CommunityBuzz! - CHICAGO - Wine Tasting Do - Date TBD (just gathering interest level)

Hey all,

If you are in the Chicagoland area and would be interested in meeting some of your fellow Flyertalkers while tasting varous wines and having a sommelier assist us in running through some basics of wine tasting, please post your interest to this thread.

I'll do some research and provide some options for our group depending upon size.

C'mon out all you oenophiles and wanna be oenophiles:-:

EDITED TO ADD: this thread is just to see who is interested, once we have a group we'll conduct a poll on various dates to see what works for most folks.

PLEASE SEE POST #46 FOR AN UPDATE

Interested:
ordogg +1
legalalien
PamT
Willie
dante60093
Sagy
WanderLuster
arollins +1
polkacat
Gaucho100K
austin_res
chgoeditor
u2fan
1P
tcook052
smitty06
toomanybook
MSPeconomist
iflyua2
KMA26
BadTime
CubsGirl
monitor +1
SkiAdcock
Plainsman
nitrobass24 +1
the_happiness_store
upup&away
lpatron

PLEASE SEE POST #46 FOR AN UPDATE

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Sweet Willie - myself and Ms. ORDOGG are interested - thanks for organizing!

Very interested. Timing is everything though. :)

Count me in! Sounds like fun. I just hope I'm in town when this happens. Thanks Willie!

ok, this list is started^

again, this is just guaging interest

by stating you are interested, you are not committing to anything:)

Hi Willie,

I am definitely interested.

Interested.

Thanks for setting up another event for all of us.

I am definitely interested.
Interested.very good:-:

I am totally in.

Assuming my schedule allows.

After doing Sonoma and Napa on back to back weekends, it is fun.

I am totally in.glad you & both arollins can make it

Sounds like fun - add me to the "interested" list!

Sounds like fun - add me to the "interested" list!it should be fun, will do.

I would LOVE to attend.... its not going to be easy for me to match dates, but lets put me on the interested list please...

I'm interested but it will depend on the dates.

I would LOVE to attend...and we'd LOVE to have you attend:-:
I'm interested but it will depend on the dates.of course, we'll poll some dates in a week or so, hope you can make it.

Definitely interested.

I am very interested - I hope my schedule allows. This is a excellent idea.

Definately interested but like others dates will be the key. :)

Like most everyone else, I'd be interested, but it will all depend on dates.

one more for the interested list

Interested, depending on the date, location, and specifics. I'm willing to travel to Chicago, downtown or ORD, for an interesting tasting, but not for Wine 101.

I'm interested but it will depend on the dates.

Ditto.

chgoeditor
u2fan
1P
tcook052
smitty06
toomanybook
MSPeconomist

I've noted your interest

Interested, depending on the date, location, and specifics. I'm willing to travel to Chicago, downtown or ORD, for an interesting tasting, but not for Wine 101.
(bolding mine)
You bring up a point that I had thought about, but just haven't posted yet.

I know that some folks will want to start with a basic introduction, so I can forsee a number of these Wine Do's, each with a differing agenda.

I assure everyone that I will be as forthcoming as I can in regards to details, agenda, cost, so that everyone can make up their mind if they'd like to attend.

Wine, beer, Vodka....you know me. I'm happy to "taste" anything.:D

Sweet Willie,

Awesome idea. ^

dh

Please add me to the "interested" list. ^

Hey Willie,

Very interested, but my schedule will be the final decider. Make me a definite maybe.

Sounds fun!

Weekends work best for me, and probably for anyone from out of town.

Weekends work best for me, and probably for anyone from out of town.+1

Wine? Count me in :D (well, depending on the date).

BTW - directly across from ORD United Club (formerly Red Carpet Club) on the C Concourse (Gate 16? 17?) is a new wine bar that just opened. Looks to be doing good bizness.

Cheers.

iflyua2
KMA26
BadTime
CubsGirl
monitor
SkiAdcock

I have you all down !!

Wine? Count me in :D

Question: what is SkiAdcock's favorite wine?




Answer: "I wanna fly in First to London"

:D;)

iflyua2
KMA26
BadTime
CubsGirl
monitor
SkiAdcock

I have you all down !!...Please add a +1 after my handle on that list. I sure hope that we can make it.

Question: what is SkiAdcock's favorite wine?

Answer: "I wanna fly in First to London"

:D;)

That's Wine 101 ^:D

Cheers.

BTW - directly across from ORD United Club (formerly Red Carpet Club) on the C Concourse (Gate 16? 17?) is a new wine bar that just opened. Looks to be doing good bizness.

Cheers.

There's one in Terminal 3 as well near H4. Wasn't doing too much business on Sunday, but it was 7:30 am when I walked by - I suppose some people think that's too early for a drink.... :p

Question: what is SkiAdcock's favorite wine?



Why Champers, of course. :p ;)

There's one in Terminal 3 as well near H4. Wasn't doing too much business on Sunday, but it was 7:30 am when I walked by - I suppose some people think that's too early for a drink.... :p

And both have self-playing pianos. What's up with that?

Mrs. Nitro and I are interested.

One more to the 'Interested' list. Thanks.

BTW - directly across from ORD United Club (formerly Red Carpet Club) on the C Concourse (Gate 16? 17?) is a new wine bar that just opened. Looks to be doing good bizness.

A wine bar at ORD? Do you drink it right out of the box? :p

A wine bar at ORD? Do you drink it right out of the box? :p

LOL. I didn't actually stop to have a glass of wine since I was headed into the United Club, but I saw what looked to be a Far Niente label on one of the bottles displayed. If they're serving wine of that calibre I'd say they're a bit more high end than the box stuff. Of course the box stuff was the free swill, er, wine they serve in the United Club. :p :D

Cheers.

I could possibly strum up some interest.

Timing is everything, but yes, I would be very interested.

Cheers

Alcohol + FTers = Definitely Interested!

Plainsman
nitrobass24 +1
the_happiness_store
upup&away
lpatron

You've been added to the interested list.

An update:

As I know there are wine beginners or those who have been appreciating wine for awhile but want to understand how to describe the wine they are tasting, this first Do will be a basics/introduction. If this does not interest you, there is NO NEED TO STATE/POST DISINTEREST on this thread (& please read the last sentence in this post)

I am currently searching for a place to host this basics Wine Do, as you can imagine nearly all the places I'm looking want to charge a minimum for the room, which I personally am unwilling to do. While I'm not opposed to paying for a room, I don't want to do this for a basics/introduction Wine Do, perhaps with the later Wine Do's will this be desired/warranted by the group as there are some very neat tasting rooms in Chicago.

I expect by the end of next week to have firmed up a room and the agenda/cost for a basic wine Do (I hope to make this as economical as possible without sacrificing taste/knowledge of a basics/intro Wine Do). At that time, I will start a new Do thread and have a poll with dates and the group will decide when the Do will occurr.

I hope there is enough interest to keep a Wine Do tasting going, I think it would be great if we could have many Wine Do's each progressing through different wine regions and broadening our appreciation of wine.

+1. please keep me informed

Tentavily interested in the Basic Wine DO (and future ones) however once a date is known can give a definite Yay or Nay.

Interested.

I sent you a PM regarding a possible location.

Interested. Depends on date...