Table of 12 last night.
A few interesting bottles including a 1919 Red Burgundy (Sotheby’s label)
One corked bottle - the 1996 Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage port. A real pity because under the spoilage was a very good wine
Wine Group Dinner
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Table of 12 last night.
A few interesting bottles including a 1919 Red Burgundy (Sotheby’s label)
One corked bottle - the 1996 Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage port. A real pity because under the spoilage was a very good wine
Lovely selection! I used to do it when I was in my twenties. We would get wines for the dinner menu my French friend and I would come up with and invite 4 - 5 girls. He's parents had French restaurant, and they were from Normandy. I've cooking since 3. Specialties are Korean, Italian, and Cajun. But none of the chicks stayed. They had designed driver making sure no one slept over. It wasn't the lack of trying!
Everyone contributes.
We’re lucky to have a good venue - a restaurant with good food and service with a private room that allows BYO.
Most of the attendees have been interested in wine for decades and have deep cellars.
But more importantly, would have bought wine decades ago before current interest from the East (Japan, HK, Singapore and China) drove up prices exponentially.
When I started work in the mid-70s,
a bottle of Grange or Hill of Grace was @AUD$20.
No way will I buy at their current prices of >AUD$1000 per bottle
We’re lucky to have a good venue - a restaurant with good food and service with a private room that allows BYO.
Most of the attendees have been interested in wine for decades and have deep cellars.
But more importantly, would have bought wine decades ago before current interest from the East (Japan, HK, Singapore and China) drove up prices exponentially.
When I started work in the mid-70s,
a bottle of Grange or Hill of Grace was @AUD$20.
No way will I buy at their current prices of >AUD$1000 per bottle
Oysters, marinated salmon, scallops, octopus with squid ink rice, fish, wagyu beef, salad, crispy Brussels sprouts, cheese platter and Portuguese custard tarts
And a couple of other dishes I’ve forgotten
The Chassagne-Montrachet was very moreish
I know nothing about wine, but those bottles from the 1980s make me wish that I did!
All of the wine tastings that I go to around here, I end up surrounded by vegans driving Audis and Volvos. I usually have a good time, but they aren't the folks that I envision eating a meal with.
Great wine selections!! and, it sounds like it was a lot of fun. Maybe I need to go to Oz to find the fun wine folks. We are in tornado season here, so maybe I will catch you in the Emerald City.
Great wine selections!! and, it sounds like it was a lot of fun. Maybe I need to go to Oz to find the fun wine folks. We are in tornado season here, so maybe I will catch you in the Emerald City.
At times like this I am grateful that my one taste bud thinks all wine tastes like vinegar.