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A traditional tasting in NY that people definitively show up and drink and be merry.

Date: March 8th, 2014
Time: 6pm
Location: Mezetto
http://www.mezetto.com/

8 course tasting menu + dessert
100$/person + tax + gratuity.

Fonseca vertical: 1955-onwards
Cost: 100$/person (if you want to fill out the tasting, let me know and we'll adjust this)

I put reservations down for 10 poeple and already put a deposit down.

Attendees:
John B
Glenn
Sandy + 1
Chris D
SushiNorth?
G-man
Miguel S
Ars

I'm in!

Glenn E. wrote:I'm in!

can you fill in the info like date for me?

g-man wrote:

Glenn E. wrote:I'm in!

can you fill in the info like date for me?

The 37th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is March 7-9, 2014. Brooklyn Bridge Marriott, Brooklyn, NY.

Please let me know the date. My schedule is open right now for any of those dates so pls count me in!

JohninNYC wrote:Please let me know the date. My schedule is open right now for any of those dates so pls count me in!

Likely 3/8 as that is the Saturday. We have tried Friday before and it just doesn't work as well for the locals. Sunday doesn't work for me due to flight schedules.

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I'm in if there is room.

Ruth and I will be there. And I like the 2011 VP theme. It will give me (and others?) a chance to taste them while they are still available to buy.

Sandy B

jefe7000 wrote:Ruth and I will be there. And I like the 2011 VP theme. It will give me (and others?) a chance to taste them while they are still available to buy.

Sandy B

will honestly say that we 'll walk out with purple mouths and teeths with a full sensation of tannins.

are there particular houses you're interested in? I can bring those instead and we can do other mature bottles?

would a tasting of "bring one of your favorite bottles from your cellar" work?

Works for me. I will probably still contribute one of those 2011 Stone Terraces that I'm getting from you because they'll already be in NYC and so won't need to be shipped.

perhaps it's time to do that fonseca tasting we've all been talking about esp after those comments on ftlop about doing verts.

I have the below bottles immediately i'd happily be able to contribute

55, 66, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85, 92, 94, 97

if we do guimareans I can throw in a few more.

I'm pretty sure Sushi can fill in the blanks too if not, I'd hate to goto offsite storage, but will if need be.

if we want to go crazy, I can find a source for the 48.

I'd love to do a Fonseca vertical! I can't contribute anything that g-man doesn't already have, but can help with any needed purchases if this is what we do.

Glenn E. wrote:I'd love to do a Fonseca vertical! I can't contribute anything that g-man doesn't already have, but can help with any needed purchases if this is what we do.

Me too.

I have an 85 Fonseca and a 95 Guimareans....or could just adopt if that's what you prefer.

i think it may be more equitable (for me) if i say the cost of some of these bottles.

esp the pre 70 bottles. even so if we get 10 people i can't see the bottle cost exceeding 50-70$/person

I'm happy to split cost.

Ditto....splitting is fine.

That's fine with us, too.

If there is still room I'd love to join.

I only have the 1985 and 2000 Fonseca, not sure if needed/desired. Would be happy to split the cost too.

Had it in the back of my mind that you'd be organizing a tasting again this year and meant to come check it out but only got around to it now. Hope not too late!

We can certainly include you.

i'm trying to see if i can get a fonseca from teh 40s at the moment so i dont know the final cost yet.

Wonderful. Looking fwd to it.

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?

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

g-man wrote:how about we do these

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

since i have these immediately available on hand

Not too shabby!