bman:

tsunami: foodwise, I like almost anything, so just surprise us!

I think this occasion calls for some special wines, and I got some on my mind . Including one that will most likely be very intriging... but it will be a small wonder if it turns out to be drinkable... .... we'll see...

I bet it's going to be a 2001 vintage port....

snow sucks, cold is worse.......

I didn't think of that yet. That might just be a good idea!

Any specific VP '01 in mind, Ronnie. I still need to try the Guimaerens.... hint, hint
Anyway...the little surprice port we are going to open can indeed be called intriging. All I like to say is that it is one of the first in its kind and that it is propably completely undrinkable.

Shouldn't this now be 'Three offlines in Utrecht (or Amsterdam)'?

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tsunami: do you have some kind of schedule for your trip yet?
two diffrend schedule
1) we do start driving the friday morning about 5.00 am than we schould arrive arround 14.00
(problems are: we arrive tired and would like to sleep 1-2 hours bevor i start preparing
so we would not eat bevor 19.00)
and buyng food?? when-were?

2) we do start thursday in the evening and drive until were tyred and sleep in the car somewere,
wake up and drive further and arrive in the morning arroumd 9.00 - 10.00 am!

3) we start thursday arround 18.00 drive trough and arrive arround 2.00 am!
sleep at you're home and we have the whole day for talk,prepairing, buying food ...

it also depens on my girlfriend and what time we are ready to go.



Ronnie Roots,

i do anything to make you feel culinary on sevent
cloud.

"I think this occasion calls for some special wines"

i'm also thinking,
and i'm a bit affraid that you guy's
should have in minds that i do come from far away,
and i would like to have a great offline!
please don't go and open bottles just to try if it's drinkable

for my person i will bring only absolutly great stuff someting "95 -100 p" like

"normal" wines are not worth driving trough europe.

bman,
i would prefer older/riper port than 2001?!?
after a 2000 or 2001 the tong is coverd.


steviecage,
i'm going to bring some big dry wine for
cool food!
i can't wait

hey, killerb,

i did think often that we should meet sometime!

tsunami, this is going to be gooooooooood, I'm sure of it!

KillerB: you are, of course, most correct. Topic edited! To avoid confusion:

March 25th: KillerB @ StevieCage's
March 26th: Italian Offline @ The Roots'
April 9th / 10th: Tsunami hits The Netherlands!

I was trying to figure what could be described as a special wine that might be undrinkable, since the two would appear to be mutually exclusive.

Perhaps it's a very old port from a weak vintage or porthouse? Knowing how much you all love port, that was my first guess.

snow sucks, cold is worse.......

Tsunami - one day it will be great to meet you.

Bman - post count alert.

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tsunami, don't worry, we'll make sure there is a very good selection of wines! We will not let you travel all this way only for an experiment.

tsunami: To come back to your travelplans. I would say, choose the option you prefer. You are more than welcome to take a nap at our place if you arrive, no matter what time that will be. It's all fine with us, actually I'm looking forward to it.

We have been discussing the real wine/port options and we will certainly NOT let you drive through the whole of Europe to open a bottle of reserve Ruby. (well, maybe for cooking...)

Ohh, this is an excellent excuse to drink very special ports.
And I'm glad I just got my salary...

Tsunami: Don't worry about the wines at the OL - everyone normally brings out among the best wines from their cellars...and usually too much

Joe, what are you implying? We serve to much wine?

...well, you do have a point...

Actually, if we just drink what we start with there would be just enough...the trouble starts once we start breaking out more bottles from the host's stash!

In any case, Tsunami (or any other forumite) need not worry when travelling to The Netherlands

I do remember a certain px gallery being opened last offline....

...so you'd better lock the cellar tomorrow, Ronnie!

BTW: Joe, send you an email re: Pegau.

I just thought it would be a good excuse to buy new wines if we drink so much tomorrow...

Well, we survived the first two offlines...just 2 weeks until the next one: nice!

We must remember to keep this thread open so that a Stevie-initiated thread gets to three figures/pages.

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oops sorry, completely forgot about that. Well, here's my contribution.

Whoa...What's this about another off-line in two weeks? Granted, I didn't follow the thread too well, but would someone be so kind to share what's going down fairly soon? Based on the experience of our first off-line (Joe, Stevie, Ronnie and Lady Roots--a humongous, resounding 'Thank You' from both Mandy and Me), we can't help but be extremely excited about seeing everyone again. If I can get the time off, I'll be there in a heartbeat (or 5 hours; whichever comes first). Hey, by the way, E42 takes you to west Belgium if you go the wrong way. Yeah, crazy, I know; whoever dreamed up that idea? Alright, tschau!

Soll denn doch getrunken sein,
trinke nur vom besten Wein.
- Goethe

Pfalzman: did you take (by any chance) any exits at the E42. They can bring you to nice/cheap port/wine shops. We like wineshopping in Belgium, they don't know anything about proper prices...

If you are interested in other OLs, we'll organise them quite often (in Utrecht or Amsterdam), so you are welcome any time.

Oops, forgot something:
Tsunami: Do you have any idea how to take care of the food for the OL? Do we need to do some shopping in advance? PLease let us know your details, so we can make it the greatest OL ever!!! (actually, every OL is the greatest ever so far).

I'm just doing this to keep the thread going and get my ID on four front-page threads at the same time - managed five once but never all six.

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