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g-man wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:We have our tickets! Usual schedule... arrive Friday evening in time for dinner somewhere, leave Sunday late afternoon.

Are we set on the theme? Fonseca vertical, mostly supplied by g-man with the rest of us adopting/splitting cost?

how about we do these

55, 66, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85

since i have these immediately available on hand

Sound good to me! I'll have to check to be certain, but I think I could add a 1994 to that mix if we want something that young. It would also be nice to have a 1963 just to fill out the major years, and that would bring us to 9 bottles for 9 people.

Glenn E. wrote:

g-man wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:We have our tickets! Usual schedule... arrive Friday evening in time for dinner somewhere, leave Sunday late afternoon.

Are we set on the theme? Fonseca vertical, mostly supplied by g-man with the rest of us adopting/splitting cost?

how about we do these

55, 66, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85

since i have these immediately available on hand

Sound good to me! I'll have to check to be certain, but I think I could add a 1994 to that mix if we want something that young. It would also be nice to have a 1963 just to fill out the major years, and that would bring us to 9 bottles for 9 people.

Don't ship anything just yet -- I'm working out some availability questions, and if I can still attend then I'll be able to source some of our missing fonsecas.

SushiNorth wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:

g-man wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:We have our tickets! Usual schedule... arrive Friday evening in time for dinner somewhere, leave Sunday late afternoon.

Are we set on the theme? Fonseca vertical, mostly supplied by g-man with the rest of us adopting/splitting cost?

how about we do these

55, 66, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85

since i have these immediately available on hand

Sound good to me! I'll have to check to be certain, but I think I could add a 1994 to that mix if we want something that young. It would also be nice to have a 1963 just to fill out the major years, and that would bring us to 9 bottles for 9 people.

Don't ship anything just yet -- I'm working out some availability questions, and if I can still attend then I'll be able to source some of our missing fonsecas.

Roger roger.

i can easily bring eithe rhte 92 or the 94 if so choose so no need for shipping

we could drink one of your grahams stone terraces if we need

g-man wrote:i can easily bring eithe rhte 92 or the 94 if so choose so no need for shipping

Okay. We'll see how Sushi's situation works out, then decide how "young" we need to go to have a reasonable number of bottles.

G-man wrote:we could drink one of your grahams stone terraces if we need

Oh, I still plan to do that! Though we might have to move that to Friday night... if I can coax you out to dinner two nights in a row.

Sandy and Ruth will be available on Friday night as well, and we typically do a more casual dinner at some new restaurant we want to try. If we bring just a single bottle, I wouldn't even mind paying corkage if the restaurant insists.

There's an 83 Fonseca at WineBid---happy to try for that if you want. Jeff?

g-man wrote: how about we do these

55, 66, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85

since i have these immediately available on hand

I have a few 1985 Fonseca that cost me $69/bottle. If that price is advantageous for the group pls let me know and i will contribute it.

Miguel Simoes wrote:

g-man wrote: how about we do these

55, 66, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85

since i have these immediately available on hand

I have a few 1985 Fonseca that cost me $69/bottle. If that price is advantageous for the group pls let me know and i will contribute it.

okay, let me post my prices i got for the bottles above when i get home. I got most of them at fairly reasonable prices too
ie the 55' at much less than wine-searcher best of 465$

Hi. I too would like to adopt a bottle from someone UNLESS I just pay whatever $ contribution for the wine is determined.

John M wrote:There's an 83 Fonseca at WineBid---happy to try for that if you want. Jeff?

I have the 83, and could provide it whether i can attend or not.

Sorry for the delay as it's been busy !

here are the prices i paid

55- 285$
66- 250$
70 -140$
75 - 70$
77 - 140$
80 - 55$
85 - 70$

So assuming 10 people those wines would be 100$/person

we typically find a place that's 100$/person for food too.
(and btw, we need to start looking for places!)

let me know what you guys think

i think some of you have some of the bottles i have,

if you wish to contribute your bottle in place i'm sure i can do some math to work out the difference between what you would owe vs your contribution.

g-man wrote: 55- 285$
66- 250$
70 -140$
75 - 70$
77 - 140$
80 - 55$
85 - 70$

So assuming 10 people those wines would be 100$/person

we typically find a place that's 100$/person for food too.
(and btw, we need to start looking for places!)

let me know what you guys think

Seems like we need a 1960, 1963, and 1983 to get to 10 bottles for 10 people. I'd be content with that filled-in lineup.

I can help source (and ship to G-man) if needed. I can't really help with a restaurant... or if I did, we'd end up at one of the places we've gone before.

would brooklyn be out of the question?

g-man wrote: i think some of you have some of the bottles i have, if you wish to contribute your bottle in place i'm sure i can do some math to work out the difference between what you would owe vs your contribution.

I do have the 1985 but your price is similar. Logistics likely easier if less shipping involved. Will keep mine unless you are running low on 1985s, or else would prefer me to contribute mine for any reason.

Miguel Simoes wrote:

g-man wrote: i think some of you have some of the bottles i have, if you wish to contribute your bottle in place i'm sure i can do some math to work out the difference between what you would owe vs your contribution.

I do have the 1985 but your price is similar. Logistics likely easier if less shipping involved. Will keep mine unless you are running low on 1985s, or else would prefer me to contribute mine for any reason.

i have 4 cases

g-man wrote:

Miguel Simoes wrote:

g-man wrote: i think some of you have some of the bottles i have, if you wish to contribute your bottle in place i'm sure i can do some math to work out the difference between what you would owe vs your contribution.

I do have the 1985 but your price is similar. Logistics likely easier if less shipping involved. Will keep mine unless you are running low on 1985s, or else would prefer me to contribute mine for any reason.

i have 4 cases

Baller!

g-man wrote:would brooklyn be out of the question?

Umm. I would personally prefer Manhattan, but am open minded.

No luck with the likes of: Palm, Allison 18, Northsquare, Keens, etc? I would have voted for any of those, personally.

But it's gonna be great regardless.

As for bottles, I'm happy to adopt at Jeff's costs -- I think the prices seem reasonable, and they come with a guilt put option in the event they're all wrecked, and we'll pick up Jeff's check if they're all smashing!

woo woo woo

g-man wrote:would brooklyn be out of the question?

We, and Glenn, are staying in Brooklyn, so that would be ok with us, but in the city is fine, too.

Thanks for making all the arrangements.

g-man wrote:would brooklyn be out of the question?

Not at all. Kari and I, and Sandy and Ruth, will all be staying at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott.

Edit: oops, I see Sandy already said the same thing.

I prefer Manhattan--just easier for a West Jersey Boy---only option is bus from where I am. Thanks.

John M wrote:I prefer Manhattan--just easier for a West Jersey Boy---only option is bus from where I am. Thanks.

okay

if anybody knows any other suggestions they coudl throw it out that'd be great

our goto place unfortunately has a new gm and i'm trying to reach out to her.

there are a few other places but the space might be tight and on a saturday night extremely busy

the steakhouses are a bit on the pricier side at 125$/person so i'm trying to avoid them for now

Okay

Options in dining range
we might have a go at
http://www.fourseasons.com/newyork/dining/
but I'm negotiating with them right now. Having dined at this place, it's a nice wide open space and they ahve great stemware too.

there's also another option
125$/person (before tax/tip) and we're trying to work on the corkage.
at charly bird.
we can order a whole hog in that case if we give them a heads up.

i'm also going to set it at 6pm so those of us that need to get home and get home somewhat earlier and those around ny can sober up, get dressed and hit up the night life around the city afterwards

All of that sounds great to me, Jeff. Thanks for doing the leg work again!

A whole hog is a LOT of pork, though. Just how many people do you think we're going to have at this tasting???

yes, thank you for doing the leg work... from the wines to the logistics.
If you need help on Mar 8th getting things set up before 6pm let me know, should be able to work it!