I am still drying out from what was another excellent dinner at Green Gables Inn in Beach Haven, NJ. The food was amazing, as always. I will post some TN's as my head clears, but here is the list of dead soldiers:

NV Segura Viudas Brut Reserva
'85 Charles Heidsieck Brut (off bottle, horrible actually. Not consumed)

Whites (tasted blind)
'96 Latour Giraud Meursault Genevrieres
'00 V. Girardin Corton Charlemagne

Cabs (w/ one ringer, tasted blind)
'94 BV Tapestry
'95 Constant Diamond Mtn.
'97 Phelps Insignia (my WOTN)
'97 Peter Michael Les Pavots
'99 White Cottage Howell Mtn. (my #2)
'99 Behrens & Hitchcock Kenefick
'99 Behrens & Hitchcock Merlot
'99 Catena Zapata Mendoza Argentina

NV Taylor Fladgate 20 yr. Tawny Port

Great night. We ended up going across the street for drinks at Buckalews after dinner. That was my downfall...I feel sorry for those of you that had to be at work early today.

jb

What a light-weight...

Uh, didn't you leave right after dinner? You missed the debauchery. I never claimed to be a big drinker, but I'm pretty sure Petey could give you a run. He was drinking Grand Marniers and Miller Lites after all that wine. Don't know how he does it.

jb

Petey is my kind of guy! Dinner sounds great, who was in attendance?

Sounds good. 1 of the few that I had to miss.

Attendees:

jazin + mr. jazin
ttepper + Kelly
RawReds + mrs. Raw
Revlis
Petey + Jamie
jb + mrs. jb

Great night, great food, great wine.

jb

I am SOOOOOO hurtin' today.

Lots of fun last night - thanks to all (especially JB for setting it up).

Great food, great wine and great people.

Oh yeah - thanks for letting my girl drink the slop bucket. I really appreciate it

Oh man... dude... you don't know what pain really is!!! Those two well poured Grand Marniers were my downfall. People at work kept asking if I was ok. I guess I was spacing out a little too often. For you LOTR fans, I got up at 5:45, had first breakfast and like a gallon of coffee at around 6:30, then second breakfast and another big cuppa Joe around 9:20, then a small lunch and gallons of water. Now.... I'm at home... drinking a baby numanthia. Woohoo!!!

Going to bed early though... that's for sure.

Petey, great to meet you and the professor. Always a pleasure to see the rest of you.... I look forward to more. Thanks go out to Green Gables as well. What a fantastic dinner. I'll be posting pictures tonight on this thread after I download and format them.

WOTN for me was the '97 Insignia. The Cottage Cheese was originally my WOTN but it Petered out fairly quickly. Mr. Jazin explained beforehand that it was built to drink early however, so perhaps that should be expected.

(yes, that was a bad joke about the cottage cheese, seeing as how it went bad fairly quickly ie. few hours)

I don't have the strength right now for separate TN's. If anyone wants a Tn on a specific wine, let me know.

Whites (tasted blind)
'96 Latour Giraud Meursault Genevrieres - jb Rating 87
'00 V. Girardin Corton Charlemagne - jb Rating 91

Cabs (w/ one ringer, tasted blind)
'94 BV Tapestry - jb Rating 90
'95 Constant Diamond Mtn. - jb Rating 92
'97 Phelps Insignia (my WOTN) - jb Rating 95
'97 Peter Michael Les Pavots - jb Rating 90
'99 White Cottage Howell Mtn. (my #2) - jb Rating 93
'99 Behrens & Hitchcock Kenefick - jb Rating 89
'99 Behrens & Hitchcock Merlot - jb Rating 91
'99 Catena Zapata Mendoza Argentina - jb Rating 86

NV Taylor Fladgate 20 yr. Tawny Port - jb Rating 90

jb

Man, you guys have just WAY too much fun up there. I'M JEALOUS!

you guys had a wine tasting dinner without me! i don't want to even tell you what i ate at my mother's on sunday night. there is not a wine made that goes with my mother's cuisine.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing, ojeffso?

You know how you always say, "the dessert wines were our downfall." Somehow, we have now graduated to after dinner cocktails after the dessert wines. Crazy.

Rev has some pictures of the night. It got really sloppy by the end.

jb

great pictures. who was drinking the slurpy?

That's Petey's girlfriend Jamie sampling the dump bucket, in what is now a Wine Syndicate tradition. Every gathering someone must sample the "DUMPER".

jb

eeeewwwww. I was wondering who the lucky one was. You guys don't look too sloppy although JB looks outrageously happy. That's how wine gatherings should be!

She was really hilarious about that. I suggested that a woman had never drank from the slop bucket, and she stepped up to the plate!! Unfortunately, so did her nice sweater!!

Yes she was a trooper!! Paid for it on Monday though. While I was at work she slept until 5:00 pm. Again, thanks for talking her into that!!

FYI- Mr Jazin was feeling about the same as all of you Monday morning- ... and he was not a happy camper...I knew those Grand Marniers were going to be trouble.
I am so glad I got a good night's sleep - I felt fine in the morning, which is a good thing since I had a very busy day at work Monday... we made good time getting back- took 1 hr+ 45 mins to get to work in Newark.
Thanks again JB- it was a great night of wonderful food and wine, we are glad we were able to make it.
PS- My wines of the night were the Phelps Insignia#1 and the White Cottage Cab #2, followed by the B&H Kenefick Cab #3.

The 1 Wine-tasting Dinner that I do Not show up to & everything falls apart---Lightweights!!!