose.

[Peter_Kleban]

@J a y H a c k

@Peter Kleban

I heard it’s Jay Hack’s fault …

Absolutely. I went last year, told them all the wines sucked and that no self respecting New Yorker would pay his or her hard earned money to buy them, so they decided to go to places with less discriminating palates where they will buy that swill. I am disappointed to see Poe on the list as a new member. I hope they haven’t changed their style. I like it.

Now how did I know that?

[Jim_Brennan]

@Ken Zinns

FWIW, here’s a list of past IPOB tastings, through this year:

San Francisco 2015
New York 2015
Texas 2015
Japan 2015
San Francisco 2014
New York 2014
San Francisco 2013
Los Angeles 2013
San Francisco 2012
New York 2012
San Francisco 2011
.

Texass? Wtf

How about Chicago?

[Steve_Anderson]

The IPOB Public event in LA is the Sunday of Hospice Du Rhone weekend in Paso. A nice stop on the way back to San Diego, but…ouch ( head, not wallet)!

[J_a_y_H_a_c_k]

@Dan Hammer

. . . I going to a Flyertalk wine dinner that night with 24 people that think they know about wine. Timing may be an issue, certainly the wine will be.

yeah. Met some of those people. Perfectly nice people, but they know as much about wine as I know about airline affinity clubs.

[mike_pobega]

lol.

[Dan_Hammer]

@J a y H a c k

@Dan Hammer

. . . I going to a Flyertalk wine dinner that night with 24 people that think they know about wine. Timing may be an issue, certainly the wine will be.

yeah. Met some of those people. Perfectly nice people, but they know as much about wine as I know about airline affinity clubs.

Jay, we try, and that’s what counts.

[lleichtman]

@mike pobega

Mike is sad.





Announcing the 2016 event schedule

Please join IPOB at one of our 2016 events:


IPOB at TWE



February 4 to 6

Is the TWE in Raleigh NC?

Wine dinner & trade tasting

Open to attendees of the Triangle Wine Experience



IPOB London

February 22

Tasting & seminars

Open by invitation to members of the trade





IPOB at ProWein

March 13 to 16

Tasting & seminars

Open to attendees of ProWein




IPOB Los Angeles

April 17 - public tasting

April 18 - trade tasting

Invitations to members of the trade for our London event will be sent out soon via our partner LIMM PR. We regret that IPOB London is not open to the public.

Invitations to members of the trade for our Los Angeles event will be sent out in spring 2016. Tickets for the public tasting will go on sale at the same time.

IPOB is proud to partner with the Triangle Wine Experience to support the Frankie Lemmon Foundation. There will be an IPOB wine dinner on February 4 and a special IPOB section at the TWE trade tasting on February 5.

IPOB thanks the California Wine Institute for its support in enabling IPOB to participate at ProWein. Please visit us in the California Pavilion.

We will send out more details as they become available.

IPOB 2016 MEMBER WINERIES

Au Bon Climat Winery
Big Basin Vineyards
Calera Wine Company
Ceritas
Chanin Wine Company
Cobb Wines
Copain Wine Cellars
Domaine de la Cote
Drew Family Cellars
Failla
Hanzell Vineyards
Hirsch Vineyards
Knez Winery
Kutch Wines
LaRue Wines
LIOCO
Liquid Farm
Littorai Wines
LUTUM Wines
Matthiasson Family Vineyards
Mignanelli Winery*
Mindego Ridge
Mount Eden Vineyards
Native9 Wines
Poe Wines*
Ojai Vineyard
Presqu’ile Winery*
Red Car
Sandhi Wines
Small Vines*
Thomas Fogarty Wines*
Twomey Cellars
Tyler Winery
Varner
Wenzlau Vineyard
Wind Gap Wines

• new member in 2016

In Pursuit of Balance is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 by Rajat Parr and Jasmine Hirsch. Please click here for more information.

[Steve_Eisenhauer]

At City Winery, IPOB means entirely different thing by the end of the tasting.

[Joe_S]

Some of you guys just crack me up!

I, too, like a good syrah/pinot Napa/RRV blend with certain types of dinner fare (steaks, barbeque, etc) but I also appreciate and support many of the IPOB wineries for their restraint and acidity for the lighter menu fare.

Carry on. Nothing to see here…

[mike_pobega]

@Steve Eisenhauer

At City Winery, IPOB means entirely different thing by the end of the tasting.

Haha!
More like TLOB (The Loss Of Balance)

[Dennis_Borczon]

I was wondering if at the end of the tasting it might be “In Pursuit of Booty”…

[Steve_Eisenhauer]

@Dennis Borczon

I was wondering if at the end of the tasting it might be “In Pursuit of Booty”…

I always preferred women who could stand and speak, so no. Others’ taste may vary.

[Anton_D]

They should allow for “unbalanced” pinot producers to have a section at the events so people can compare.

[Alicia_C]

It’s not quite IPOB – but just got an e-mail that West of West (featuring a few of the IPOB wineries) will be in NYC on Feb. 9.

Editing to add a link: http://www.westsonomacoast.com/west-of-west-festival/wow-new-york-ny/