NYC - July 22nd Blind Wine Tasting Dinner - BDX vs BDX Blends

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Only when I am being sur lie.

I have an interesting pair, BUT the vintage difference is a bit too great for a fair comparison. This gets complicated. Let’s say I pair a 1998 Cali Bordeaux Blend (from a bad year in Napa) with a 1998 Pomerol. Using the TWA vintage chart, that’s an 85 pt vintage in California and a 96 point vintage in Pomerol. Perhaps not a good comparison. However, since everyone is bringing a pair, maybe we compare my 1998 Pomerol with someone else’s 2001 Napa blend, that’s 96 pt vs. 96 pt. So it depends how the wines are passed. Boy am I glad that Peter is the doofus who has to decide.

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Sounds like a very interesting pairing.

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Sadly, I need to back out. I have a commitment in another state Sunday before this dinner. It will just be too complicated to get back on time.

Hopefully I’ll make the next one.

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Would this be a prix fixe menu, or a la carte? Trying to sell my Mrs. on the possibility of a Monday night outing.

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Typically we pre-order a bunch of crowd pleasers with the ability to add anything a la carte.

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Still a few seats left for the dinner…

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I’m so looking forward to this.

Have the perfect set to delight and stump!

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is @J_a_y_H_a_c_k coming or does he only drink Burgundy these days?

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Jay is coming… he loves me and definitely has Bordeaux

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Oh boy do I have a ringer for you guys :wink:

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excited!

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I am in! Just me though, no Julie G for this one.

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Excited to see you! Can’t wait to see which Italian wine you bring! ha :slight_smile:

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The traditional vacillation about what to bring is starting to ramp.

Predicting this one will be epic (I know I said that last time … but that prediction was spot on!).

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I picked my two. I really like the pairing… there is a theme…

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One out of two ain’t bad. I am coming and I will bring something interesting. Peter will bring crap. Are we doing this at Corkbuzz? Will we have food appropriate to Bordeaux?

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Yes and yes.

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For some clarification someone asked me… the vintages do NOT need to match…

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really bummed im missing this.

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are the blends meant to be similar to eachother? or can 1 be right bank styled and the other left or anything else of that sort?