booked our flights... we arrive Friday afternoon and will leave Sunday afternoon. Looking forward to seeing everybody.

SPECIAL KRACHER STATION ADDED BY THE CWM

Breaking news from the Chicago Wine Mafia. They have quite generously offered to create a Kracher dessert wine station at the party. Very cool!

There will be a good representation of #'s (got every # from 5-12 except for 11), grapes (4 varieties) and vintages (6 years). There will be about half ZDS wines (traditional style aged in used barrels) and NV (modern style aged in new oak). There will be Auslese, Beerenauslese and Eiswein Cuvees in addition to all the TBA's, which really rounds out this special tasting station.

Please note that these are only half bottles, so I'd ask that anyone interested in trying these wines be judicious in their pours.

Here is the list of what everyone is contributing, in the order that our Teutonic-wine expert Vino Me recommends drinking them:

2003 Alois Kracher Cuvée Auslese- (Vino Me)
2002 Alois Kracher Cuvee Beerenauslese- (Grossie)
1999 Alois Kracher Scheurebe TBA #5 Zwischen den Seen-(Scubarex)
1998 Alois Kracher Welschriesling TBA #6 Zwischen den Seen- (RobA)
1998 Alois Kracher Chardonnay/Welschriesling TBA #7 Nouvelle Vague-(Lost Verse)
2001 Alois Kracher Welschriesling TBA #8 Nouvelle Vague- (Anwar Atalla)
1998 Alois Kracher Traminer TBA #8 Nouvelle Vague-(Scubarex)
2002 Alois Kracher Chardonnay TBA #9 Nouvelle Vague- (Allred)
1999 Alois Kracher Welschriesling TBA #10 Nouvelle Vague- (RobA)
1998 Alois Kracher Scheurebe TBA #12 Zwischen den Seen- (Allred)
2004 Alois Kracher Cuvée Eiswein- (Vino Me)

Many thanks to the CWM for doing this. They have always been very supportive and helpful in setting up this event and the tradition continues! This is a really neat and unsolicited idea. Krach that whip, baby!

Latest song added to the CDP playlist:

White Light/White Heat - Velvet Underground

Cheers,

Otis

Excellent! You guys (CWM) are awesome!

This gig is actually getting close now. Just 6 weeks away...

Awesome generosity from the CWM. I am really looking forward to this event.

IW

Two quotes from the movie Bolt come to mind.

"Every moment spent in your presence is the new greatest moment of my life"

and

"LET IT BEGIN!!!!!!!!!"

WOW. Unbelievable. I know VM and others have exceptional German/Austrian wines. First class.

Wow, what a line up! I love the wines from Kracher and can't wait to make the cut from stand-by to stand-in. Those wines are going to blow some people away who haven't had the opportunity to try them yet. They will certainly be memorable. Great job!

I think I'm going to have to bring my own spit bucket.

Yes, thanks Chicago Wine Mafioso! Such generosity. It will be a treat to taste some of these wines (I've only had a Kracher once or twice)

I have to travel to the Midwest ahead of schedule, and I won't be able to make the trip twice in August.

I thus must regretfully relinquish my place at the party to the next person in the waiting list.

Thank you, Otis for the generous invitation. It sounds like it is shaping up to be one of the top events of the decade.

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Originally posted by jburman82:
Two quotes from the movie Bolt come to mind.

"Every moment spent in your presence is the new greatest moment of my life"

and

"LET IT BEGIN!!!!!!!!!"

are we talking about a talking dog here?

The quotes are actually from Rhino the Hamster.

Someone needs to ask futronic about "talking about a talking dog." He made people come to his New Orleans hotel room to discuss this very topic!

I still cannot erase the memory from my mind.

I think your memory is failing Seaquam ... a group of us needed to escape while you were talking about the talking dog!

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Originally posted by futronic:
I think your memory is failing Seaquam ... a group of us needed to escape while you were talking about the talking dog!

Your hotel room.

Your bed.

Your bathroom.

And even your chosen topic, I believe.

I think we know who's the culprit in this one, fut. Avoiding culpability doesn't suit you, my friend.

It's like the talking dog [almost] said: you can't really pin this one on me.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Seaquam:


Your hotel room.

Your bed.

Your bathroom.

And even your chosen topic, I believe.

QUOTE]

Didint realize this was that kind of party.

quote:

Originally posted by Seaquam:

quote:

Originally posted by futronic:
I think your memory is failing Seaquam ... a group of us needed to escape while you were talking about the talking dog!

Your hotel room.

Your bed.

Your bathroom.

And even your chosen topic, I believe.

I think we know who's the culprit in this one, fut. Avoiding culpability doesn't suit you, my friend.

It's like the talking dog [almost] said: you can't really pin this one on me.

*groan* I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to hear the punchline again!

jburman - The joke went on for like a half hour! Mrs. Seaquam and a few other people also had to escape to the bathroom to not hear it any more!

Oh well, at least we were drinking some great wine through the process.

It's official, I just booked a flight to ORD, leaving Thursday, returning Sunday. Should be a good time.

kudos to the Chicago Wine Mafia for setting up the Kracher tasting.

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Originally posted by Roentgen Ray:
It's official, I just booked a flight to ORD, leaving Thursday, returning Sunday. Should be a good time.

kudos to the Chicago Wine Mafia for setting up the Kracher tasting.

Fantastic - see you next month.

Updated list attached. Sorry you can't make it pdn.

Scottie Mac, see you next month!

GUEST LIST (76)

Grossie (2)
Vino Me (2)
french16 (2)
AllRed (2)
Blue Oval (2)
Scubarex (2)
Maverick (chef)
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newsguy (2)
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thirsty man (1)
Ampuis (1)
Emilio (2)
Roentgen Ray (2)
Redline325 (2)
Pinotlvr (2)
Scott McDonald (1)

WAITING LIST

Vino Me friends (2)
Primordealsoup (2)
Napacat (2)
Lars Makie (2)
dannyk8232 (1)
Dr. Tannin (1)
Curt (2)
markjahnke (2)
tbird friends (2)
drab (1)
bman friends (2)
ktf (2)

Latest song added to CDP playlist:

Low Budget by The Kinks

Cheers,

Otis

Otis,

Do you think you can add Diver Down or Fair Warning by Van Halen to the playlist? Not that I like those particular songs but in another thread gigabit said he would put on an air guitar show if you played one of them. Kind of like to see that.

Air Guitar Offer

VM

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Originally posted by Vino Me:
Otis,

Do you think you can add Diver Down or Fair Warning by Van Halen to the playlist? Not that I like those particular songs but in another thread gigabit said he would put on an air guitar show if you played one of them. Kind of like to see that.

Air Guitar Offer

VM

Either Little Guitars or Mean Street should do the trick, however, I did say might not be able to resist. If the donation cup fills up quickly, I'll see what I can do.

quote:

Originally posted by gigabit:
If the donation cup fills up quickly, I'll see what I can do.

By "donation cup" you mean your wine glass? And by "fills up quickly" you mean with wine?

VM

I'll bet that if TBird can be persuaded to do his "special" interpretive dance (and I can assure you that very little persuasion will be needed) while gig is rippin' those air chords, the cups will fill up very quickly.

quote:

Originally posted by Seaquam:
I'll bet that if TBird can be persuaded to do his "special" interpretive dance (and I can assure you that very little persuasion will be needed) while gig is rippin' those air chords, the cups will fill up very quickly.

My next piece will practically paint itself!