Public NYC Louis/Dressner Tasting: WTF?

originally posted by Levi Dalton:
I had a lot of fun at this year's LDM tasting.

I think it comes down to knowing other people in the room.
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Agreed. With some folks, it's one of the only times I may see them in a given year.
 
originally posted by Cory Cartwright:
Seeing the battle wounded from last year's after hours sword fighting was definitely a highlight at the August tasting.
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there were some casualties this time around as well! no sword fighting though, nathan never made it to the bells!
 
I think if one goes in with a plan, there is a lot to be gained.
And the plan isn't just which wines to taste.
It's also arriving at a time when things aren't crazy crowded.
Overstimulation by ambient noise/jostling is a real risk, esp when one is attempting to concentrate on a subtle aroma or texture.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by JasonA:
Well, this this might explain it.
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Uncredited Jean-Paul Brun at 1:35.
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Dost this clip mean that the REAL fun happens at the ITB tasting? Where they use those super secret handshakes and everyone looks fabulous?
 
originally posted by Don Rice:
I think if one goes in with a plan, there is a lot to be gained.
And the plan isn't just which wines to taste.
It's also arriving at a time when things aren't crazy crowded.
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Don, couldn't you have worked on this one a bit more?:

If one goes with a plan,
That includes more than wine,
There is much to be gained,
And it's all in the time,
Ing.
 
originally posted by Don Rice:
While working the L/D event
Tasting taste after taste, feeling spent
She whispered "It's better
To drink while unfettered."
Indeed! Back to her place we went.

OK I'll stop
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You have a knack.

Whose this Stephanie Najor person and where's that nice little wine store where they only allow good-looking people in?
 
OK on Jeff's counsel here's another try

At a tasting just stick to the plan
No imbibing now, spit in the pan
Get the cuve that's best
Say to hell with the rest
Fill 'er up, knock 'er back, be a man.
 
Roger, congrats. You've experienced the equivalent of 90% of industry tastings- consider yourself a pro.

The thing about tastings are, they're... work.

When an importer gives you the privilege of experiencing a lineup on that scale, it's a chance to experience the wines in contexts normally not possible- with other wines of the region, a certain "philosophical" (careful with that word around here...) curation, with the winemakers available to answer questions, etc. It is what it is, and as others have said, the pleasure in it becomes less and less about the wines themselves and derives more from the relationships you've built up over time.

Tasting in and of itself is not a social act. However, the community that builds up around these wines and their general joie de vivre provide ample opportunity for the conviviality you seek. There's just different times and places to unwind. And when that happens, we don't taste.

We drink, grasshopper.
 
The tasting was a free event which cost Chambers Street and LDM a bundle.

Over 300 people attended and the response was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

But we have learned, through painful experience, that not everyone likes large tasting events.

Next year, we intend to run 15 separate tastings limited to 20 tasters for each session. Each session will last two hours and will include food, although nothing too fancy. This way, people attending will have more time with each grower and each wine.

We learn from our mistakes. To show good faith, anyone who attended last Saturday's free tasting who found the event alienating is entitled to a full refund. Contact me at my personal e-mail: captaintumorman@gmail.com
 
Joe sent me my refund overnight. It was waiting on my desk when I came into the office. Now I feel like an ungrateful ass which, let's face it, is appropriate.
 
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