OK, one more confirmed for tomorrow night. His wife has other plans, but he would like to join us.

Sounds great, we do have room for an additional guest.

Have a great time tonight, folks. 'Sorry I can't be there, but I'm thinking of you. Say hi to Walter for me.

Next time, Stickman. Next time.

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Have a great time tonight, folks. 'Sorry I can't be there, but I'm thinking of you. Say hi to Walter for me.

Who's Walter?

Walter is the maitre d' at Cucina Toscana - a distinguished old gentleman who is obsessive about service. He used to refer affectionately to my then-girlfriend and me as his niece and nephew. I miss him dearly. Speaking of which, I miss you guys too... in a very Bjork-esque, "but I haven't met you yet" kind of way.

Have a great evening, and I look forward to reading the report.

I will look for Walter. Sounds like someone good to know.

I had a great night with everyone. Good to see Jc and mlv again. Also we really enjoyed talking to your friends. Also it was great meeting with all the SLC folks. We will have to get together again at Tiburon.

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Walter is the maitre d' at Cucina Toscana - a distinguished old gentleman who is obsessive about service. He used to refer affectionately to my then-girlfriend and me as his niece and nephew. I miss him dearly. Speaking of which, I miss you guys too... in a very Bjork-esque, "but I haven't met you yet" kind of way.

Have a great evening, and I look forward to reading the report.

Walter was full of energy. He is the owner, right? I think I have seen him in the Local Best of Salt Lake magazine as the owner. I really enjoyed his spirit. He is sort of a cross between Einstein, a maitre'd, and a cool grandpa.

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I had a great night with everyone. Good to see Jc and mlv again. Also we really enjoyed talking to your friends. Also it was great meeting with all the SLC folks. We will have to get together again at Tiburon.

RR-

Mrs. Gigabit and I had a great time as well. The food and wine were fantastic. It was nice meeting you and your girlfriend; mlv, JC, and friends; ktf and his wife.

We will plan a trip to Tiburon in the summer. I will make the arrangements this time. stickman, we will let you know the date(s).

I also look forward to trying some of ktf's home brew.

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Walter was full of energy. He is the owner, right? I think I have seen him in the Local Best of Salt Lake magazine as the owner. I really enjoyed his spirit. He is sort of a cross between Einstein, a maitre'd, and a cool grandpa.

Great description of Walter! He may, indeed, be the owner, but whether he is or not, he clearly runs the show. And fwiw, he is always full of energy!

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We will plan a trip to Tiburon in the summer. I will make the arrangements this time. stickman, we will let you know the date(s).

Thanks for keeping me in mind. Fwiw, my best chances of making it will be in mid- to late-June. July is right out. Then August is possible. 'Hope to be there next time.

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We will plan a trip to Tiburon in the summer. I will make the arrangements this time. stickman, we will let you know the date(s).

Thanks for keeping me in mind. Fwiw, my best chances of making it will be in mid- to late-June. July is right out. Then August is possible. 'Hope to be there next time.

I was thinking June as well. We are too busy in May and August is too hot. I will keep you informed. Here is a link to their website:

Tiburon

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I had a great night with everyone. Good to see Jc and mlv again. Also we really enjoyed talking to your friends. Also it was great meeting with all the SLC folks. We will have to get together again at Tiburon.

RR-

Will you be posting any TNs from Saturday night?

The wife and I had a great time and enjoyed everyones company. It was a pleasure meeting everyone and the wines were excellent. I will definitely seek afew of them out. We look forward to our next get together.

KTF

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Originally posted by Roentgen Ray:
I had a great night with everyone. Good to see Jc and mlv again. Also we really enjoyed talking to your friends. Also it was great meeting with all the SLC folks. We will have to get together again at Tiburon.

RR-

Will you be posting any TNs from Saturday night?

soon to come

Very nice to meet up with the Utah crew. RR - always good to see you and your girlfriend.

Very good night of food and wine. Standouts for me were the Argiano Brunello, the Solengo, the Toro (definitely in my running for WOTN), the Barolo and the Vin Santo. We had a good night where our wines showed well (a pleasant change from the last Florida off-line where our contribution was corked). Really enjoyable all around. Hope to see everyone the next time we visit or when anyone comes to South Florida.

We followed that night, with dinner at Mariposa Sunday night, with an 1989 Domain du Viking Vouvray, 2005 AP Vin Rosellas, 2003 Neal Rutherford Dust and 2004 Core Coreferment. Not a bad 2 days food and wine-wise.

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We followed that night, with dinner at Mariposa Sunday night, with an 1989 Domain du Viking Vouvray, 2005 AP Vin Rosellas, 2003 Neal Rutherford Dust and 2004 Core Coreferment. Not a bad 2 days food and wine-wise.

How was the Neal and the Viking Vouvray? Those two sound interesting.

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We followed that night, with dinner at Mariposa Sunday night, with an 1989 Domain du Viking Vouvray, 2005 AP Vin Rosellas, 2003 Neal Rutherford Dust and 2004 Core Coreferment. Not a bad 2 days food and wine-wise.

How was the Neal and the Viking Vouvray? Those two sound interesting.

Vouvray was awesome - probably the consensus wine of the night - we have had numerous bottles of this wine and it did not disappoint.

The Neal was tannic and closed but after an hour in the decanter started to show its stuff. Very nice but not opening our other bottle for a couple more years.