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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 8/12/2008 2:47:04 AM   
Maestro

 

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ORIGINAL: cgrimes

Maestro,
Can you reiterate when and how you will be communicating for the tasting.  It is unlikely that I will be able to partake in the talk but I'll try to get away for a time if possible.  We will be staying with some friends for the weekend and I insisted on bringing the wine.  Little did they know that they would be participating in an historical event.  Craig


For the live event (Saturday, August 16th).
1) I am now on Skype under the ID "maestro_ct".
2) Search for "maestro_ct" and ask to add me as a contact (make sure to send your details to me when you do that -- it is the default behavior of adding a contact anyway).
3) I will build the contact list using that ID, as people add me as a contact.
4) On Saturday, from 11am PT (2pm ET; 7pm UK; 8pm CET) I will open a chat conference with everyone who has added me as a contact. Between 11am and 11:30am I will be adding anyone that goes online.
5) At 11:30am PT (2:30pm ET; 7:30pm UK; 8:30pm CET) we start tasting.
6) Anyone left behind just send me a message on Skype and I will add you to the conference.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 16-18 - 8/14/2008 2:41:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		A reminder that the drinking window starts tomorrow, and that the live event is on Saturday (see previous posting).


< Message edited by Maestro -- 8/15/2008 1:15:58 PM >

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 1:15:10 PM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		The tasting window is now open!!

Remember:

The drinking window: from Friday, August 15th, until Sunday, August 17th.

The "real time event": Saturday, August 16th, from 11:30am until 3pm, Pacific Time (8:30pm-12:00am CET)

The wines: 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

I will be opening all 4 bottles. But anyone can participate from one wine and up...

The Tasting Notes: Should be posted on CT from Monday, August 19th, 9am PT (no TN posting before that, please!)



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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 1:22:23 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 1:32:08 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 1:36:13 PM   
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Status: online 		I leave tomorrow afternoon for a conference in Copenhagen so I'm "forced" to open both my bottles tonight. Decanting mere yards away from as I type this are the Produtorri and the Brunello.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 2:54:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its gonna be the Langhe tonight!!!  Ahh, Nebbiolo on  a Friday evening.  What could be better?

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 5:12:47 PM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Ah... time to drink up my one and only bottle, the over-priced Domaine Drouhin .

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 5:57:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Paul S

Ah... time to drink up my one and only bottle, the over-priced Domaine Drouhin .


I had it tonight and....naaahhhhhh, I won't tell you, but...
in one word:
Yum!

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 8:26:03 PM   
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[img]http://winetalk.com/gallery/craig.jpg[/img]

Here is the first picture from the weekend's festivities--thanks to Serge and his technical abilities.  No, that is not zippz with me...


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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 9:16:46 PM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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ORIGINAL: cgrimes




Here is the first picture from the weekend's festivities--thanks to Serge and his technical abilities.  No, that is not zippz with me...




Craig,  I fixed yours a bit , using my technical abilities
:)

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 9:24:14 PM   
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I never noticed how much my daughter was enjoying the wine.  No wonder she slept so well that night...

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 9:26:47 PM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Status: online 		Before it get all lost in TN's I wanna thank Maestro for coming with one heck of an idea!

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/15/2008 9:58:41 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Serge Birbrair

Before it get all lost in TN's I wanna thank Maestro for coming with one heck of an idea!


I'll second that.  Thanks Maestro!

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 12:36:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hear hear.  Great idea for this tasting.  Had the Langhe last night.  Drouhin tonight.  The decanter is going to get a good work out this weekend.



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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 1:15:26 AM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		You're all welcome -- thanks for joining the tasting.

Had a taste of the Langhe last night and consumed the Drouhin, apart from a glass or two that were saved for tonight's live event.

It will be interesting to compare TNs, but the fun is in the tasting and knowing that a bunch of people all over the world are opening the same wines.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 2:12:02 AM   
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Status: online 		except those of us without access to those wines. Next time at least one wine available in Finland please! 

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 7:33:38 AM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		The 4 wines are showing really well. They were chosen based on the criterion of availability, but for those of us opening 3 or 4 bottles it is turning out to be quite a feast...

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 7:50:42 AM   
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ORIGINAL: NiklasW

except those of us without access to those wines. Next time at least one wine available in Finland please! 


Niklas, so you dont feel left out why dont you post with us but tell us what you had - a kind of secondary on-line tasting.  Just make sure you open some good stuff.



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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 8:00:17 AM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		I am already on Skype for those of you who want to do it:

For the live event (Saturday, August 16th).
1) I am now on Skype under the ID "maestro_ct".
2) Search for "maestro_ct" and ask to add me as a contact (make sure to send your details to me when you do that -- it is the default behavior of adding a contact anyway).
3) I will build the contact list using that ID, as people add me as a contact.
4) On Saturday, from 11am PT (2pm ET; 7pm UK; 8pm CET) I will open a chat conference with everyone who has added me as a contact. Between 11am and 11:30am I will be adding anyone that goes online.
5) At 11:30am PT (2:30pm ET; 7:30pm UK; 8:30pm CET) we start tasting.
6) Anyone left behind just send me a message on Skype and I will add you to the conference.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 10:11:05 AM   
Paul S

 

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Status: offline 		Just want to chime in with my thanks for Maestro as well. We may have a world's first here.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 10:43:49 AM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks to all... And please join in on Skype. Quite a few people there already...


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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 11:10:45 AM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 1:00:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's definitely very cool to be drinking the same wines, at the same time, as other people all over the world and chatting about them all live.  Very cool.  We must do this again soon.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 1:01:36 PM   
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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 1:13:55 PM   
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Status: online 		Indeed and next time I'll get the wines as well...

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 2:19:45 PM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		Thank you all for joining and especially to those who joined the live event. I will try to post a selection of the "best moments" of the chat tomorrow...

The 4 wines showed very well... Looking forward to the TNs on Monday (try to create events as well, if you can).

Now we need someone to host the next event in October...

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 2:40:27 PM   
Serge Birbrair

 

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Now we need someone to host the next event in October...


No we don't. You organised one PERFECT event,
great wines selections, and if this is not too much bother, I nominate you for the permanent host position.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/16/2008 4:21:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		I second Serge's opinion.  I have only been able to try two of the wines so far because of work interruptions, but both them showed far better than I expected.   I would love to have Maestro make the next set of selections.

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RE: Virtual Community Tasting Event -- August 15-17 - 8/17/2008 7:17:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Amen to that. How do we want to go about with the Tasting Notes by the way? Shall we post them here?

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