Corkage 
Grape Puncher
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 | | 01-17-2006 09:34 PM |
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I'd like the attendees to be prepared to list say a half dozen to a dozen wines that they'd like to bring
TJ, you and Dave get final say, of course, but as a gesture of good faith, I think you should start things off with a dozen wines we can all vote on for you to bring  I'm not worried though, I think Yellowtail makes at least six wines, so that should get my list in under the wire.
But seriously, TJ, getting two people to match up single bottles of, say, Burgundy is a tall order. We probably should just let Mr Enthusiasm (aka JohnnyB) bring all the wine, and we can just bring real bottles he can use to replace the plonk from his cellar.
Johnny is out of plonk, we drank his Littorai Pinot and Saxum Syrah this weekend while running through some of the recipes. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
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| | 01-17-2006 10:20 PM |
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Fred
Wine Thief
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| | 01-17-2006 10:44 PM |
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Stop drinking all of the Littorai!
You tell em' TJ...I'm sure they'll listen to you! |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
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| | 01-18-2006 03:44 AM |
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Johnny is out of plonk, we drank his Littorai Pinot and Saxum Syrah this weekend while running through some of the recipes.
Oh dear. I almost brought my mag over early. I am glad it wasn't in drinking distance. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13773
| | 01-20-2006 10:00 PM |
| It is looking like we are starting to get heavy on reds. We do need some Pinots and some whites still.
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1475
| | 01-20-2006 10:56 PM |
| TJ pm'ed me and asked for some whites or some champagnes.... Since I don't know the menu, I figured I'd up the ante on the mystery. As such, here are some selections from my cellar (available in two bottles or magnums) that I have yet to taste:
2001 Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg Riesling Auslese Trocken "S" (Note: "trocken" means dry, i.e. not your typical auslese)
2003 JJ Christoffel Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spatlese
2003 Dom. Grand Veneur Chat.-du-Pape Blanc "La Fontaine"
2004 Dom. Weinbach Pinot Gris Cuvee Ste. Catherine
2004 Dom. Weinbach Riesling Cuvee Ste. Catherine
2004 Dom. Weinbach Riesling Cuvee Theo
Then some wine I know goes with lots of stuff:
2004 Donnhoff Riesling Nahe
NV Bollinger Brut
NV Billecart Salmon Brut
NV Billecart Salmon Brut Rose
NV Piper Heidsieck Brut (the January champagne of the month for all those who want to post notes but don't have any!!!)
And to round out an even dozen, I can bring a double bottle of... mystery wine (insert mysterious gremlin here).
Even if you aren't coming to Corkage's, please post if you have any info on how anything from the first group is drinking now. TIA!!! | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5772
| | 01-20-2006 11:37 PM |
| TJ, unless it is a closely guarded secret (and I would understand if it is), can you post the menu and the wines that people are proposing to bring. From reading the thread I can't tell who is bringing what or whether we have singletons that need matching, etc. | | | |
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Corkage
Grape Puncher
Posts: 975
| | 01-21-2006 04:47 AM |
| OK so people want to know what their hard earned $$ is buying. We are doing 4 courses..ahh..but each course will have have the same main ingredient prepared 2 ways. Most of the menu is new, but a couple of old favorites that most DC Cru folks have not not tasted will appear. And we will have amuse bouche. Without futher adieu:
FIRST COURSE
PAN SEARED LOBSTER TAIL & BUTTERNUT SQUASH RISOTTO
Goat Cheese and Fresh Sage
BLACK SQUID INK LOBSTER RAVIOLI
Roasted Pepper & Saffron Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
SECOND COURSE
SEARED PHEASANT BREAST
Sourdough Chestnut Dressing, Sour Cherry Reduction
BLUE CORN PANCAKE AND PHEASANT CONFIT
Wild Mushroom Cream, Mushroom Jus
THIRD COURSE ACHIOTE & CUMIN SPICED BRAISED RIB CAP
Bittersweet Chocolate Demi Glace
SEARED CENTER CUT MEDALLION OF PRIME RIB
Potato Puree, Rosemary Infused Red Wine Reduction
FOURTH COURSE
[2 desserts TBD; choclate and vanilla]
No cheese this time (again). But next time as the menu this time for 15 will be ambitious.
I'll throw in a couple of bottles of Kistler Chard or Aubert Ritchie or some white burg. Or a couple bottles of vintage bubbly to kick it off.
As always, first amuse down at 6PM, be ready to toast at 5:55 | | | |
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Corkage
Grape Puncher
Posts: 975
| | 01-21-2006 05:00 AM |
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I'd like the attendees to be prepared to list say a half dozen to a dozen wines that they'd like to bring
TJ, you and Dave get final say, of course, but as a gesture of good faith, I think you should start things off with a dozen wines we can all vote on for you to bring I'm not worried though, I think Yellowtail makes at least six wines, so that should get my list in under the wire.
But seriously, TJ, getting two people to match up single bottles of, say, Burgundy is a tall order. We probably should just let Mr Enthusiasm (aka JohnnyB) bring all the wine, and we can just bring real bottles he can use to replace the plonk from his cellar.
Johnny is out of plonk, we drank his Littorai Pinot and Saxum Syrah this weekend while running through some of the recipes.
BTW, that Littorai is really good sh!t. Also, everyone be on their best behavior as you will be meeting the future Mrs JohnnyB  | | | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5452
| | 01-21-2006 05:08 AM |
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BTW, that Littorai is really good sh!t. Also, everyone be on their best behavior as you will be meeting the future Mrs JohnnyB
Huh? Future Mrs. JohnnyB? I never thought I would see this. Congrats JohnnyB if this is so. | | | |
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Marty
Burleson, TX
Grape Sorter
Posts: 361
| | 01-21-2006 06:08 AM |
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Also, everyone be on their best behavior as you will be meeting the future Mrs JohnnyB
Can't make any promises. | | | "We are the Hokies!" | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5772
| | 01-21-2006 09:00 AM |
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Also, everyone be on their best behavior as you will be meeting the future Mrs JohnnyB
Can't make any promises.
Ditto. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1475
| | 01-21-2006 03:08 PM |
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OK so people want to know what their hard earned $$ is buying.
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Also, everyone be on their best behavior as you will be meeting the future Mrs JohnnyB
Gee, even my best behavior is nothing to write home about. Maybe I should drop off Rita and swing by for a doggie bag later in the evening. | | | |
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whiner
Second star to the right, and straight on till morning
Wine Thief
Posts: 2875
| | 01-21-2006 05:04 PM |
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TJ pm'ed me and asked for some whites or some champagnes.... Since I don't know the menu, I figured I'd up the ante on the mystery. As such, here are some selections from my cellar (available in two bottles or magnums) that I have yet to taste:
2001 Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg Riesling Auslese Trocken "S" (Note: "trocken" means dry, i.e. not your typical auslese)
2003 JJ Christoffel Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling Spatlese
2003 Dom. Grand Veneur Chat.-du-Pape Blanc "La Fontaine"
2004 Dom. Weinbach Pinot Gris Cuvee Ste. Catherine
2004 Dom. Weinbach Riesling Cuvee Ste. Catherine
2004 Dom. Weinbach Riesling Cuvee Theo
Then some wine I know goes with lots of stuff:
2004 Donnhoff Riesling Nahe
NV Bollinger Brut
NV Billecart Salmon Brut
NV Billecart Salmon Brut Rose
NV Piper Heidsieck Brut (the January champagne of the month for all those who want to post notes but don't have any!!!)
And to round out an even dozen, I can bring a double bottle of... mystery wine (insert mysterious gremlin here).
Even if you aren't coming to Corkage's, please post if you have any info on how anything from the first group is drinking now. TIA!!!
Ray,
The Christoffel is drinking well. Not out of this world, but well. Unless I've got '03 and '04 confused (which is always possible) the '04 vintage was incredibly ripe in Alsace so the Weinbachs are drinking slightly more like Zind Humbrechts. (If I've got the two vintages confused it might not be a problem as I'm referring to the vintage that was just released.) Not really mistakeable for a Z-H, not the sweetness, but still riper than you'd expect from a Weinbach. The Ste. Catherines are just better wines than the Theo. I'm a sucker for the Riesling, but have been for years (a sucker for the Ste. Catherine Riesling bottlings...esp the Schlossberg l'Inedit!) | | I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1475
| | 01-22-2006 01:24 AM |
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Or a couple bottles of vintage bubbly to kick it off.
What, you don't like my NV selections??? I'll add 1996 Bollinger and 1996 Lassalle Cuvee Angeline to my list. They should both be very good for kicking off with or for the lobster course.
So I am up to thirteen choices. I think that puts me in the lead | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5772
| | 01-22-2006 01:57 AM |
| Ray, it's about time that you threw some vintage stuff into the pot. I think that the 13 you've offered up is more than enough. Pick one to drop (don't even think about one of those vintage champagnes) and that way you'll only have to bring a single case. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1475
| | 01-22-2006 05:06 AM |
| No, no, no.... I am offering up two bottles of one choice, not one bottle of every choice  | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5772
| | 01-22-2006 12:52 PM |
| Rats. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 572
| | 01-23-2006 05:00 PM |
| Don't believe everything you read on the internet....although that does not apply to my earlier comment on bringing a strong zero. Corkage is the only one apparently who knew I wasn't kidding. If forced by you beggars I might be persuaded to bring some Littorai pinot. | | | |
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Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5772
| | 01-23-2006 05:12 PM |
| Sorry, no can do. Go back and reread TJ's post. We need some "loaminess" for that course. | | | |
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