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Originally posted by DoktaP:
It will be a challenge to find a venue and accommodations nearby one another....

Are you saying that you forgot to make the reservations??

Oh I'm betting Fonte de Medici is more than large enough to accommodate this crowd.

How about June of 2009 people's? Clicky!

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And top!

any updates on this? We're starting to think about planning our trip.

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Originally posted by Eric White:
any updates on this? We're starting to think about planning our trip.

Eric-

The dates presently planned are May 14 - 17, 2009. There are ongoing investigations and plans ongoing offline and you'll begin hearing much more as we get into November.

The present 'pre-game' is still planned for Spain, though most are planning specifically for Italy. There's a bit discussion considering having the 'off-line' being in Montalcino itself and some good information to come. No intent for ambiguousness, but until a few details are worked on, it's just a little premature to lay this out.

Sounds like we are going to miss the group. I am looking to be in Spain the end of April through the first week of May. With a little work, I might be able to delay a bit.

Thanks KSC, I'll stay tuned...

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Originally posted by Eric White:
any updates on this? We're starting to think about planning our trip.

Eric,
Patti and I are going to book our flights (to Italy) soon, regardless.
Whether there is or isn't an official WS Offline in Tuscany May 16-17/09 we'll be in the region/country at least a week (or more) on either side of the proposed date.

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Originally posted by tyee:
Eric,
Patti and I are going to book our flights (to Italy) soon, regardless.
Whether there is or isn't an official WS Offline in Tuscany May 16-17/09 we'll be in the region/country at least a week (or more) on either side of the proposed date.

Oh, it'll be there, tyee.

Fear not, and looking forward to meeting you.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by tyee:
Eric,
Patti and I are going to book our flights (to Italy) soon, regardless.
Whether there is or isn't an official WS Offline in Tuscany May 16-17/09 we'll be in the region/country at least a week (or more) on either side of the proposed date.

Oh, it'll be there, tyee.

Fear not, and looking forward to meeting you.

Great!
I look forward to meeting you as well.

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Originally posted by Eric White:
Thanks KSC, I'll stay tuned...

Let's get this moving forward before the end of the year.

We are in for Spain, still thinking about Italy.

We might be heading to Greece in the Fall of next year, and I need to decide before we decide on Italy.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
....still thinking about Italy.

.....I need to decide before we decide on Italy.

That's just a bit shocking.
Spain, while great, is the PRE GAME.

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Originally posted by tyee:
Eric,
Patti and I are going to book our flights (to Italy) soon, regardless.
Whether there is or isn't an official WS Offline in Tuscany May 16-17/09 we'll be in the region/country at least a week (or more) on either side of the proposed date.

This is great to hear Tyee, it will terrific to see you both again! I am working on the Lafon Rochet's, trying to convince them to join the party as well - we shall see

Flights are booked.
Starting in Venice...ending in Rome...with Tuscany (and the Offline) in the middle.

See you there Eric!...and hopefully the Rochet's.

We're going to bow out of this one.

We'll be going on a 2-week Baltic cruise in August with a week in Stockholm beforehand; unless the Canadian dollar has a miraculous resurrection, it's going to cost us about a third more than expected, and may get worse. It's something we've wanted to do for a while (it was actually Grossie who told us about it and got us interested) and don't really want to put this one off. I don't think we can do 2 Europe trips next year.

Well, I've booked my car....
And will be there on the mentioned dates.

Details should be published soon!

I'm still in for Italy- I'll be there for almost the whole month of May traveling and doing wine stuff

Spain isn't looking likely, though I may spend a month in France in March if anyone is around!

PlanoWino and the Mrs. are not going to be able to make. Can't find anyone masochistic enough to watch our 16 year old daughter while we are gone.

I tried to implement wine+art's recommendation to fly solo and let the Mrs. stay home with the kid. By the time I got out of the hospital,I had completely written off that option.

UPDATE!!

Thanks to the footwork and efforts made by some of our fellow forumites (much thanks to Longboarder and Jochems), the following has been established for this upcoming shindig:

Time: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Place: Hotel Il Giglio, Montacino, Italy


It is advisable to make hotel reservations well in advance. Some suggested hotels in town are:

Il Giglio

Dei Capitani

Vechia Olivera


Because of the size of group interest, it is logistically impossible to arrange for flights and Hotel reservations for everyone. Thus, this is the responsibility of each person/couple who intend on attending. In a couple of months or so, we request those who've made plans and reservations to post such, so we can better align the dinner reservation requirements with the fine people at Il Giglio.

Hope to see you all there!

KSC02,

I was looking into this and Spain this weekend. Can you tell me where the market will be in May 2009, and how many more years it will take me to recover what I have lost since October of 2007?

Thanks in advance.

While (via informal offline discussions) it seems the 'IN' list is likely halved at this point (due to many various circumstances) there are several still planning to attend.
A lot can happen in this crazy world between now and then.

Hopefully things stabilize a bit for everyone.

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Originally posted by KSC02:
While (via informal offline discussions) it seems the 'IN' list is likely halved at this point (due to many various circumstances) there are several still planning to attend. A lot can happen in this crazy world between now and then. Hopefully thngs stabilize a bit for everyone.

That is an Obama answer.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
That is an Obama answer.

Get used to it.