Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42660
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42660
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Lou Kessler wrote:What was price limit on the Zins? It seems like they could have had a better selection of wines but they would have had to pay more per bottle.
Jenise wrote:Lou Kessler wrote:What was price limit on the Zins? It seems like they could have had a better selection of wines but they would have had to pay more per bottle.
The limit isn't price so much as what's available in our market. Then there's the group--50-60 people each time, most of whom are novices when it comes to wine tasting. And then there's the event itself: few remember the self-pour wines so we put out 12 quaffers in the $12 and under range. For the blind tasting portion, we spend more but again, we're limited by what's available. Sure, we could order in from California, but the truth is that people want to taste wines they can go out and buy tomorrow.
Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42660
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Lou Kessler wrote:That explains it. Who is in charge of a tasting for 50 or 60 people. Even handling that many wine geeks seems to me would be like herding cats. Bravo to the coordinator.
Jenise wrote:Lou Kessler wrote:That explains it. Who is in charge of a tasting for 50 or 60 people. Even handling that many wine geeks seems to me would be like herding cats. Bravo to the coordinator.
That would be me and my good friend Jim Macmillan. He started the group before I moved here, but back then there were only 9-12 people at each tasting. Now it's huge, and we fill the Clubhouse to capacity each month. I do most of the wine selection and am always trying to find that sweet spot between serving the group the wines they'll enjoy the most while exposing the more novice among them to wines they might have thought too risky or too expensive to buy without encouragement. Mostly, it's just a fine night out.
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