NYC – June 23rd Blind Wine Dinner -- Corkbuzz Union Square Closing -- Final WineBeserkers Dinner – Going out with a Bang!

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When : Monday, June 23rd 5:30 sit down and do their blind white wine flight. The tasting dinner will commence at 6pm. I’ll get there at 5:05pm if anyone gets out early; we will order a bottle of Champagne off their menu.

Requirements : This dinner about amazing wines, instead of high/low, it will be high/higher, from the same region. For this dinner you are going to bring two bottles from the same region and style. One has to be over $325, the other between $125 and $175. Examples: Lafite vs Lynch Bages, Scarecrow vs Mondavi Reserve To Kalon, Grand Cru Montrachet vs 1er cru, Ornellia vs Tignanello, Salon vs Eric Rodez… or get even crazier!!! You get the idea… Also… as always, if you break the rules, break ‘em big to the upside… (no one has ever brought a DRC to this dinner…)

Where : Corkbuzz 13 e 13th street (Union Square)

How : When you arrive, please ensure the bottles are concealed (in a bag or aluminum foil or something to cover them) and at the correct cellar temperature. Because this is our last dinner at this location, we’re going to go for 14-15 people at this one—don’t want to exclude anyone who has been before—the idea of a “mostly peaceful tasting” is going out the window this time. Each person will pass their bottles around and the group will taste them and attempt to determine what they are. Once everyone has tried them we will guess the region, variety and price. The wines will be revealed each time after the round of guessing. How formal or casual your guesses are will totally be up to you; WSET, CMS, or just winging it are all fine… If you want to decant, you are free to do whatever you need to have your wines showing their best.

Cost : The cost is expected to be a little higher than normal because it’s our last one in Corkbuzz Union Square, so instead of $150, it probably will be $200. This includes free corkage, and gratuity. They provide all the stems, excellent service and great food.

Why : Because you go out with a bang, not a whimper.

@PeterB (+4)
@Tom_Simons
@J0hnEhrl1ng
@gavin.f
@J_a_y_H_a_c_k
@Madeline_Andreach
@AaronR
@wbeshears
@B_Caputo
@Joseph_Grassa +1
@Dinesh_Goyal

Waitlist:
@Bryan_B
@RayChung
@kwilhelm

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Sad sad day indeed. I am looking forward to the final dinner.

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Very sad news. Definitely in for this one, looking forward to it.

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That’s sad, are they closing?

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I don’t have all the details, but certainly seems the market is very tough for many independently run restaurants right now. Myriad reasons… costs are high across the board, rents are high, seems people have cut back drinking a little (especially earlier in the week), and NYC regulations couldn’t be more unfriendly to businesses. I’m hopeful the Corkbuzz Chelsea Market location will thrive.

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Sorry to hear about the closure. Was a lovely place. Please put me down for the tasting.
-brian

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I’m in and very much looking forward to it, but this is definitely sad news.

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Julie & I are in. Monday is the only day I am at the store alone so I just need to make sure someone can cover, but please put us down.

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starting waitlist now except for those who already reached out via text and are on the list above… hoping a few will get off waitlist, and I don’t think I will bring 5

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Sign me up as well.

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My second (or maybe third) date with my now wife was a class there with Laura back in 2016. Sad day for this institution to close shop. I’m away the 23rd unfortunately, but looking forward to the notes.

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you’re in Dinesh, will be good to see you

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Hey Peter, can you sign me up as well? Assuming i’ll be on the waitlist at this point. Sad news about the closing!

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Count me in!

I’m very sad to see this come to an end. I’ve really learned a lot about wine, met some great people and heard a lot of Jay Hack stories. @PeterB, really appreciate you having put it together and always making it interesting. This last hurrah calls for some absolute ball tearer wines.

We’ll have to find another venue for a new incarnation.

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Huge bummer for multiple reasons - I hate to miss this - I’ll be out of town.

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Waitlist me please, thanks!

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Which ones? The I once sacked MLK Jr. in a touch football game? The I knew Bill Ayers before Barak Obama knew Bill Ayers? The I probably was in a same room as Vladimir Putin when we met with the leadership of the Leningrad Comsomols in 1969 as cover for our smuggling activities on behalf of the Israel Ministry of Education?

Those aren’t the good ones. They’re just the legal ones.

But let me return to our regularly scheduled program . . .

Please define style and region.

Is a 100% Napa Cab (Myriad) the same style as a Bordeaux blend (Pahlmeyer Prop Red) from Napa

Does a Scarecrow that I bought for $150 and is now available on Winebid for north of $500 qualify as a $125-$175 wine?

Are the price limits based upon a 750? HOw about if I bring a Magnum of Saxum that has a current auction value of $400?

Is a wine from Quilceda Crack (Washintgon) the same region as a wine from Rutherford?

Is a Sonoma Cab the same region as a Napa Cab?

Is a Domain du Castel from Israel the same region at a Musar from Lebanon?

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Jay… rules are always the same: whatever I say goes… but… yes, if you bought a case of 1982 Petrus half bottles for $125 each a decade ago, you can count them in either the high or low…I’d count them in the high. Current auction values always trump–but its also a nice way to sneak a bottle into the low category.

Your Scarecrow obviously counts as a high bottle.

No, you cant bring a magnum to count as $400 value.

As much as I love Quilceda Creek, it doesnt count as Rutherford, but you can definitely bring it as your third bottle–I’m a huge fan and my collection only goes back to 2012, and I’d love to try something older from them.

Sonoma Cab and Napa are a close call… if its Napa-esque, like Knights Valley (think: Peter Michael), I would say it is close enough.

Lebanon and Israel are close enough…

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This looks fun. Can you add me to the waitlist?

Kurt

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That’s funny.

PS - Castel is a Bordeaux blend and Musar is Cabernet Sauvignon with Carignan and Cinsault, so I would not consider them to be comparables for that reason alone.