In the Cinci recap thread in the TN's section an idea has been proposed that the ChicagoWineMafia and OhioRiverVino's a/k/a The Kentucka-Nati crew get together to have a smackdown of sorts on Saturday March 27th.

If you are VERY interested please post here.

First should this take place at someone's home (Otis, VinoMe are you game ) or at a corkage friendly restaurant?

2nd should we have a theme or should everyone bring what ever they feel like? I am open to just about anything.

So put your idea's down here and if not on 3/27 when?

I am currently in for (1)

IW

Life without wine?...... Yeah Right.<br /><br />I believe we have 2 lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.

Rats! I have a wedding to attend that weekend in SoCal...

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This sounds like a blast , but I'll be on a plane to Zurich on March 27th .

Can probably do it the week before (3/20) and maybe the week after (4/3) - depending on my travel sked.

Cheers,

Otis

I'm going to be in Chicago the 26th and 27th, so will be looking to get together with some of the mafia folk whether a big blow out or a small one. As for other dates...not really sure...though one weekend either side would be problematic as two weekends in a row would be tough.

While the loss of our clean-up hitter, Otis, is certainly a blow to our team, I'm completely confident that the rest of the Mafia will pick up the slack.

So, I'm in and could possible host the event (since i proposed it), if you don't mind trekking way out to Napertucky.

Although not an initiated member of the CWM, I have been waiting for a local event that didn't conflict with one of the kid's sports schedules. March 27th is actually free and I would love to attend with my wife if there is room available.

Napertucky, hmm, let's see:

na-pihr-tuh-kee: slang; place. A small enclave of overpriced homes in a relatively remote area of the western Chicago suburbs, inhabited by Ohio Valley transplants (and others).

na-pihr-tuh-kee: verb; colloq. To cover, or make safe, ones clothes during a meal, using a cloth or paper sheet.

That's almost as bad as Kentucka-Nati...which sounded a whole helluva lot better than Cin-sucky!



Can Susan fly down and give us a lift?

"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk."
Jonathan Swift

I'm not sure I can. My wife just came home not five minutes ago and told me we have plans for that night. I'm out of town the 20th and the 3rd of April. I'll get back to you guys, time to negociate.

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Nap or tucky...that's what i used to say to my old girl friend. Oh wait was that a "T"...never mind

C'mon, eyes...let's try and keep the "G" rating.

"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk."
Jonathan Swift

We need to call in the rest of the Ohio Valley team! Andrew, Rhone Warrior, Caboray, where are you guys?

Sounds good to me. I think we are open that weekend. Here are a couple ideas:

1) We try everything blind and try to guess as teams what we are tasting.

2) We go head to head individually on wines in a blind tasting. (ie. 1 ORV and 1 CWM member will each bring a bottle of the same kind of wine, like a Cal Cab, and everyone will try them blind and vote for their favorite of the 2 wines). We will then unveil the wines at the end of the night and see which group brought more winning wines.

Just a couple ideas.

VM

VM,
Both ideas are variations on what I was thinking:

Both sides bring 5 blind wines. Each team (size of the teams will vary) tries the other's and makes a combined group guess. Points are assessed for vintage, varietal, country, region and producer? To blind wines should be restricted to 1994-2003 and only regions listed in the latest edition of Parker's Wine Buying Guide. Beyond that, let's dance!

Hi guys--

I'm game. Depending on the size of the final group will help us negotiate venues for this get-together. If it's <10, I think a restaurant would be possible. If it's >10, then I think we have to move it to someone's abode.

I am always willing to offer my standbys for restaurants...Bin36 and Lovitt.

Joe
Grape Lakes Wine Appreciation Guild
www.grapelakes.com

I'm available that night. Sounds like fun.

Producer? Producer? You've got to be kidding me...unless of course we're bringing Harlans...

"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk."
Jonathan Swift

Sounds like a good idea in the making. It's a bit far out for me to commit but I'm certainly interested.

Sounds like fun, if I can make it. Put me down for two, tentatively. Always fun knockin down a few and meeting others!

I am back and in.

J3

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I have no idea.

Welcome back J3. Where are the trip notes and tasting notes?

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Man! You guys are making this really tough! I struck out last week on the babysitter situation so I'm hesitant to commit, but you have definately peaked my interest. Maybe I will leave the Mrs. at home. Afterall, I wouldn't want any distractions on gameday!

Kybo, IW,
Are you thinking about driving or flying?

Hell Brian...I do believe your wife is more knowledgable then me. Maybe you should bring her and I'll baby sit. How much do you pay? If this is really going to be a competition...let's make it a team thing. That way I can hide my ignorance and just enjoy the good wine.

Brian123,

I am up for driving. In fact we could all go in 1 car and make it a very inexpensive trip. Splitting gas 3 ways makes for a reasonably priced weekend. I will look into Southwest and United to see if they have cheap flights for that weekend. Brian, when you get a chance call me.

IW

Life without wine?...... Yeah Right.<br /><br />I believe we have 2 lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.

grossie,

See this link for my notes such as they are: Offline with vinserve

J3

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I have no idea.

brian;
We'll be driving - it's barely 5 hrs. to downtown from the 'ville. Don't know exactly where we'll stay yet - we're going to include some downtown shopping/sightseeing time, and probably make it a 3-day weekend as the G-man will be on spring break that week.

I do think, though, that SWA has some incredibly cheap rates to Midway.

"This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk."
Jonathan Swift