Los Altos, CA; Tuesday July 28

[Sandy Crozier]

So I am assuming it is just the three of us. That is quite small to be opening some wines, so I suggest that we perhaps cancel the dinner unless we have more interest.
thoughts???

 

[Larry Stein]

"Cory Cartwright, please come to the white courtesy telephone..."

 

[Cory Cartwright]

We're back in

 

[Sandy Crozier]

So we have 5 now? Is that quorum? :-)

 

[Larry Stein]

It is for me.

 

[Sandy Crozier]

I'll call for a reservation for 6 at 7:30 if it works for everyone. Chime in if it does not work. Should be good fun.

 

[Steven Spielmann]

I guess we are on then!

(Cross-post: that reservation sounds perfect. Thanks again!)

 

[Larry Stein]

Sounds good!

 

[Sandy Crozier]

count me in for a +1. So we are 6 then. thoughts on wine :-)

 

[Sandy Crozier]

We have to be very punctual as Los Altos Grill will only seat us when everyone is present. They are a stickler about it. :-(

 

[Sandy Crozier]

Reservation made. We have to be on time for 7:30 so that we can be seated as promptly as possible. Because it is 7:30 there may be a slight delay but they said they will seat us as close to 7:30 as possible. Now all we have to do is work out the wines.

I suggest everyone look at the menu and we can talk about how we want to do the food. Perhaps we share some appetizers and then order our mains. Pair the wines with the apps. and mains.

Thoughts?

 

[Larry Stein]

I can bring an older German wine...

or

Sandy, do you want to compare notes and see if you have the same '02 Beaujolais (or other vintage) for which I have the '05?

 

[Sandy Crozier]

originally posted by Larry Stein:
I can bring an older German wine...

or

Sandy, do you want to compare notes and see if you have the same '02 Beaujolais (or other vintage) for which I have the '05?

I suggest we all bring at least a couple of wines as that is the number that are generally consumed.
I have '02 Coudert I believe in the basement. I'll check on it though.

I can do older german as well...

Let's put it out to the group

 

[Steven Spielmann]

I'm low on gamay right now because I seem to constantly be drinking it. I was thinking about bringing a '97 Cappellano Pie Franco though. But I have a few other ready-ish nice bottles if they're better matches for the group.

Is the menu on line anywhere?

 

[Sandy Crozier]

Menu ...http://www.hillstone.com/pdf_menus/losAltosGrill/Los_Altos_Grill.pdf

they also have daily specials.

I'm easy on what to bring.

 

[Larry Stein]

Yeah, bring what you wanna bring. I just thought the '02/'05 Beaujolais comparison could be fun since Sandy and I have sufficient quantities.

 

[Cory Cartwright]

I have some older Joguet that needs drinking, so I'll bring that.

 

[VLM]

The jeebus board rules!!!

 

[Sandy Crozier]

I can do both of these: '02 coudert fleurie clos de la roilette and '02 Thevenet Morgon Vieilles Vignes, and I think I have the '05's for both of these as well. So Larry if you can match any of these it may be fun to do some beaujolais...:-) We could do a pair of coudert and a pair of thevenet or a combo...We could do a flight of '05 beaujolais for fun...if you want to add a couple of '05's..etc

I'm with VLM the jeebus board rules!!!!

 

[Larry Stein]

I have the '05 Coudert so I'll bring that along with an old German.