Touching base with everyone since we’re about two weeks out—have people selected their bottles? I have! Although I’ll probably change my mind six times between now and the date 
Please try to let us know sooner than later if your schedule changes so waitlisters have sufficient notice.
I had a work trip come up. Can you remove me from the list?
Spot is yours if you’re still free @TGigante
Looking forward to it.
See everyone on the 28th
@Jesse_W, should we bring our own glasses?
IMO theirs are good enough, but if you really want paper thin hand blown glasses you’d need to bring.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow and tasting some fine champagne and wine. Thanks for organizing this event Jesse!
Jesse - great event last night…as usual! Thanks everyone for bringing some unique and outstanding wines. I didn’t take a pic of our line up of wines. If anyone has a pic, kindly post it at ur convenience. Until next time…
Well done!
Thanks everyone for another great meal! I really liked the round table and private room—we’ll need to stick with that.
I didn’t take comprehensive notes, but all the red burgs were excellent with the 09 Drouhin Beaune Champimonts probably showing the best. Krug 161 and JM Seleque Soliste were probably the most well received sparklers. Lichen was the ripest one on the table, but it maintained good balance and was fun to drink. I was proud that everyone called By Farr Shiraz to be N Rhone.
My only disappointment was the 09 Grunhauser Herrenberg Eiswein, which I had expected to have a bit more zing. It was delicious, but quite developed and more honey in color and flavor than I’d expect for a young-ish wine without botrytis.
Next time we’ll dive deeper into the crowd favorites with more dim sum and a lot more duck. Keep an eye out—I’ll probably post it in the next week or so.
Thanks again everyone!
Looks like it was a great time, looking forward to the notes.
Terrific event, Jesse. Great mix of wine & people.
It was a great time, thanks for organizing Jesse! Nothing was bad last night, and the food was very delicious. In addition to what Jesse already mentioned, the standouts for me were:
Pierre Moncuit, BdB cuvee nicole (Les Chetillons) 08: Very precise, love the salinity and chalkiness, a touch of brioche, with a long finish
Greenock Creek Seven Acre Shiraz 97: Most of us also blinded it as a Rhone syrah. Savory herb, earthy, still plenty of black fruit, lush but not over the top
I do wonder if that is a function of storage/bottle variation. I don’t drink a lot of Eiswein but agree it lacked a bit of the electric bolt, even for 2009. That said, it was delicious!
And thanks for organizing, a great time all around.
I agree with others that no bad bottles, and from there it’s palate preferences. For the reds, I enjoyed the Briailles 10 IdV (obviously, one of my favorites) and the Fenocchio 19 Bussia the most, although Drouhin and Bitouzet-Prieur started showing a lot better for me with air.
On the Champagne front, it was fun to taste Bollinger and Krug, but my palate likes the drive of the Moncuit and the Leclerc Briant, although I probably didn’t give the LB enough attention.
It was really cool to taste those Australian wines, not my usual fare, and amazingly youthful showing for the 1997 Greenock!
Seems like a great night! Sorry I had to miss
I can do this one Jesse - count me in
