travelrep
Northern Virginia
Barrel Filler
Posts:1105
 | | 05/17/2005 12:58 PM |
| TJ:
Do we want to go back to a restaurant where we just were??? See you around noon, by the way...
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 05/17/2005 1:14 PM |
| Hey, I am still not 100% official for this so I really should have no say. But I gotta tell ya, Corduroy was pretty fine.
Your call dude. And yeah, see you at noon! | |
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AlexRed
Northern VA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1357
| | 05/17/2005 3:27 PM |
| | corduroy was tasty, but i haven't been to Equinox.... so that sounds good to me... | | | |
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dinwiddie
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2178
| | 05/17/2005 3:34 PM |
| Quote:
Hey, I am still not 100% official for this so I really should have no say. But I gotta tell ya, Corduroy was pretty fine.
But we were just at Corduroy. It's a little soon to repeat. But it sure was fine. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2042
| | 05/17/2005 3:48 PM |
| Update (I think). This looks to be a great group.
T-Rep and Mrs. T-Rep
David Z and Mrs. David Z
Fred
Gary and Kathy
Juggernt and the Rocket Scientist
VerMagnussen and Mrs. VM
LRHF97 and Mrs. LRHF97
Purple Haze
Corkage and Mrs. Corkage
Raybanz and Mrs. Raybanz
Doc_ and Mrs. Doc_
Total 20
Probable
Dinwiddie
T J
Not able to attend
Jaimetown
Not sure
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dinwiddie
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2178
| | 05/17/2005 5:39 PM |
| | Cange me from probable to very probable. And I can bring the WesMar to Corkage and Raybanz | | | |
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AlexRed
Northern VA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1357
| | 05/17/2005 7:01 PM |
| | hey david Z, can you bring my harris? | | | |
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Fred
Wine Thief
Posts:2673
| | 05/17/2005 7:12 PM |
| | Equinox is good with me. I haven't been there since my first VC dinner. With this many people I think a meeting with management to go over the food, stemware and ancilliary items should probably be had. I would also like to propose that we do a little reception before hand at Equinox maybe Champagne? That way everyone can talk catch up before sitting down at their tables. | |
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Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2899
| | 05/17/2005 9:37 PM |
| | Lrhf97, you bet. T-Rep, put me down for 2 Harris Estates. Or did you mean something different? | | | |
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AlexRed
Northern VA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1357
| | 05/17/2005 9:53 PM |
| | no. hahah. i meant bring them for me to take home... ahahah. i am still figureing out what to bring.... | | | |
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travelrep
Northern Virginia
Barrel Filler
Posts:1105
| | 05/17/2005 10:37 PM |
| Update time from me as well...
I left it off with Equinox that I'd give them a call to discuss theme, menu, corkage, price, etc...I'm off to Orlando tomorrow morning for a two day meeting and back on Thursday evening, so it won't probably happen until Friday or possibly tonight if I can get to it.
One alternative to Equinox however...Corkage and I have been going back and forth about his suggestion...Restaurant Kolumbia...located at 1801 K Street, NW in DC. This is the restaurant where Corkage had tempted us with his and his friend Brian's culinary skills in the special offline that was discussed some months ago. The restaurant is described as Modern American/Fusion in style and the chef is Jamie Stachowski. Corkster says that his cooking is right up there with Corduroy and Equinox and that he could work with us on tasting menu to go along with the wines that we'll bring. Corkster's going to give him a call to see if he can do our dinner and advise. I think that we should keep our Equinox reservation in place...I'll talk to the restaurant to discuss menu/theme for wine/etc. and see what Restaurant Kolumbia can do.
A few thoughts...I like Fred's idea of doing champagne before the dinner but don't know if Equinox has the room to accommodate this. I can certainly find out. We need to come up with a theme. If we do Cali Cabs, that limits our menu choices somewhat...especially for those of us non-carnivores, although I'm not totally opposed to the idea. What about only California wines? Whites, reds, sparking wines, dessert wines? That would certainly give us the flexibility to match wines with our menu choices. Any thoughts as to that or any other themes that you'd like to pursue?
Equinox has either 3,4 or 6 course menus at $55, $70 and $85 plus tax and gratuity. I don't know the cost of corkage. Restaurant Kolumbia has a 5 course menu at $55 plus tax and gratuity. I also don't know what corkage will cost, but Corkage thought that he might be able to get a better price than usual on it. So, it appears that Restaurant Kolumbia will be the less expensive choice.
I should have more info in a few days or so, but please chime in your thoughts about the wine theme and we'll take it from there.
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Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2899
| | 05/17/2005 10:56 PM |
| Both choices seem to be great to me. If Corkage will be able to build a menu around our wines, that would be hard to top. I really like the idea of loosening the theme to accomadate a broader range of menu choices. So I second your suggestion for a California theme. The trick (regardless of theme) will be to match bottles for people that are bringing a single bottle. Since Mrs. David Z will be attending I will bring two bottles of some California cab. Either 2 Groths or 2 Spottswoodes.
Everyone should post their wines so that Mr. Corkage will have something to work with! | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:33
| | 05/19/2005 1:46 PM |
| I just came in from a month or two in the garden. A day late and a dollar short as usual. I would like to come to this offline as June 4 happens to be about my only free day in June. Either place sounds fine. I like the idea of any California wine, not just Cabs. Any room?
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11877
| | 05/19/2005 2:34 PM |
| Anne,
How big is your garden that you have room to sleep there for a month or two???  | | | |
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travelrep
Northern Virginia
Barrel Filler
Posts:1105
| | 05/20/2005 2:57 AM |
| Anne:
Not to worry....I'll put you down as a definite and hopefully advise tomorrow as to which restaurant it'll be...
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Marty
Burleson, TX
Grape Sorter
Posts:361
| | 05/20/2005 4:00 AM |
| | As this will be my last OL for a few months, I don't give a &*$# where we do this thing, as long as my butt's in a seat, I have a glass in my hand, and 8.5-month prego Mrs. VerMag has the patience to get through it and drive my arse home! | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3420
| | 05/20/2005 12:11 PM |
| Looks like we're out  . Committments with the family have us booked the entire weeked since we've shifted our trip a day. The good news is that the shift is because we're going to Vegas for a week  | |
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travelrep
Northern Virginia
Barrel Filler
Posts:1105
| | 05/20/2005 12:16 PM |
| Juggsy...
Sorry to hear that you and the Rocket Scientist won't be able to attend. We'll have to take copious notes and maybe some pics and let you know what you missed!
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:33
| | 05/20/2005 1:21 PM |
| | There is not room to sleep in my garden - too many plants that require tending. On rare occasions during the summer, I actually sit down on the deck to admire the garden. Then it is useful to have some wine stocked up. So I have to do some research once in a while. | | | |
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AlexRed
Northern VA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1357
| | 05/20/2005 7:27 PM |
| Was thinking about
1x Littorai Les Larmes
and
1x AP Vin
if someone will match them...
I would rather try to pair up with someone as my cellar is made up of a lot of 2s and 3s at the moment and I would like to spread some of them out over time.
anyone else have any ideas on what they want to bring?
if someone could match either an 03 Loring Cargassachi or a Clos Pepe i could do that too.... | | | |
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