DETAILS:
DATE: 1/31/09
TIME: 7:00PM (EST)
THEME: Aged of Aquarius: California vs. France
Wine must be vintage 2000 or older, and from California or France
- Anything from France or California as long as it's vintage 2000 or earlier
- Anything vintage 2000 or earlier as long as its from California or France
- Nothing bought from France or sold after 2000 that has been processed
- Nothing processed that has been bought after 2000 or sold in California
- Nothing sold that has been bought or processed in France
- Nothing bought that has been sold after 2000 or processed in California
HOST: kkv
- please remember to bring $5 to help cover facilities costs
- please remember to bring your own stemware
MOVIE: Bottle Shock
DIRECTIONS: PM KKV for directions

ATTENDEES LIST (so far):

1. kkv
   - 1997 Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Cask
   - plates, napkins and silverware
   - name tags
   
2. Loweeel
   - 1979 Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery Petite Sirah Proprietor's Reserve
   - 1990 Mirassou Vineyards Petite Sirah
   - 1997 Markham Petite Sirah
   - 1999 Kent Rasmussen Petite Sirah Leeds-Chavez Vineyard
   - 1999 Summers Winery Charbono Villa Andriana
   
3. Loweeel +1
   
4. jwhite
   - 1994 Mount Veeder Cab Sauv
   
5. hershelk
   - 1997 Gundlach Bundschu Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage Reserve Rhinefarm Vineyard
   - 1988 Monbazillac
   
6. InShadows
   - 1989 Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal
   
7. cjseige
   - Savory Pecan Parmesan & Thyme Shortbreads
   - Birthday Cake
   - toying with bringing Baklava
   - 2005 Chateau Montelena Zinfandel Estate -OR- 2005 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon
   
8. Smartheart
   - bread
   - other food
   
9. WV69
   - 1999 Chateau Partarrieu
   - Sparkletariat Suprise
   
10. wkdpanda
    - 1995 Cab from Field Stone Winery
    
11. iByron
    - 1991 Byron Pinot Noir Reserve
    - 1983 Guenoc Victorian Claret
    - water crackers
    
12. Christopher (iByron +1)
    
13. Tippster
    
14. fairnymph
    - Bottle Shock DVD
    - Coq au Vin
    - 2000 Pierre Sparr Alsace Grand Cru Riesling
    - HUGE salad
    
15. fairnymph+1
    
16. fairnymph+2
    
17. nabrunk
    - 1999 Nova Wines Marilyn Merlot
    - hot cheese and artichoke dip
    - fresh bread
    
18. nabrunk+1
    
19. HaK
    - 1999 Château Grand Mayne
    
20. synchrodan
    
21. synchrodan +1
    
22. SeanOD
    - 1999 Dard et Ribo Crozes-Hermitage
    
23. sonadora
    - apple pie
    - a cheese tray
    - pepperoni snacks
    
24. Matt
    
25. leroydasquirrel
    - 1998 Gustavo Thrace Chardonnay
    - King Cake
    
26. tripgrad
    - 1999 Vérité La Muse
    
27. kmango
    - tasty vittles (Cheesetique?)
    
28. theresa1013
    - 2000 Château Côte Montpezat

1. tripgrad+1
   
2. InShadows +1
   
3. WV69 +1

• Lasgar
  
• Lasgar+1
  
• spdrcr
  - 1995 Château de Malleret Haut-Medoc

I also recommend AGAINST the 17th. That's MLK + Inauguration weekend. It will be hell traffic in the inner 'burbs.

jwhite6114 wrote:Starting thread for NoVA/DC #9 in Januray.

Dates being discussed so far:

1/17 - Loweeel veto (included here for informational purposes only)
1/24
1/31

I can't on the 24th.

hershelk wrote:I can't on the 24th.

24th is also bad for me, but I could probably work around it, unlike 1/17.

So 1/31 is sounding like the best so far ... a lot of nays on the other dates. Shall we call it?

jwhite6114 wrote:So 1/31 is sounding like the best so far ... a lot of nays on the other dates. Shall we call it?

Jwhite, I see that I am bolded on the availability list. I am so very flattered - actually, when I chimed in I was merely expressing a preference for the 1/31 date.

Please know, I am always(!) delighted to host but lacking the palatial digs of Hershelk and Loweel, my hospitality requires the use of the community room...which comes with the universally dreaded $75 rental fee. Although we had an overage from Dark and Delicious, that sum was used to reimburse Hershelk who so graciously obtained the last bottle to fill out our tasting menu.

In the event that such an arrangement would be acceptable, I've taken the liberty of contacting the management office to reserve the community room for 1/31 and for added flexibility, the following weekend (2/07 ) as well, and will cancel whatever date(s) we decide not to use.

jwhite6114 wrote:So 1/31 is sounding like the best so far ... a lot of nays on the other dates. Shall we call it?

The next day (2/01) is Super Bowl. I understand that means nothing to many people in our society, but it will force me to be gone that weekend.
So I second the motion for the following Sat. 07Feb.

kkv123 wrote:Jwhite, I see that I am bolded on the availability list. I am so very flattered - actually, when I chimed in I was merely expressing a preference for the 1/31 date.

Please know, I am always(!) delighted to host but lacking the palatial digs of Hershelk and Loweel, my hospitality requires the use of the community room...which comes with the universally dreaded $75 rental fee. Although we had an overage from Dark and Delicious, that sum was used to reimburse Hershelk who so graciously obtained the last bottle to fill out our tasting menu.

In the event that such an arrangement would be acceptable, I've taken the liberty of contacting the management office to reserve the community room for 1/31 and for added flexilibility, the following weekend (2/07 ) as well, and will cancel whatever date(s) we decide not to use.

Ahh -- I misunderstood your original post then. But since you now have confirmed your willingness to host (provided everyone is comfortable with the rental fee), I have left your name bolded.

I have also added 2/7 as a contender date.

any date so far is good for me.

If we have it at kkv's place (and I'm perfectly fine with the usage fee!), we could make it a movie night! With that kick-butt plasma TV!

cjsiege wrote:If we have it at kkv's place (and I'm perfectly fine with the usage fee!), we could make it a movie night! With that kick-butt plasma TV!

Wine-themed movie recomendations:

Sideways
Days of Wine and Roses
Grapes of Wrath

jwhite6114 wrote:Wine-themed movie recomendations:

Sideways
Days of Wine and Roses
Grapes of Wrath

Umm...OK, No, and NO!!! Fun movies only need apply! We want people to be happy, not suicidal!

Maybe Bottle Shock will be out on DVD by then?

cjsiege wrote:Umm...OK, No, and NO!!! Fun movies only need apply! We want people to be happy, not suicidal!

Maybe Bottle Shock will be out on DVD by then?

-- I LOVE Days of Wine and Roses -- a GREAT movie. But maybe not one you'd watch while drinking.

Sideways wine-tasting
Blood and Wine wine-dealer
A Good Year vineyard
Mondovino wine business
Rumpole and the Blind Tasting wine-snob

cjsiege wrote:Fun movies only need apply! We want people to be happy, not suicidal!
Maybe Bottle Shock will be out on DVD by then?

Availability: DVD:Jan 20, 2009

bump

jwhite6114 wrote:bump

bumpy. like cake. like bumpy cake. mmm bumpy cake...

So movie theme seems popular, so far.

And no new input on dates. I recommend we call it 1/31.

All in favor?

All opposed?

jwhite6114 wrote:So movie theme seems popular, so far.

And no new input on dates. I recommend we call it 1/31.

All in favor?

All opposed?

I'm down like a clown, charlie brown. And I'll be bringing a PS, unless the tasting theme precludes PS My winebid shipments arrived. I'm drowning.

Loweeel wrote:I'm down like a clown, charlie brown. And I'll be bringing a PS, unless the tasting theme precludes PS My winebid shipments arrived. I'm drowning.

If ever a theme were to preclude PS, I am certain there would be an exception made for you.

jwhite6114 wrote:If ever a theme were to preclude PS, I am certain there would be an exception made for you.

We didn't have any at the rose/minerally whites tasting, or at the last one.

*wee little bump*

cjsiege wrote:*wee little bump*

So no one seems opposed to 1/31. I guess that makes it the date. I'll update the details.

jwhite6114 wrote:So no one seems opposed to 1/31. I guess that makes it the date. I'll update the details.

Thank you! I'll also update the semi-weekly.

So if we're doing a movie during this one, how about that be theme for the wine, too? We can leave it fairly open to interpretation:

• wine featured in a movie
• wine with a movie theme
• wine by a movie maker

jwhite6114 wrote:So if we're doing a movie during this one, how about that be theme for the wine, too? We can leave it fairly open to interpretation:

• wine featured in a movie
• wine with a movie theme
• wine by a movie maker

Or whatever else you think applies.

I'll bring fava beans and a nice chianti...

jwhite6114 wrote:So if we're doing a movie during this one, how about that be theme for the wine, too? We can leave it fairly open to interpretation:

• wine featured in a movie
• wine with a movie theme
• wine by a movie maker

Or whatever else you think applies.

Reading through this thread, it is difficult to believe that nobody has suggested "The Princess Bride." Given the catch phrase of the film ("true love") and the proximity of the tasting to Valentine's Day, everyone could bring a wine that they reeeally like a lot. :-) However, on no account will participants be required to wear anything resembling prom attire.

Or we could go with some football-related film - I've heard a rumor that there will be a big game the next day.

If not PB, then how about Bottle Shock? It will be out on video by then.

A lack of caffeine has surely made me dim-witted.

How can we not consider "Groundhog Day?" We could either bring wines we enjoy over and over again or wines that pair with pork. :-)

kkv123 wrote:How can we not consider "Groundhog Day?" We could either bring wines we enjoy over and over again or wines that pair with pork. :-)

I though groundhog tastes "just like chicken"!

InShadows wrote:I'll bring fava beans and a nice chianti...

ARGH. NO. THE MOVIE IS WRONG AND STUPID. THE BOOK WAS CORRECT.

AMARONE PAIRS WITH ORGAN MEATS. CRAPPY CHIANTI DOES NOT.

PetiteSirah wrote:ARGH. NO. THE MOVIE IS WRONG AND STUPID. THE BOOK WAS CORRECT.

AMARONE PAIRS WITH ORGAN MEATS. CRAPPY CHIANTI DOES NOT.

I don't think Hannibal recommended the pairing, just said what he consumed.

jwhite6114 wrote:I don't think Hannibal recommended the pairing, just said what he consumed.

Nobody but a fool would have something as weak and thin as Chianti with something as powerful as an organ meat. That's why *in the book*, Thomas Harris noted that somebody as refined as Lecter would have only paired an Amarone with organ meats.

They bastardized it for the movie out of fear that people wouldn't even know that Amarone was a wine.

PetiteSirah wrote:Nobody but a fool would have something as weak and thin as Chianti with something as powerful as an organ meat. That's why *in the book*, Thomas Harris noted that somebody as refined as Lecter would have only paired an Amarone with organ meats.

They bastardized it for the movie out of fear that people wouldn't even know that Amarone was a wine.

Amarone... <drool>

organ meats would make Chianti taste like purple-colored water.

kkv123 wrote:Reading through this thread, it is difficult to believe that nobody has suggested "The Princess Bride." Given the catch phrase of the film ("true love") and the proximity of the tasting to Valentine's Day, everyone could bring a wine that they reeeally like a lot. :-) However, on no account will participants be required to wear anything resembling prom attire.

I'm a huge PB fan, but I have a tradition of showing it every year after Thanksgiving dinner. Another movie possibility is The Big Night. It is more of a foodie movie then wine, but they do go together. If we did Big Night, the wine theme could be northern italian wines. if we watch Bottle Shock, the wine theme could be a California v. French comparison tasting to mirror the film.

hershelk wrote:The Big Night. It is more of a foodie movie then wine, but they do go together. If we did Big Night, the wine theme could be northern italian wines.

I love "Big Night!" But if you've never seen it be warned that, like "Babette's Feast" and "Like Water For Chocolate," watching it inevitably makes people hungry. Unfortunately, the community room does not have a full kitchen, only a microwave. [But I can easily bring a baked pasta dish downstairs.]

However (assuming construction has been completed!) if we are 10 people or less and you are all agreeable, we can squeeze into my little house. It has a full kitchen, albeit a small one. Alas, I have no mighty electronic set-up like hershelk. But if you can make do with a 50" plasma, we can have dinner and a movie and wine...and a nice cozy evening all around.

JW - would you please renumber to #10? I've renumbered 8.5 to 9 at the request of unimaginative, overly competitive souls out there in NoVA-land.

Thank you!

jwhite6114 wrote:So no one seems opposed to 1/31. I guess that makes it the date. I'll update the details.

That's my b-day weekend. Put me down as a maybe as I'm not certain where I'll be celebrating.

iByron wrote:That's my b-day weekend. Put me down as a maybe as I'm not certain where I'll be celebrating.

I certainly hope it's with us! I'll bake!

Saw that you all were interested in a movie.

Bottle Shock has a release date of 1/20/09. Just in the nick of time for a wine movie.