My wife (who is as knowledgeable or more about wine than me!) and I will be going to La Paulee for the first time this year on 3/4. It happens to coincide fairly well with our anniversary, so we thought it would be a good chance to get away. Would be happy to get together with any Berserkers who might wish to do an offline dinner the evening of 3/4. We’d need help organizing as we aren’t familiar with the NYC BYOB scene. Feel free to PM or respond here. Thanks!
UPDATE 2/6
We’re confirmed for 7 people at the Bar Room at the Modern. Reservation is at 6:45 PM on Saturday March 4, 2023. The following folks are confirmed. If you need to drop, please let me know soon than later so we can add someone else to the list.
Final Confirmed List @J_a_y_H_a_c_k + Mrs. Hackundeclared @troy_stark + Gina Stark2009 Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Grands Echezeaux and NV Guillaume Selosse Champagne Ville-sur-Arce Largillier Extra Brut @Juliec2003 Jean Grivot Clos Vougeot @Stephen_Chen2012 Groffier Bonnes Mares @Dinesh_Goyal2012 Trapet Chambertin
Theme is bring a nice bottle of Champagne, White Burg, or Red Burg. One bottle per person, to keep things reasonable and give people a chance to really dig into the wines. With seven people, I think 1-2 bottles of bubbles, 1-2 white Burgs, and the rest Red (3-4). Here are some guideposts on what to bring:
For Champagne, really important to check the wine list as they have many of the current trendy wines. Stick with Tête de Cuvées from whatever producer you’d like to bring. Some producers have multiple high end bottles. Use your best judgment.
For whites, GCs are preferred, but there just aren’t that many vineyards, so I would also open this up to 1ers from strong producers in villages like P-M, C-M, St. Aubin, and of course Meursault.
For reds, let’s do ready to drink Grand Crus. Alternatively, if you want to bring something ready to drink from a non GC village (Volnay, NSG, etc.), stick with the top producers.
Benoit is solid. I do work dinners there where someone else picks up the check and corkage ($50? $60?) and I bring the wine. Mark - do you know what details are for group corkage/the private room? In past I found them unyielding.
Will book the Bar Room at the Modern tomorrow so there is a place on hold ($35 corkage).
Excellent. Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest. We’ll be finalizing the reservation on Monday, so please let me know if you are for sure in or out. We currently have a reservation for 6, but we will modify it if we have more people who commit.
Obviously the theme will be burgundy and champagne. Bring something delicious that you want to share with other wine enthusiasts!
OK, turns out reservation is for 7, which is perfect if all the people who have directly expressed interest can confirm. Today is last call.
Theme will be in accordance with the event; Burgundy and Champagne. Bring something nice, but you certainly don’t need to break out the Rousseau. I suggest only bringing 1 bottle per person to keep things reasonable. Would love a good mix of bubbles, whites, and reds.
I’m tagging people who have posted here or messaged me privately. I’ll update the original post when people confirm.