When : Monday, July 28th, 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 something off their menu.
Requirements : For this dinner you will bring at least two bottles of sparkling wine. One of them must be proper Champagne, the other must be a sparkling wine, not from Champagne—anywhere else in the world is acceptable. One of the bottles must be over $100. As always… there are exceptions to the rules… if you feel like bringing two bottles of Champagne, one has to be something incredible (Salon/Krug Single Vineyard, etc).
Where : Corkbuzz Chelsea Market (75 9th Avenue) new location
How : When you arrive, please ensure the wine bottles are concealed (in a bag or aluminum foil or something to cover them) and properly chilled. The 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—we’d like to keep this as a “mostly peaceful tasting.” 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 : The cost is expected to be around $150. This includes free corkage, and gratuity. They provide all the stems, excellent service and great food.
Why : Because sparkling wine, especially Champagne, is amazing.
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