2002 Tete de Cuvée Champagnes and Japanese Dinner

[OzPiper]

We are blessed with some excellent Japanese restaurants in Sydney, Oz.
Last night a group (9) of us had a memorable meal at my favourite Japanese restaurant, Azuma.
The occasion was to taste a lineup of Tete de Cuvée champagnes from 2002.
I've taken today off work to recover ?

 

[OzPiper]

The 3 Krugs are from a case released a few years ago

 

[AJL67]

Very nice, not my speed but always happy for people when they can have those type of amazing experiences specially with like minded friends!

 

[OzPiper]

Very nice, not my speed but always happy for people when they can have those type of amazing experiences specially with like minded friends!

We've been friends for between 20 to 40 years.
Lots of convivial meals in all those years.

 

[AJL67]

I have more lowbrow tastes, but I have on the literal spur of the moment (when I lived in San Diego) texted two friends and said "hey i feel like corned beef, let's go to Carnegie in Vegas" and they were both retired and said ok... ad we drove the 6 or so hours to Vegas, nice road trip smoking cigars, talking and laughing, also many cigar dinners with good friends that were the same thing. Just love that stuff it's such a great time with great friends, real friends. Thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[OzPiper]

I have more lowbrow tastes, but I have on the literal spur of the moment (when I lived in San Diego) texted two friends and said "hey i feel like corned beef, let's go to Carnegie in Vegas" and they were both retired and said ok... ad we drove the 6 or so hours to Vegas, nice road trip smoking cigars, talking and laughing, also many cigar dinners with good friends that were the same thing. Just love that stuff it's such a great time with great friends, real friends. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Great thing about this group of friends is that we are equally happy eating at roadside hawker stalls in Asia (a few of us have been on trips together - pre-COVID).

The camaraderie is what makes for a memorable occasion.

Unfortunately only 2 of the group are into cigars, and only one smokes a pipe.
If only there were more, but I haven't been able to convert them ?