Date: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Indigo
Seats: 25
Cost: $50

Thanks to the help of Tunina, the dinner in October will be held at Indigo on Sunday the 24th.

The restaurant will accommodate us in their private dining room and start the evening with some light finger foods. The dinner will be a three course meal with three appetizer options, four entree options and four dessert options. Corkage will be waived and the $50 per person is inclusive of food, tax and gratuity.

Please RSVP at your convenience, but don't wait too long.

pyang - 2
Tunina - 2
Beaune-2-Rock - 2

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[This message was edited by pyang on Oct 02, 2004 at 08:51 PM.]

Yes, I would like to help cause trouble, the good kind! What wine shall I pull?
Leonard aka Wine Mook

http://www.castroonline.com/spectrum/winemook.html

Sounds great, but this is the day of the Davidn picnic, so I'm already book. Have a great time!

Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. - W. C. Fields

The Whiners are in for 2. Can you notify the restaurant that Future Mrs. Whiner is a vegitarian? Thanks!

a

"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" -- W.C. Fields

Leonard,
Whatever you want to bring is fine, no theme, we are easy.

Whiner,
I believe there are vegetarian menu options as is, but I'll double check and take care of it.

pyang - 2
Tunina - 2
Beaune-2-Rock - 2
Sociando-Dehlinger - 1
Whiner15 - 2

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I'm in.

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I am in for 2, but it has to be early 5-5:30.
The restaurant opens at 5PM.

Orlando (2)

Orlando,

Shortly after I posted the thread, we got the confirmation for 6:00pm start time. Let me know if this will still work for you. Hope to see you there.

pyang - 2
Tunina - 2
Beaune-2-Rock - 2
Sociando-Dehlinger - 1
Whiner15 - 2
DJ Hombre - 1
Orlando - 2

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Pyang,
6PM is fine.
Orlando

pyang - 2
Tunina - 2
Beaune-2-Rock - 2
Sociando-Dehlinger - 1
Whiner15 - 2
DJ Hombre - 1
Orlando - 2
Brian Miller - 2

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Put me down for 2.

Sam

Eat till your sleepy and sleep till your hungry.

pyang - 2
Tunina - 2
Beaune-2-Rock - 2
Sociando-Dehlinger - 1
Whiner15 - 2
DJ Hombre - 1
Orlando - 2
Brian Miller - 2
ALotaFagina - 2

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Go ahead and put us in for 2 as well....

Any wine theme here?

Cheers!

-DRAB

So much wine.....so little time!!!

No theme, whatever floats your boat.

pyang - 2
Tunina - 2
Beaune-2-Rock - 2
Sociando-Dehlinger - 1
Whiner15 - 2
DJ Hombre - 1
Orlando - 2
Brian Miller - 2
ALotaFagina - 2
DRAB - 2

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pyang,
what about if we do:
wines from same year around the world,
or wines from same region,
or Wine Spectator top 10 wines from any vintage?

and if someone does not have one, he then bring any that he thinks is close to the theme.

Orlando

Actually it may be fun to bring what we think is going to make this year's WS Top 100.

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Will you bring the 01 Rieussec? or the 99 Fanti Brunello?

2001 Columbia Crest Two Vine Shiraz...

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If we do that, I think there will be more Reiussec and Clos Apalta than we will know what to do with!



So much wine.....so little time!!!

Just kidding....that sounds like a great idea.

So much wine.....so little time!!!

DRAB,

you weren't REALLY kidding , I was about to suggest that everyone was going to bring Clos Apalta if we did that. The one problem I would point out with this is that WS takes price and availability into account. Thus, many of the wines we are betting on simply aren't super-interesting. Nevertheless, this is an interesting proposition. Most of my best wines are limited production CA, Germans, or Italians from tiny producers, in fact, the only "interesting" wine I have that I would bet makes the WS top 40 is the 2001 Planeta Syrah. (Kumeu River Chard will be there, just like it is every year, but I'd prefer to bring something a little better than that.) But how about we bring wines that we think will be in the WS top 100, or wines we think are better/more interesting than the WS top 100 and talk about how stupid the WS top 100 is?

a

p.s. Of course, if others want to do predicted WS top 100 that is fine and I will happily bring 3 wines I predict will be there.

"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" -- W.C. Fields

Are you guys having trouble reading what I posted?

I wrote what's going to make Top 100, didn't write what's coming in at #1...

If we are talking about what's coming in #1, we may have to do an Iron Chef style dinner where the ingridient is foie gras.

Shoot, as many as four sauternes can finish in this year's Top 10, I am forecasting two, maybe three.

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soundsk inda boring... let's have an `80s Cal Cab theme instead. 1984-1987!

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I hope that WS does NOT place more that one Sautern in the top 10. That will be a disaster tasting in the next New York Wine Experience.

I propose that everyone:

BYOB

that meaning anything good and that you like to share with others because you know or think it may be interesting (something like Whiner15 idea).

Orlando