ISO Boston wine friends

[Mitch_P]

Me as well

[Graham_Mears]

I’m moving to Boston suburbs this summer. Have been in the Bay Area for 13 years, so a bit spoiled. Also Philly born/raised. Crazy!

Graham

[Markus_S]

Ever think about a road trip? Some of my best wine experiences have been away from home on a trip or a special trip made for the purpose of connecting with like-minded geeks. Also, maybe be open to that person (possible hint here) who would make a 5-6 hour trip just to share some bottles.

[NestorJohnSalazar]

With me and the wife getting our 2nd shot this friday and me going thru my fridges and berserker day spoils

I think I’ll start plannign something.
kind of small, backyard etc… not a superspreader event but not everyone in a bubble…

thoughts?
Im thinking wknd before mem day or right after mem day.

[Markus_S]

I’ve got a Boston BYOB email list with >80 people on it. PM me your email address and I can add you.

I very occasisonally organize dinners (but not since COVID), and sometimes forward emails from list members who have wine to sell. The last thing I did was a big dinner for Larry Schaffer from Tercero Wines, who was visiting Boston in mid-January.

Otherwise, I’ve mostly been going to dinners organized by SteveC, but since he recently moved to Philly/S. NJ, I may have to step up my game!

Some of us have even done some Zoom wine dinners (mostly Boston people who have Philly connections). I think we had 22 people on one of them.

There are a lot of smaller groups that organize their own get togethers, so you just have to network your way to them. Or organize a dinner here or via the list yourself as a way to meet people.

BTW, I also have a map of Boston-area BYOBs pinned at the top of my Twitter (and there is a thread on the subject on WineBerserkers). Hopefully the few that we have don’t go out of business thanks to COVID. There are some restaurants that will let you BYOB under the table, but you shouldn’t post about it online.

@bostonbesteats

Boston philly connection?

Who even knew that was a thing?

[EileenS]

I’d be interested in a Boston/New England get together.

[NestorJohnSalazar]

Ever think about a road trip? Some of my best wine experiences have been away from home on a trip or a special trip made for the purpose of connecting with like-minded geeks. Also, maybe be open to that person (possible hint here) who would make a 5-6 hour trip just to share some bottles.

Hi new best friend…

[K_F_o_l_e_y]

It may be time to have a “We’ve been vaccinated” party…

[JMReuter]

I’ll be fully vaxed by mid May and up for sharing some wine soon thereafter. I enjoy meeting internet ax murderer types.

[Demian_Saenz]

I had my 2nd shot last week.

[JFertitta]

I live in Seaport and a small group of us did a get together outside at the tables by the green space last year with no issues. We got Shake Shack and a bunch of food from Formaggio and had a great time. I’d be down for something like this again but I’m not going to be fully vaccinated until June with the 2 week incubation period.