Offline at Aussies - Lunch, July 30 | Wine Spectator Forums

aussieMember

KB and Birdungy - are you guys available for an offline? Bman is coming over to my place at 12.00pm on the 30th, and you're welcome with partners if you'd like. We were thinking of tasting some 2003 Alsace Gewurtz (in line with the TAA for July), though I'm not sure how many bottles we can manage - they can get a little over the top (may need to throw a few other varietals in for sanity). Let me know.

7/19/054:53 AM

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killerbMember

Aussie - thanks for the invite. It's on a Saturday and getting to London by 12:00 on a Saturday is proving slightly difficult ATM. Trains are not leaving Coventry station at the weekends. They are not arriving either. It becomes a bus terminus for all days beginning with the letter 'S' until mid September.

This is not a first refusal, just a guarded approach.

7/19/057:36 AM

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aussieMember

No worries KB - hope you and the mysterious lady B can make it.

7/19/059:33 AM

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bmanMember

It would be great to see you guys at Aussie's!

No time to say more, but that says it all anyways

7/20/0511:14 AM

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bmanMember

Bump...... in hopes of enticing KB or even the elusive BirDungy!

I'm not having much luck finding an Alsatian gewurtz that even the wine sellers can find anything nice to say about, so I've bought a 2003 from somewhere else. Cheating, I know, but who wants to drink wine the salesman can't sell?

7/26/0511:01 AM

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aussieMember

Understand completely bman - not easy to find the better wines of such a recent vintage. Is the 2003 you've bought still a gewurtz???

7/26/0511:05 AM

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bmanMember

It is indeed. Now that I've bought it, of course I am seeing 2003 Alsatians, but I think you will approve of my purchase nonetheless.

Still waiting, hopefully, to hear from KillerB et al.....

7/28/057:47 AM

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killerbMember

Aussie/bman, sorry , but will not be making it on Saturday. With the train/bus situation we would have to leave early. As both of us have had weeks from hell we would like to sleep and then do something else. Thanks fo rthe invite but will have to see you next week.

I could make it down during the week though for an evening. Obviously not too late but for a meet-up.

7/28/0510:17 AM

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aussieMember

No worries KB. I will be in Scotland next week, so catch up with you at BBR.

See you Saturday Bman - my dinner engagement that night is off, so we can have a leisurely lunch. Do you like wild Salmon??? Any other dietary requirements?

7/28/0510:53 AM

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bmanMember

Salmon sounds good, I like most things (unless they're gross of course!).

KillerB: what are the chances of you joining Stevie and I for a late lunch on Thursday August 4? We are meeting at my office in Grosvenor Square. I may be able to take that afternoon off, if so I will suggest a wine bar or BYO.

7/28/0512:12 PM

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killerbMember

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Originally posted by bman:
Salmon sounds good, I like most things (unless they're gross of course!).

KillerB: what are the chances of you joining Stevie and I for a late lunch on Thursday August 4? We are meeting at my office in Grosvenor Square. I may be able to take that afternoon off, if so I will suggest a wine bar or BYO.

Sounds good - I could probably make that. It's my brother's birthday but I think he will be cowering in a zoo on Jersey.

7/28/0512:34 PM

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bmanMember

Excellent! I'm at number 1, Grosvenor Square. Bring some believable ID or you might be shot!

7/28/051:00 PM

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steviecageMember

Woohoo! Would be great should you be able to join us, KillerB! I'll bring an nice bottle with me, just in case you do have the afternoon off, bman...

7/28/051:04 PM

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bmanMember

Just a short thank you to Aussie and Mrs. Aussie (currently swanning around Scotland) for a fabulous all-afternoon lunch and gabfest on Saturday.

Aussie is one hell of a chef!

TNs to follow.

8/1/0512:13 PM

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killerbMember

Shame I couldn't make it. Well, I could but I would have been asleep after one glass. I had this deep-rooted suspicion that the Aussies would be good hosts. It's one of the fiendish Antipodean plots to put you off your guard.

8/1/051:21 PM

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killerbMember

I've just been rooting around in the depths of the cellar (OK behind the bed). Having pulled one of nmy quadraceps in process I finally found what I was looking for. I will double decant it on Thursday morning.

Clue 1 - it could have been at a previous Dutch off-line.

Clue 2 - it will be infanticide.

8/2/053:20 PM

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steviecageMember

Kopke '94 VP?

8/2/055:19 PM

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killerbMember

No - never promised that one, did I? I thought you had more of that stuff over there.

8/2/055:40 PM

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ronnierootsMember

KillerB and Bman: please be gentle with Stevie this afternoon... I may have wasted him yesterday with too much wine and not enough sleep...

8/4/055:47 AM

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tyeeMember

quote:
KillerB and Bman: please be gentle with Stevie this afternoon... I may have wasted him yesterday with too much wine and not enough sleep...

Ronnie,
I think they call that... Rode Hard and put away Wet!

8/4/051:15 PM

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ronnierootsMember

8/4/055:35 PM

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killerbMember

A thoroughly pleasant afternoon was had by all. Stevie was in a reasonable state when we met him. Letting him loose to find his own way to Stanstead, now that's a different matter.

8/4/056:07 PM

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