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Wine Tasting Club — Brooklynian

Wine Tasting Club

bhaskell
bhaskell
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Anyone in the neighborhood interested in starting a monthly wine tasting club? Before you start typing all those flash replies, hold on. I'm not talking about tasting $30-$200 bottles and spending time writing down notes of such words as "plume", "barn-yard" etc.

I'd like to had the chance to taste different wines, of very moderate prices and compare them, with friends. Was thinking of wines priced between $10 and $15 and asking everyone to simple split the costs. If 6-10 people got together to do it, it would be quit resonable.

Anyone truely interested, let me know. :)

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  • anonymous
    anonymous

    Subject: wine tasting club

    I'm intrigued and think that sounds like a good idea.
  • dan.h
    dan.h
    Not a bad idea..
  • candicissima
    candicissima
    I think it might be fun. I always wanted to learn more about wine besides Carlo Rossi :lol:
  • bewitched
    bewitched
    Any excuse to drink. So long as it's not a swish and spit type thing! I still don't understand how a liquid can be "dry". School me.
  • sje
    sje
    I would love to do this! Always wanted to learn more about wines. Maybe we could do something in conjunction with the wine shop on Vanderbilt, or another place. I'd be more interested in tasting a large variety of wines, not only those under $15. Monthly sounds good. :D
  • tk was me!
    tk was me!
    I think this is really a good idea.

    Once a month sounds good.
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    Count me in! Sounds like fun...
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I'm in (duh).
  • anonymous
    anonymous

    Subject: wine tasting club

    Lets do it! When? Where?
  • crustythor
    crustythor
    right near my office in soho, vintage new york has a tasting bar where it's 5 bucks for a flight of 5 wines. granted, it's only new york wines, so they are all pretty inexpensive, and you can't learn THAT much from wine only grown in these parts, but it's cheap and really fun. they also have a restaurant with a full menu, but the tasting bar is great. i finally learned what "oaky" meant by going there....
  • stacey
    stacey
    Didn't Fermented Grapes try this also? I think it was a wine and cheese tasting night with [the newish store on Vanderbilt] (Im having a brain cramp and cannot remember the name of it for the life of me).
  • crustythor
    crustythor
    delicacies?
  • stacey
    stacey
    YES thank you!! :oops:
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    fermented grapes has a few wine tastings a month, I think.

    http://www.fermentedgrapes.net/
  • kevin_on_putnam
    kevin_on_putnam
    Great idea - I'd love to do it - there's another wine store on fulton (olivino's?) that would probably be willing to host it (they have a nice dog)
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    fyi, this friday from 6-8 p.m., fermented grapes is doing a champagne tasting. err, yeah!
  • candicissima
    candicissima
    alafairnadia wrote: fyi, this friday from 6-8 p.m., fermented grapes is doing a champagne tasting. err, yeah!
    Er, count me in!
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    id be down...

    and for those on a budget, ill also be hosting weekly malt-liquor tastings all winter :lol:
  • bhaskell
    bhaskell

    Subject: I'll host a first one

    I'll host the first one if there really is interest. Maybe I can get Fremented Grapes to give a discount or host. Does anyone know the owner/managers?

    If your interested in being invited to a tasting, email me directly at [email protected]
  • rah
    rah
    I'm interested too :D
  • stacey
    stacey
    rhodamine wrote: id be down...

    and for those on a budget, ill also be hosting weekly malt-liquor tastings all winter :lol:
    What no Boonesfarm?
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    rhodamine wrote:
    and for those on a budget, ill also be hosting weekly malt-liquor tastings all winter :lol:
    Let's do it! Hell, I'd even concede to you on which take-out to cleanse the palate with!!!
  • roux42
    roux42

    Subject: Sounds Great!

    Sounds Great! Let me know when it is going to happen!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I'd also be totally into this.

    Now if only daveb were still here...
  • bhaskell
    bhaskell

    Subject: Host the first tasting

    Great. I was thinking that between now and New Year's was too busy already for everyone, so I'll pick a date in January and let people know.

    Please email me if you want to be invited.

    [email protected]
    Beth Haskell
    120 St. Marks Ave.
  • pete_c
    pete_c
    Sepia throws a wine tasting every couple of months, the last one they had was October. Served some interesting French wines -- most people headed for 'tasting' and ended up at 'merrily sloshed.'


    Anyway, some horribly colored and grainy shots can be seen here:
    http://www.curtner.net/sepia/fallwinetasting/


    Next one's probably sometime in the spring.
  • bewitched
    bewitched
    My office is closing early to reward all of us suckers who made it in. wOOt! Who's going to Fermented Grapes and when?
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