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ok-so i didn't make it to charleston - 9/27/2013 8:45:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Found out about this gig too late to make plans. Will try to hook up next year.

In the mean time need something to eliminate the envy and sooth the pain of disappointment.

So, can't we nor' easters do something comparable and without having to take six months to plan?

Someone propose a venue within 50 miles of nyc and let's run with it.

The theme is highest and lowest qpr's from your cellar. The lower you go the better.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 9:10:51 AM   
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Minimum retail value- $50.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 9:37:57 AM   
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I see your $50 minimum retail value and raise it to $100. There are a number of venues in NYC where we can make it happen.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 10:05:56 AM   
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I see your $50 minimum retail value and raise it to $100. There are a number of venues in NYC where we can make it happen.



We could be talked into that..... +1 on the $100 - the $50 won't get you anywhere near Charleston (truthfully - not sure $100 will ether for a lot of the wines, but it's a start)....

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 10:15:25 AM   
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We could be talked into that..... +1 on the $100 - the $50 won't get you anywhere near Charleston (truthfully - not sure $100 will ether for a lot of the wines, but it's a start)....

Haha ... Precisely. The bar has already been set. Either go big or stay home

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 11:01:47 AM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 11:16:04 AM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 11:38:21 AM   
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I see your raise and check. Amongst the Charleston pictures, I saw a domain carneros. I enjoy this product very much even though price is below the bar.


Fair enough - wines outside of the official tastings were not held to the same level and we actually drank some sub-$50 ones that were pretty good. I think too it depended on the flight - Washington and Italian were generally closer to that $100 QPR whereas Cali cabs and the final night were mostly more like 2x+.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 11:43:33 AM   
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I see your raise and check. Amongst the Charleston pictures, I saw a domain carneros. I enjoy this product very much even though price is below the bar.


I was in Charleston and no Domain Carneros, though they are my favorite domestic sparkler. I would love to have some kind of event like this semi-locally, but its hard to make the 6 hour journey for one dinner. Especially now that my SIL, moved from Chatham, NJ back to the Rochester area.

I am one for fairly simple food with extra-ordinary wines. Charleston is very expensive on all fronts. Dinners were a C note a piece plus tax and gratuity, lodging was over $200 per night, and well the wine was more than the fuel, lodging and the food, but it was a really great event, and serious memories have been made both years.

If the weather is right, I would love to come down. Scott really worked his butt off, getting all the details in line. that's why these events were so pre-planned.

-Dave

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 11:44:54 AM   
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After that, we go after Bordeaux vs. Burgundy competition in London (anyone got any 99 point 20 year-old first growths they can bring?)


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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 12:05:10 PM   
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We can start off by trying to rival the Charleston off-line (still pretty ambitious....).

After that, we go after Bordeaux vs. Burgundy competition in London (anyone got any 99 point 20 year-old first growths they can bring?)



No, but if we did a Burg vs. Bordeaux, I do have some really good bottles from either side of the aisle. Charleston was much about excess, while remaining somewhat civilized. The Burg vs. Bordeaux is probably very doable if we could stick to classified Bordeaux and premier cru or higher levels of Burgundy.

For all of the meals in C-town, I am more of a Peking Duck House type of guy. I don't need super gastronomic foods at every meal, but there are some good vintages that aren't 20 years old that we could be drinking. 2001 is still going strong and 2003 is starting to take shape quite well, as is 2004. All at reasonable prices. I also have some Burgs 1er cru with some age, from 1996 and 2001, under the $50 line. Plenty of great domestic stuff and lots of good sparklers, dessert wines...

I think this could happen if we did an 2 overnights, with a decent later evening meal, and then an afternoon venue, which if we stay at a common hotel, we should be able to get a small meeting room to house an afternoon tasting. If not, we go to a restaurant BYOB, for Lunch. Another later dinner 7pm-ish and then call it a weekend and a good start. just my$.02 Its coordinating everybody's crazy schedules that is the real killer here.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 12:21:21 PM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 1:22:27 PM   
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One bottle 1970 leoville Las cases and

One bottle 1990 pichon lalande.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 9/27/2013 1:40:51 PM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 6:50:37 AM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 6:58:05 AM   
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Pres. day weekend sounds good to me.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 9:25:00 AM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 12:45:21 PM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 1:05:10 PM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 1:08:33 PM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 5:13:48 PM   
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For us if it's going to be multi-day then a long weekend tends to work better.

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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 6:35:26 PM   
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RE: ok-so i didn't make it to charlston - 10/7/2013 8:12:00 PM   
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HRH and I would love to come but we have a gig that Saturday

We can always plan another offline whenever you decide to come up to NYC or schedule to another date.

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