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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 11:23:48 AM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 12:07:18 PM   
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2003 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=191006

2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=373992

I don't wanna be comatose with more than 2 bottles under the belt

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 12:10:36 PM   
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I'll be tasting two:
2003 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=191006

2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=373992

I don't wanna be comatose with more than 2 bottles under the belt


Nobody said you have to drink the entire bottle Serge. 

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:03:33 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:04:54 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Serge Birbrair

I'll be tasting two:
2003 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=191006

2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=373992

I don't wanna be comatose with more than 2 bottles under the belt


Nobody said you have to drink the entire bottle Serge. 



In our household everything opened is finished the same night, I thought you knew the house rules
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:05:45 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:07:25 PM   
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Wait, did I miss something?  Why am I only tasting 1 wine? 

I can pretty easily get the all four wines.  Rob, they have the 05 Drouhin for $39 at the Wine Stop in Burlingame.  www.thewinestop.com  I can pick one up for you if you want.


Well, only 1 of the wines you voted for made it to the final 4, so hence my assumption. But I am glad you can get more...

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:10:42 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Serge Birbrair

I'll be tasting two:
2003 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=191006

2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=373992

I don't wanna be comatose with more than 2 bottles under the belt


Folks, remember that the drinking window is from Friday through Sunday. You don't need to taste everything during the 3-hour "live" session.

I plan to open the Langhe on Friday, and then the Pinot early on Saturday. The other two will be in the decanter until the "live" event. Whatever is left after the live event goes back into the bottle for a final evaluation on Sunday. Tasting Notes will come on Monday as agreed.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:12:50 PM   
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Any thoughts about how you want to do the live event?  Conference text chat via Skype?


Skype is a good option if everyone agrees to it. I know nothing about chat rooms. If nothing else works, a thread in the forum under constant refreshing gives approximately the same functionality.

Byt Skype would probably be the best if everyone has it.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:14:21 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:18:50 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Maestro


Well, only 1 of the wines you voted for made it to the final 4, so hence my assumption. But I am glad you can get more...


Got it!  I didn't make my picks based on availability...so that was my bad. 

Good news that it all worked out for the best in the end!



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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 2:34:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Maestro


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ORIGINAL: RoundersRob

Any thoughts about how you want to do the live event?  Conference text chat via Skype?


Skype is a good option if everyone agrees to it. I know nothing about chat rooms. If nothing else works, a thread in the forum under constant refreshing gives approximately the same functionality.

Byt Skype would probably be the best if everyone has it.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 3:10:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		I was able to find the Domaine Drouhin locally at Spec's in Houston.  I believe they ship to reciprocal states, but you will have to be careful, our summers are brutal on wine shipments.
I went to KL for the Italians, I will have them shipped aire
JJ Buckley still has a few bottles for the Casa Lapostolle left for $49.99, Spec's has the 2004 (for $69, ouch)

Looking forward to trying all of them.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 3:44:16 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 4:21:31 PM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Fun! I 'pinned' this thread to the top so hopefully more will see.


Eric, will you drink with us or would you rather Manlin around?

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/10/2008 7:31:41 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 1:09:19 AM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 2:50:30 AM   
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Is there a special prize for greatest effort to get all four wines?



As John Madden might have put it: "if you put a lot of effort into finding the four wines... and if you get them, then you... you... you get to drink all the wines in the tasting... and boom!... you're drunk".

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 7:23:40 AM   
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Domaine Drouhin Willamette Valley Pinot Noir ?
But I could only get a 2006 of that (haven't seen the label, hence the query).
Cheers,
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 7:26:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Looks like it?  Have you tried Theatre of Wines.  They deliver anywhere for 10 pounds and have the
2006 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo as well so not too bad a deal.

I doubt I'm going to be able to meet up in person though.  Think leaving the wife with the in-laws on the first night will put a little dampner on the rest of the holiday!

Wrighty

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 7:51:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ah that's right a non-drinking wife if I remember Wrightly.
Seem to be a few around - not mine!
Another day perhaps.
L.

PS  Two of my best Chinese (HK and Taiwan) friends are keener on the stuff than me!!!


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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 12:56:03 PM   
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Looks like it?  Have you tried Theatre of Wines.  They deliver anywhere for 10 pounds and have the
2006 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo as well so not too bad a deal.

I doubt I'm going to be able to meet up in person though.  Think leaving the wife with the in-laws on the first night will put a little dampner on the rest of the holiday!

Wrighty


Poor Wrighty,

Just to make you jealous when I got home tonight my wife was literally begging me to crack open the first bottle.  'Allez, allez, come on come on, I need booze' she was screaming. 

Fear not, there is always Swindon in 2 weeks.  We can drown your sorrows.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 1:00:42 PM   
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If you didn't catch my post in the other thread, I was hoping to find out the poll results to include maybe #4 & #5 in the tasting.  Perhaps unofficially, we could include a couple of extra wines for those of us that did not secure #1-3. 

Also, was there any answer on how this could all get posted to a common event page? 

Thanks for all your time and acting as "moderator" -  this might be worthy of repeating once in awhile, as your original idea suggests

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 2:27:35 PM   
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Maestro,

If you didn't catch my post in the other thread, I was hoping to find out the poll results to include maybe #4 & #5 in the tasting.  Perhaps unofficially, we could include a couple of extra wines for those of us that did not secure #1-3. 

Also, was there any answer on how this could all get posted to a common event page? 

Thanks for all your time and acting as "moderator" -  this might be worthy of repeating once in awhile, as your original idea suggests


Fingers,

You will notice that I already commited to opening 4 instead of 3 wines to give more people the ability to taste two or more wines. They are:

2003 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=191006
2003 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=441024
2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=373992
2006 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=508458

As for the #5 and #6 in the vote, they were the 2005 Peter Lehmann Shiraz and the 2004 Les Cailloux (Lucien et Andre Brunel) Chateauneuf-du-Pape. But I myself am not planing on opening these wines during the tasting.

Eric has not replied with info as to whether a single event could hold all the TNs, but looking at the way the event functionality seem to work in CT it does not look like it is currently possible, so it looks like each one of us will need to create their own event.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 2:49:28 PM   
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I don't know which you were having trouble getting ahold of, but if this helps, Wine Exchange in Orange (www.winex.com) has the Drouhin and the Clos Apalta, and you can get the two Italians at www.klwines.com.  They are based in Northern CA (with a store in Hollywood, if you want to brave the freeways), so it shouldn't be too much for shipping.

Otherwise, as Maestro said, many people are just tasting the ones that are easiest to get ahold of.

Ooops...just saw Fingers post in the "what did you buy this week?" thread.  Looks lik eyou are way ahead of me on winex's inventory.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/11/2008 9:54:08 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/12/2008 5:29:12 AM   
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It is the French influence in this house - if there is not a bottle of cava or champagne open by 11 my wife is demanding an explanation.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/12/2008 5:47:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		All wines we chose are young and -- with the possible exception of the Pinot Noir from Oregon, which I don't know -- will resist oxidation for a long while after opened. If you put them back in the bottle, re-cork them, and put them in the fridge, I'd be surprised if these wines would not drink well for 3 days.

My Friday dinner will feature the Nebbiolo. (I will save some of the Nebbiolo for Saturday too). On Saturay I will open the three remaining wines early, as they all need air. Our lunch will feature the Pinot, and the Dinner will feature the Chilean. When the "live" event starts I will re-taste those three and advance into the Brunello. All that is left goes back into the bottles and in the fridge for a final evaluation on Sunday.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/12/2008 5:52:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		I like the thinking behind the wine selection.  Just got my Drouhin and the Nebbiolo from Theatre of Wine in Greenwich - now I just need to keep my filthy hands off it.  I explained to the guys in the shop what was going on with the tasting and they were very interested - thought it was a good idea.

For those of you UK based people that are doing this, have you found anywhere in central london that sells the Clos Apalta?

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 7/12/2008 7:37:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Shouldn't we all do the same things with the wines re serving.
If someone decants 6 hours earlier and someone else pops it in the fridge to cool down and then drinks straight away it's going to taste different.
What about you recommend a preferred technique.
I've still got to find the wines.
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