When : Monday, October 5th, 5:30pm. I’ll get there just after 5pm to help organize and if you can’t get there until 5:45pm or so, that’s fine–there will be room and plenty of wine.
Requirements : For this dinner you will bring at least one baller bottle (feel free to bring more than one bottle, but at least one needs to be baller bottle). I almost want to say “if you need to question if your bottle is a baller bottle, then it probably isn’t” but let me give you some examples… Harlan, Screaming Eagle, Kongsgaard Judge, Montrachet, 1st Growth Bordeaux with age, Haut-Brion Blanc, Massetto, Salon, Dom Perignon P2, Hill of Grace, Leory, DRC, you get the idea… Doesn’t have to be one of these exactly…This is the closest Monday to my birthday and we are CELEBRATING–party hats encouraged, jovial disposition required. And as always, this will be a blind tasting. Bring your bottles already opened (decanted if needed), at the proper temperature and fully concealed.
Where : Back Room @ Bobby Van’s on 131 e 54th street (between Park and Lex)
How : When you arrive, please ensure the wine bottles are concealed (in a bag or aluminum foil or something to cover them) and at the proper cellar temperature. Also, given the amount of wine, please open your bottles ahead of time. The target amount of people for this dinner will be 16 people. 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…
Cost : Expected to cost around $150.
Why : Because this will be fun.
Because it is my birthday, previous attendance will be given priority. I already a bunch of people who have expressed interest so have a few spots reserved.
@PeterB (+4)
@Tom_Simons
@B_Caputo
@Sandbergsm
@Pete_Vungoc
@Jesse_W
@Madeline_Andreach +1
@RayChung
@JoelD
@Keith_Y
@AaronR
@Bob_Knapp
@kwilhelm
Waitlist:
@aambak
@AMeehan
@J_a_y_H_a_c_k
@CarolineHZhang
@wbeshears
