Yeah, but if you want to make a big deal about it, how many offlines have a 1966 Clos Fourtet and Gruaud Larose mini horizontal, a 1979 Palmer, a 1995 GPL and a 2006 Cos d’Estournel, just to satisfy the Bordeaux group; 2011 Fairchild GIII, 2003 Quilceda Creek and 2012 Kapcsandy Family Vineyard to satisfy the west coast palate group, and everything in between. But it’s OK. Attendance is voluntary, you don’t have to come.
After the description you gave of this event at the Vesuvio tasting, I dragged myself over here from TPF and reg’d, just to say “yes, i’d like to join this year.”
The solution is obvious. Cancel Denver. You’re in California. You can get marijuana whenever you want. You don’t need to go to Denver. On the other hand, so much great wine in New York without paying thousands of dollars to sit at a table with obnoxious rich people at La Paulee is a rarity.