Wine

[looiwte]

Updated liao. Looks like next Tues or Fri dinner are good to go! Maybe we can choose one and confirm early?

 

[ikileo]

next tuesday seems the most viable. how many of you will bring a +1?

 

[reign]

I'm ok with tues. Will update the table later as company system is not friendly to online table. Mine is + 1

 

[hkm520240]

I don't have +1 this time. Friend cannot make it to weekday dinner.

 

[Condor]

to make it easier, those with +1 just indicate beside your name in the spreadsheet.

actually there's another recommendation for cheap and good chinese food that is drinks friendly. le chasseur along north bridge road opposite central. free corkage. only pay 50c for wine glass, or bring your own. food is home cooked styl no msg, etc.

 

[ikileo]

Mine is +1 too. How about you looiwte?

 

[looiwte]

Plus one as usual - my wife!

 

[ikileo]

Ok so confirmation list:

- reign +1
- looiwte +1
- ikileo + 1
- condor
- hkm

total pax: 8 pax
total bottles: 5 bottles

do we want to say the type of wine we will bring, just simply red/white/sparkling/dessert? so at least there's some balance. Either way when it's served blind we can still see the colours so no difference.

let me know. I will proceed to call Imperial Treasure Cantonese Cuisine @ Great World City to make the reservation at 7pm.

 

[reign]

I prefer unknown, cos all of us so expert! I novice. Then can make it more challenging for the rest. I bringing red!

 

[ikileo]

@reign: yup, it will be blind but we just state here whether it's red/white/sparkling with no other details. this is because I have short listed a couple to bring so i just wanna see which type most people are bringing so i can bring something else.

 

[hkm520240]

I have another friend joining us so I am +1 now. I will bring a red.

 

[ikileo]

ok cool, now it's 9 pax.

 

[Beta_Tester]

Do you all keep the corks after drinking? i went to my boss home. He has a crate of these corks.. my god.. must have drank alot. lolol..

 

[ikileo]

ok made reservation for 9 pax on 27th Tuesday 7pm. Decant/prep your babies before we meet

 

[looiwte]

ok made reservation for 9 pax on 27th Tuesday 7pm. Decant/prep your babies before we meet

Ok steady.

First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Had a rough week, so am glad that's all over and looking forward to plenty of rest and feasting with the family.

I would like to bring dessert or white wines, but have limited experience with anything >50 bucks. To fit the premium wine theme, can I bring a red wine that can be had with or without food? Could probably even go with dessert, but maybe not a Chinese-style one. Hope this doesn't give it away eh...

 

[ikileo]

just bring whatever you like

 

[Condor]

will be bringing a red.

 

[ikileo]

in that case i will bring my white

see ya'll there!

and wishing everyone here on the Wine thread a Blessed Christmas!

 

[ikileo]

i lucked out today. every Christmas my family has lunch at a family friend's place with lots of other people and there's always wine. there was a nice rose, a meh white and someone brought a bottle of red.

upon seeing the red, i requested to open it and they did. by the end of the lunch only 1/4 of it was drunk and i asked whether i could take it home. they said "sure, please help us clear the wine".

it was a 2002 Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon. haha...basically Concha's top end wine.

I let it continue to breathe in the bottle for another 6 hours and enjoying it now with a home cooked steak meal. Merry Christmas everyone

 

[looiwte]

Ok so confirmation list:

- reign +1
- looiwte +1
- ikileo + 1
- condor
- hkm

total pax: 8 pax
total bottles: 5 bottles

do we want to say the type of wine we will bring, just simply red/white/sparkling/dessert? so at least there's some balance. Either way when it's served blind we can still see the colours so no difference.

let me know. I will proceed to call Imperial Treasure Cantonese Cuisine @ Great World City to make the reservation at 7pm.

I have another friend interested to join in, is there room for one more?
Let me know if it's possible ya.