My wife and I flew out to Los Angeles for a long weekend and got together with some of the LA members of the board on Saturday night. The offline was hosted by Pinot Envy and her husband at their home. It sure was nice to get out of the single digit Chicago weather and into the mid 70 degree weather of Southern California. PE put my wife to work and she made a beef tenderloin as the main course. Flubis made a cheesecake for dessert. In attendance were:
Pinot Envy & Pinto Landshark and wife Flubis and wife Red4life and girlfriend Ron D. Banquer and wife ArieS My wife and I
As is customary with the CRS, there was no wine theme but a lot of great bottles. Here is a partial list (I know I am forgetting some):
Reds 2002 Lewis Cab 2001 Bressler Cab 2001 David Arthur Cab 2003 Araujo Cab Eisele Vyd 2001 Barton Vale Cab Lazarus 2002 Paloma Merlot 1999 Behrens & Hitchcock Fat Boy 2000 Don Melchor (from mag) 1996 Chateau Beaucastel 1997 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino 1996 Alenza Ribera del Duero 2001 Barton Vale Cab Lazarus
Dessert Forgot to write these down. Can anyone help?
I will post notes on these as time permits.
It was great meeting everyone (again for most of you). The wine highlight of the evening for me was trying the 2 Prum GKA's side by side (I must give a thank you to R4L's girlfriend for sharing her pour of the 2001 with me since it was gone by the time I got to it).
Some of the non wine highlights of the evening included the unveiling of Pintos portable and collapsible homemade bar. It really is a wonder of science and craftsmanship. Ron breaking the decanter full of the Melchor on the bar. Not sure if Ron understood what Pinto meant when he said he wanted to christen it. The saving grace was that we salvaged about 500ml of the Melchor. Staying with the breaking theme, Aries broke a pair of stems trying to make a few points talking with his hands in an oh so French manner ("I NEED MORE WINE!" he said as he slams his glass down breaking the stem). PE breaking 3 more stems in the kitchen. Come to think of it, there must be something in the LA water to contribute to this phenomenon. At least nobody fell into the pool. We then had the late night run to replenish the dwindling firewood for the outdoor fire (I think the less we say about that the better).
And lastly a huge thank you to Pinot and Pinto for their very generous and gracious hosting of this event. Of course anyone who knows them would expect nothing less. A truly memorable time. To quote Randy Newman, "I love LA".
VM
Posts: 10124 | Location: Chicago | Registered: Oct 17, 2001
How far are you from Santa Barbara? There is a chance that my girlfriend and I will be out there in the fall for my 40th bday.
IW
Life without wine?...... Yeah Right. The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living - Socrates "Wine....offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased" ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1889-1961)
ITB
Posts: 3549 | Location: Louisville, KY | Registered: Nov 14, 2001
