I actually miss most of you clowns.

Any interest in setting something up for early-mid May?

Brent

Count me in.
I'm unavailable most nights the week of the 21st, but good for the week before.
Any theme or venue?

I'm keen, but I'm also always tricky to lock in a date.

I'd be good for most days in May except for the first weekend.

quote:

Originally posted by DoktaP:
Count me in.
I'm unavailable most nights the week of the 21st, but good for the week before.
Any theme or venue?

The 21st it is then!

No theme, no venue yet. I just threw this out there to gauge interest.

I would say a Bordeaux theme or a French theme would be fun. But open to suggestions (yes Fut, 1 vote already for Italian ).

I guess the questions are....

1. Weekend or weekday?
2. Theme?
3. Location?
4. Small or large gathering?
5. Date? (Not the week of the 21st as DoktaP can't make it and it is also the week of May 24 weekend).

Ideas???

I'd prefer a week night in a downtown/central location, but as I said above, don't schedule anything around me.

I'd love to attend but the Carriedca's will be in NY City that weekend.

I will be in T.O from June 4-6th.

Baird:

Here are preferences (i.e. answers to your questions):
1. Weeknight works best (but a lot depends on the actual date)
2. Theme: 03 or all whites
3. Location: somplace central or in the 416 area code
4. I'm more of a medium kind of guy
5. Date: May 16th

Let me expand on the idea for the theme. The 2003 vintage was clearly affected by excessive heat (at least those wines coming from Europe). The few that I have tasted so far have been over-the-top, super extracted, but very good. As there are loads still on the shelves and more coming down the pike, it might be an interesting way to determine whether to buy more (after all, who apart from Baird will be available to afford the 05 Bordeaux?). All of these wines will be young, of course, but we'd be doing this in the name of science.

I should have been clearer... I meant any old world 03s - not just Bordeaux)

I can't make it May 16th, but I'm about to plan a business trip and will be there the first week in August. Looks like August 2nd for sure, maybe available August 3rd too.

We should definitely schedule offlines around the visits from both tanglenet and carriedca. As for the one at hand, May 16 does not work for me.

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Originally posted by Slan:
We should definitely schedule offlines around the visits from both tanglenet and carriedca. As for the one at hand, May 16 does not work for me.

Sounds great!

Just to add, although quite far in advance, I will be in T.O also from Sept.9-14.

I'm in depending on actual date.

As far as suggestions/preferences go...

When: Weeknight is always easiest for me. Alternatively, Friday often works.
Theme: South America/Africa (this might be a nice change from the usual emphasis on France, Italy and Oz)
Location: I'm flexible
Size: Medium (aka no pref)
Date: No Matter, as I don't think I'm travelling that month

Let me look at dates and post something in the next couple of days. I think a weekday offline may be the way to go.

BTW... I am avoiding carriedca as I owe him 60 bucks.

Baird

Are you looking after the venue too?

Offlines!!!!

Finally, someone is on the ball.

Happy to go with a 2003 theme; could be any 2003 in your cellar that you want to try and haven't had the opportunity to

What about doing flights? Depending on the number of people maybe three flights of wines - maybe some whites, some Bordeaux, something else, etc.

Until someone pegs down a date and venue, however, I'm unsure if I'll be able to attend, as I have a busy work schedule in May. Hope I'll be able to make it.

Is it an open invitation? :P

(Alright, I may be a young'n, but I can still raid the family cellars ...)

High everybody I have some great Italians some decent drinkable Bourdeax. I just moved right outside of Rochester and would like to come up. I love Toronto!

I actually have 2 bottles to bring into Canada from the States, fitting the 2003 Med profile.

2003 AVIGNONESI Vino Nobile di Montipulciano
2003 Fattoria del Cerro Vino`Nobile di Montipulciano

For 2003 these should be good wines to drink, considering the European Continents climate, especially Tuscany, very hot with so much fruit that if the vineyard didn't thin the excess, undisireable fruit and irrigate early the whole harvest/...wine products, flawed for the year. Only the best wineries practiced this approach, after a lousy 2002 year. Due to economics but that takes us to small vineyards and profitability/ wealth. The point is both
Fattoria del Cerro in Acquaviva and
AVIGONESI in Montipulciano proper are the highest quality vineyards that practice this method in years with this meteorological climate.

Sorry if I got to technical, but I really do love wine. I am mostly retired so most days are fine, of course that is subject to change depending on the strange consulting that I do.

So I was thinking about the Toronto visit and how I love Italians, I am going to try and get my hands on a bottle of Super Tuscan:
2003 FATTORIA PETROLO, GALATRONA (Merlot)
I always drink the TORRIONE which is Sangiovese and I am not a big Merlot guy but JS says"
This may be the pick of the vintage and scored it a 96.
Now I trust Suckling when in Italy and Bordeax, so he wouldn't let me down, on a Merlot, would he? Anybody know Parker's thoughts on the wine? I can get ahold of a bottle of this, 95% sure, Yet I still want to try some Sangiovese.

I think you should decant it for 6+ hours, since the bottle I tasted last year was hard as nails.

I'll supply and yeild to the Merlot experts on this because its just not my stand-alone grape. However I'll stay overnight in Toronto as I need to do some business there this Spring for a Northern Alberta client (damn those profitable oil sands!.)

Mission accomplished as far as an Italian Super Tuscan. I just acquired 2 bottles of

2003 Fattoria Petrolo Toscana GALATRONA I was able to get them dirty cheap through a wonderful merchant who does the buying at my fvorite NY wine store. Only $70 bucks and I was filling out a special order form as the truck rolled into the dock. The 2004, a JS 98, came for $80 bucks. If you love merlot from Italy, leave word ASAP and I could get you some.

ok,

if we do a 2003 any wine from anywhere in the world, I am willing to sacrifice......


2003 Domaine du Pegau Reservee

There, the gauntlet is thrown

take that

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Originally posted by maverickdrinker:
ok,

if we do a 2003 any wine from anywhere in the world, I am willing to sacrifice......


2003 Domaine du Pegau Reservee

There, the gauntlet is thrown

take that

OUCH ... I am humbled. Since I have a friend that would KILL to try that out, I'll up the ante if guests are allowed. Any wine from anywhere in the world, theme being 2003, I've got three that I bought on advice but haven't tried for myself. Seems as good an opportunity as any to open:

Pontet-Canet
Staglin Estate Cab.
Dominus
Clos Apalta

(OK, maybe not ALL of them ... but whatever anyone wants to try?)