When: Monday, May 6th 5:30 sit down and do their blind white wine flight. The tasting dinner will commence at 6pm. I’ll get there just after 5pm if anyone gets out early; we will order a bottle of Champagne off their menu then.
Requirements: Bring two bottles of wine from the same region of the world. One bottle must be worth more than $100 and one must be worth less than $50. Both should be concealed. This will be a blind tasting. Examples: Chablis vs Grand Cru Red Burgundy, or Penfolds RWT vs Pewsey Vale The Contours Clare Valley Riesling, or Kongsgaard Chardonnay vs Mondavi Fume Blanc. They can be both red, both white or one of each, your call. Try to choose wines that express typicity.
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). Target amount of people for this dinner will be 10-12, once you go above 12 it can get too unruly, and there won’t be enough wine for each person. Each person will pass their two bottles around and the group will taste them and try to determine what they are–if your bottle shape is extremely unique, ie: SQN, Insignia, etc, please either decant them or move them into a different bottle. Once everyone has tried them we will guess what the region is and what the wines are. 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…
Cost: The cost is expected to be around $150. (It has ranged between 125-150). This includes free corkage, and 25% gratuity. They provide all the stems, excellent service and great food.
Why: I’m currently studying for the WSET Diploma, so something like this really appeals to me. I hope others are also interested in a blind tasting dinner as well.
Several people have DM’d me already about this event, so the list has already started. We’ll get a list and waiting list started soon.
Attendees:
@PeterB +1
@gavin.f
@Dan_A
@J0hnEhrl1ng +1
@Juliec
@B_Caputo
@Joseph_Grassa +1
@ericdinn
@J_a_y_H_a_c_k +1 (maybe)
@Mike_C1
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