Is This Dinner Worth $2,000 a Head ?

WINE TALK
#1

Dear all,

For tonight’s Camillus House Auction, L B is generously donating a magnum of '47 Latour a Pomerol, which with '47 Cheval Blanc and '47 Petrus, are some of the most legendary Bordeaux ever made. In magnum format, it should be gorgeous!

The fair market value s $14,500. I am putting a consortium together at $2000 a seat, for seven seats. We will enjoy this at a dinner on a mutually agreeable date.

The first six to reply will be confirmed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS NOT TO ME !!

#2

in 750ml, no.

#3

I think it says mags no?

Still no for me. . .

#4

Rudy thinks so.

#5

I would be interested if I was in Florida…and if I didn’t have to pay in advance. Otherwise my primary concern would be that it’s a scam.

#6

Not a scam, but who knows on the Mag , Rudy ??

#7

Were any right bank 47s bottled in any format besides magnum? I guess there were a lot of 3 liters as well.

#8

Sorry, I just realized how that looked. It wasn’t meant to be derogatory or negative. I’m naturally slow to trust. It sounds like an epic experience and I always want those when it comes to wine. You’re getting to taste history…how cool is that?

#9

Kirk, No apology necessary. It is right to be suspicious. I know the guy planning it & the donator , both have way too much money & Camillus is a charity for the homeless.

#10

we need a sarcasm font.

#11

Kirk, I don’t think there’s anything to apologize for. I would be highly skeptical as well. All three producers were heavily counterfeited by Rudy. The fact that the bottles are mags, with no probwnance info, makes me even more skeptical.

#12

Smith,
Read again. I think you did the same thing I did first. It reads only the one Magnum, not three.

#13

The fact that the good folks putting on the dinner think the wines are genuine doesn’t mean they are actually genuine.

#14

I misread it as well. I will say my lone experience with 47 Latour a Pomerol of good provenance was pretty mind-blowing. It was from a weathered 750ml.

That wine, if well-stored and legit, which is the rub, would almost be worth the price of admission.

#15

Is any dinner really worth $2,000 a head?

#16

How about at a table with Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Margret Thatcher and Mike Ditka !!

I would pay $2000 for that

#17

People also pay alot more than that for a dinner with Bob Parker.

#18

How about at a table with Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Margret Thatcher and Mike Ditka !!

I would too since it would mean someone has figured out the secret to bringing back the dead!

Or maybe I’d be dead too and then I’d be screwed . . .

Ditka would probably be cool to hang out with, but not quite in the same league as the others, although I probably wouldn’t tell him that to his face.

#19

I had dinner with Shula last year , for free !

#20

Don or Mike?