11th Annual WineDo - NYC Sunday June 3, 2018 at North Square
Oct 30, 2018, 8:59 am
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I have an idea for a theme. Caution. 
Last year we cut back on wine by having several people go in together. There wasn't as much wine leftover. I was thinking, and would appreciate your thoughts on bringing a magnum (double bottle) to WineDo. A double bottle means that 2 attendees must go in on a magnum. We'd still do Champagne and sweeties in regular bottle size. Single bottle minimum is still $35. A magnum would be $70. I think (?) it would be fun to have more wine to go around.
Thoughts? I'm not married to this idea.
dh
Last year we cut back on wine by having several people go in together. There wasn't as much wine leftover. I was thinking, and would appreciate your thoughts on bringing a magnum (double bottle) to WineDo. A double bottle means that 2 attendees must go in on a magnum. We'd still do Champagne and sweeties in regular bottle size. Single bottle minimum is still $35. A magnum would be $70. I think (?) it would be fun to have more wine to go around.
Thoughts? I'm not married to this idea.
dh
Oct 30, 2018, 9:41 am
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No (or maybe one) magnums in my wine refrig. I am not a fan of the idea. Although we were unable to be there, the team-ups seems to have worked well last year.
Oct 30, 2018, 8:46 pm
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I have no large format bottles in my holdings and, with the number of bottles I have, I would I have to find something to bring. I was at several Sonoma wineries a couple of weeks ago that had them but did not purchase any. Let me see if I find anything in Woodinville in a couple of weeks. I would prefer to stick to standard format if I had to choose right now.
Also, please put me on the confirmed list (when you start it).
Also, please put me on the confirmed list (when you start it).
Oct 31, 2018, 8:37 am
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I have 2 bottles. One is being served with a large bird in a few weeks. The other - shipping becomes a bigger issue. Also (generally) if one of the magnums isn't a "fan favorite" of the crowd, after everyone tastes, there could remain 1L left in the bottle.
Oct 31, 2018, 9:40 pm
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Like I said, I wasn't married to the idea. 
For the record, I don't own any magnums either. I do own a double mag of a '10 Sojourn Ridgetop Pinot Noir.
Back to the drawing board.
For the record, I don't own any magnums either. I do own a double mag of a '10 Sojourn Ridgetop Pinot Noir.
Back to the drawing board.
Nov 1, 2018, 2:20 pm
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After a discussion with a few of you, the next WineDo will be Sunday June 2, 2019.
No other details at this time. I'll post a new thread in January. See you at the DLRoads .5 dinner in January. By that time I should have posted the WineDo11 thread. For those wondering, BRT is still in discussion mode.
dh
No other details at this time. I'll post a new thread in January. See you at the DLRoads .5 dinner in January. By that time I should have posted the WineDo11 thread. For those wondering, BRT is still in discussion mode.
dh
Nov 2, 2018, 10:09 pm
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Nov 29, 2018, 12:01 pm
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Resume on a later day :-(
Following up on the last note-- With the delayed planning it appears that many of you would be on the roads or n/a in late Jan or even
early feb 2019. I will aim to resume WineDO X.5 as a spring event in 2019, or revert back to early 2020. If there would be a crowd, I'd
still pull something earlier--I do have finalist's locations for WD. I'm sorry I didn't get to it earlier in the fall as initially planned.
I hope to see you all at the next WD x.5 and until then, Yamas!
Y'all (et. al)
I apologize this year has been a little 'roller coaster' and I did not get back on time to look into X.5. But, I believe I can arrange one :-) My immediate take would be 1/26 (sat) or 2/2 (also sat) as the potential dates. I know it is a little late for the typical set up time, but I believe I can make it work for both dates.
What I don't know is whether there is a group interest in a relatively short notice X.5. If I will have ~12, I can approach the candidate places and make the bubbles pour like water :-)
Please feel free to respond here ^
EDITED: I sent an email to valid emails I have available (still sorting through the mailbox). For few of you, the emails were bounced back (as far as I can tell, all bounced emails were business emails, hence I presume job changes et al)
early feb 2019. I will aim to resume WineDO X.5 as a spring event in 2019, or revert back to early 2020. If there would be a crowd, I'd
still pull something earlier--I do have finalist's locations for WD. I'm sorry I didn't get to it earlier in the fall as initially planned.
I hope to see you all at the next WD x.5 and until then, Yamas!
I apologize this year has been a little 'roller coaster' and I did not get back on time to look into X.5. But, I believe I can arrange one :-) My immediate take would be 1/26 (sat) or 2/2 (also sat) as the potential dates. I know it is a little late for the typical set up time, but I believe I can make it work for both dates.
What I don't know is whether there is a group interest in a relatively short notice X.5. If I will have ~12, I can approach the candidate places and make the bubbles pour like water :-)
Please feel free to respond here ^
EDITED: I sent an email to valid emails I have available (still sorting through the mailbox). For few of you, the emails were bounced back (as far as I can tell, all bounced emails were business emails, hence I presume job changes et al)
Last edited by DLroads; Dec 9, 2018 at 6:28 pm Reason: Follow up, we'd resume on a later day:(