Denver.

I would, but I'll be out of town 26-28. I might be interested in something at the tail end of your visit. If you happen to get in on the 25th, there is a tasting of Colorado medal-winning wines at the Governor's residence 6-9 pm. Good way to try some local wines that you might not otherwise!

I'm in. Don't know which venue. Not sure we're prepared to put together an in-house, currently in middle of several house maintenance projects.

Let me know if anything gets planned for a Denver offline. I might be able to convince my wife to let a few people over to our place if a venue isn't found. We don't have a lot of space but could do 6-8 people.

BTW, the tasting at the Governor's Residence was a great event! Anyone in Denver should look forward to it next year. What a beautiful venue!

'Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I'd be happy to join in if there's still room. Is this going to happen?

Bad news for me. My Denver friend whom I was driving out to see, informed me last night that he has a family resposibility which is taking him away from Denver and to Indiana this weekend. My girlfriend and I have, as a result, called off our plans for driving out to Denver this weekend. We had also talked about Sept 10th w.e. but it sounds like my bud is going to be away then as well.

Roentgen Ray, thanks for the update. I'm not sure there is an event coordinator for this event.

I'm going to be back in Denver the time period of Nov 5-14th. Are there any times in that period that works out for a little Off-Line? We can do weekends or mid-week whatever best fits everyone's schedule. Stickman, what nights works best for you? Let's think poss ibilities!

I think Nov 5 or 6 will work for us.

I can make either work. Any ideas? If we can get Stickman off talking Ohio State football for just a little bit, maybe we'll see what works for him!

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If we can get Stickman off talking Ohio State football for just a little bit, maybe we'll see what works for him!

Hey, I was provoked! Tee-hee. I can stop anytime I want... really... see? - here I am.

Okay, for me:
5th = right out
6th = I can participate minimally
7th = big performance in the afternoon; I could do something that night
12th = pretty good
13th = I've got a performance with Brandi Carlile; there's been talk about doing something around a symphony concert, but it's died a rapid death a couple times now; maybe this is better, depending on musical tastes
14th = really good for me

Alright? I hope I can participate this time, since I've had to miss a few in the recent past.

Waiting for davec to respond. Any of your dates work for me. I think doing the symphony thing on the 13th sounds fun.

Where is the rest of the Denver crew?

We're available Nov 5, 6 or 14.

I'm seeing Sunday Nov 14th as being the best date possible. With Stickman's approval, let's say it's a go.

Now to the fun stuff! What would we like to do? Davec; Throw us a good suggestion for theme or wines? I'm getting thirsty already!

Maybe a little late grillin with some feisty syrahs/zins, or a bit of multiple tizers with different wines to enjoy! Some one wake up Sacred Cow, it's not tax season, and Dave and Rose.

My potential themes are few. In our cellar we have 2 copies of a mixed case of "cheap" 2000 Bordeaux, and 1 mixed case of moderately cheap, maybe three or four bottles of zin and chardonnay, more merlot and cab franc, even more syrah and petite sirah, and much much more cab.

We know a couple that we could invite, that we are regular drinking buddies with, and he is a huge Bordeaux fan, and they both like zins. They even went to zap.

On the cab front, we've suggested to this couple that we do something like a To Kalon horizontal comparison, but our To Kalons are still all too young. We could also do something like a Mnt Veeder, Spring Mountain, Howell Mountain, or ... horizontal.

I might be able to Nov. 14.

I have CA cabs, Bdxs, zins, whatever works best. Not long on To Kalon however.

Our To Kalon are not ready yet. We currently have about 20% 90's wines and the rest are 00's wines. 80% Napa Valley, 5% Washington and So Cal each, 10% other. We can only do late afternoon or evening on the 14th.

I think late afternoon would work out best. Should work with Stickman also. He can pen in.
Does that work OK with you also Ron? Would love to meet you and have you there.

Where should we have it? Anyone want to volunteer their humble obode, or perhaps the Stickman can make us an alternative offer for location.

I would offer up my place. However, as we live in a small condo with proper seating for not much more than 8, I don't foresee that working.

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Anyone want to volunteer their humble abode...

Only my wife can volunteer our place.

Any further movement along this front?

Hopefully Stickman can offer us an alternative. I'll send him a text if he doesn't respond soon.

It is official. We have too much going on that weekend to host. We are busy until about 4:00 as it is.

I'll text Stickman and see what he can do. Surprised he hasn't read thread so far.

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I'll text Stickman and see what he can do. Surprised he hasn't read thread so far.

'Sorry, just distracted by the college football thread. I'm pretty sure I can provide a place to meet for a small party - no more than 8 or so. Everyone who's interested can email me at scotteoneil at yahoo, and I can explain the circumstances and particulars. 'Hope y'all are still game.

Stickman, et.al;

I'll be there. Hope everyone is getting in contact with the Stickman!

What's the head count so far for the event? should we start putting up what we might be bringing? Was the decision made on the theme?

So far, I've received no responses at my email address. Please post here in the case that you believe that I've missed your communication. Otherwise it's just Sandy and me... again. :-\ (Nothing personal, Sandy. You know I'd be happy to open a bottle with you anytime. )

We have two that can attend after 4:00. We know another couple that may be interested, but they are not WS members. I emailed scotteoneil at yahoo dot com on 10/16, and it didn't bounce, I don't know where it went.

I might be able to attend. Is there a finalized date/time? Theme?

I think davec wanted to do Bdx/ Cali cabs, which is OK with Stickman and me. We had thought maybe zin and syrahs but will go with the flow. Davec can chime in with what he wants to do and we'll do it.

It's not that we must do Bdx or Cali Cabs, it's just what we have better selections of. Most of our Bdx are budget 2000s, and we have a variety of Cabs. We have a pretty good Syrah selction and do have some Merlot and Petite Sirah, but our selections are much slimmer. We have even less Pinot and Zin, because we don't drink them often and they're not our favorites. We do have some good Zin, Vincent Arroyo, but it's probably good to us because it doesn't taste like Zin.

My selection is greatest in Cali Cab and then Syrah. That's not saying much with my 120 or so bottles. I tend to keep an eclectic selection; Colorado, Greece, Lebanon, China, etc... I'm game for anything, though.

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Let's go with the Bdx/ CA cab theme. Works fine for me. What's everyone thinking about bringing?

Let's plan on around 5 p.m. on the 14th if that all works well with Stickman. Is that too early davec?

Please start putting up a head count so Stickman will know what to plan for. Also please plan on bringing your own stemware. I don't think Stickman can accomodate everyone with glasses.

Looking forward to meeting some new wine lovers with this group!

We'll be home around 4:15, and we live near Parker. Where are we headed to arrive at 5:00? Do we have a price range? We can do: < $50, $50-$100, > $100 (except with Bdx). For Cali Cab, we have valley & mountain vineyards, a couple twenty somethings, some teenagers, and many preteens.

Do we have room for another two? Our friends, at least the husband would like to attend. His wife has a slight drinking problem, she thinks we spend too much time drinking and discussing wine. If they can make it, this would be part of an intervention.

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We will be Downtown Denver. Should be no problem bringing your two guests. If we need to bounce the time t0 5:30-6 that shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise we'll stick to 5 ish and arrive as you can.

Stickman and I are looking at doing this a little different than other Off-Lines. We'll head out and pick up some food together downtown and bring it back in. Bring whatever wine you would like to share. The budget will be moderate in that the pricing will depend upon the food we opt to pick up together.

I'm looking at bringing some 97 CA cabs. Probably a couple, although depending upon what others do, I may bring a nice chard to do as a warm up while everyone arrives. Again, I'll wait and see what others would like to bring.

Stickman is offering us a lot of flexibility downtown, so we can be very creative. Throw out some ideas and wines you would like to bring. We enjoy sharing and experiencing new wines regardless of origin.

After looking through my stash, I realize that I have a few more Cabs than I thought with most in the $20-60 range. I'd like to bring a ringer or two (non-Cali/Bordeaux but still Cab-based). For Cali, I could bring 03 Napanook, 02 KJ single-vineyard, 06 StellaGrey, 06 Derenoncourt (Lake County) or 07 Drinkward Peschon.

Our friends are interested. Do we bring a bottle per person, or per couple?

For diversity sake, why don't you have your friends bring 1 bottle and you and your wife bring 2. Any left overs you can always take home.

So let's do a quick head count:

Stickman - 2
Sandy - 1
Davec - 4
Ron Burgundy - ?

I might bring a friend depending upon final headcount. Any other Denver, and greater CO wine lovers interested in coming?

Ron: Ringers are always fun, so be creative! We should start throwing up wine possibilites also that we might bring. I looking at 1997 Heitz Trailside Select. Might bring two depending upon final headcount.