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I'll volunteer as well. The big question will be one bottle or two. I think that the latter may be better, but it will make the two coordinators' job more difficult.

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If the stemware isn't up to snuff, do we chastise Corkage in advance or wait for the dinner?

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OK everyone. I am going to kick off trying to get the wines coordinated. Since there are 15 attendees, it is desirable to have two bottles per wine, so this might make it hard to get the right wines together. I know I have a lot of singletons and I am guessing you all might be in the same boat. Then again, some of us might have two of a given wine or a magnum and you're all set, which is great.

Corkage has leaked an advanced menu to me (WOW!!!!) and it is going to be amazing! I am going to post later my thoughts on generally what varietals we might want to focus on to make this work well. But, when I do, I'd like the attendees to be prepared to list say a half dozen to a dozen wines that they'd like to bring, particularly if you have a lot of singles (or the population you are willing to sample from your cellar anyway, is limited to more singles). This will allow me to see what we can make some potential match-ups where different people have singles of given wines and together enough bottles of each are brought.

So, have I now made that as clear as mud?

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yes to everything TJ said and if you have a magnum of something, that =2 bottles

Oh and we don't need 30 bottles total, too much so coordinate amongst yourselves and with TJ on the wine

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Wha' happen, JohnnyB??! Dang.

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Wha' happen, JohnnyB??! Dang.

Fred, you crack me up.

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Wha' happen, JohnnyB??! Dang.

Fred, you crack me up.

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Nothing, Johnny's fine, just his normal cynical bitter self

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Ok, here is your co-wine coordinator to interpret. To summarize TJ's post:

We need some white wines

Then some pinot (preferably true burgundies)

Then some other red wine (no pinots here please)

Finally we will finish with an assortment of sweet wines (hopefully as good as the last set at Komi)

In the immortal words of JohnnyB - no schlock (unless you bring nada, zip or a strong zero). If everyone brings 1 bottle that should get us in the target range (some will bring none to avoid the no-schlock requirement and some odd sorts always seem to bring more than 1 bottle, so it should all even out).

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LOL Dave! Touchee!

Actually, the total we're shooting for is approximately 1 to 1.25 bottles per person. So if everyone brings at least one bottle per attendee, we should be in good shape.

Oh yes...and no plonk.

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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

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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.