For The Love Of Port

I was speaking with Mannie Berk today to see if there would be interest in doing a Madeira Road Show, while Ricardo DeFreitas (owner of Barbeito) is in the USA. He liked the idea and we have yet to find a venue (just spoke to him 10 minutes ago) but we're considering Thursday night March 18th in San Francisco.

Is there interest from Madeira lovers to attend such an event? I am trying to gauge interest before we do all of the work involved in putting this all together, so quickly.

These are non-profit events where everyone pays for their own dinner (usually about $150-ish) and has to dig deep to bring a great bottle of Madeira along and then share it with the other attendees who are also bringing a great bottle along. I tend to help in coordinating the wines into cohesive flights and make sure that everyone is playing on the same plane, in terms of what they are going to ante up. Then comes the work coordinating all facets of the dinner.

So please let me know if you are interested in attending and if we have a good amount of people from here, I'd then let Mannie know and he could then fill the rest of the availabilities from his clientele. So ... who wants to join us?


Also, if anyone in the Bay area knows of a BYOB upscale restaurant, I'd appreciate you letting me know.

This sounds great, especially since I will be up there for the dinner on Friday, but I have a conflict that I would need to juggle on Thursday night. If this looks like it's coming together, I will see what I can do.

Damn, I'm missing out on too much. First the Fortification Tour, next The Rare Wine Co.'s Barbieto tasting, now this.
I expect notes on everything!

Unfortunately, not able to attend.

As I have said before, Florida is the madeira wine desert.

Have fun everyone.

It appears there is a change in plans for the 18th which will be announced in the next couple of days. This will result in a charity relief effort for Madeira. Stay tuned.

is there any info yet on March 18?