The Wine Collector

If you consider yourself a Burgundy enthusiast or perhaps wondered what the excitement over Burgundy wine is all about, attending the next La Paulee (in San Francisco) on March 1, 2008 is your chance to taste a cross-section of the best wines from the region, both supplied by the event organizers as well as other guests who bring fantastic bottles to share.

There are three events:

1. Grand Tasting ($300) - Held from noon to 3 pm on March 1, this is a walkaround wine and food extravaganza. 
2. Gala Dinner ($1,400, includes admission to Grand Tasting) - Starts at 6:30 pm on March 1. Guests are encouraged to bring a special bottle to share in the spirit of the La Paulee tradition. 
3. Exclusive Rarities Dinner (Est. $5,000, includes admission to all other events) - Limited to 50 people. Very special wines are served. This event is held on the Friday night before the Gala dinner.  The final schedule and price is still to be determined. 

Vinfolio issued a news flash email inviting our customers to sign up last week which contains more details of the events as well as a reservation form to download (provided again here).  You can send the form to Vinfolio at service@vinfolio.com or fax it to 415-946-1359 and we'll take care of holding a spot for you.

A few considerations in case you are hesitating

1. Daniel Johnnes (Wine Director of Daniel Bouloud's Dinex group) normally holds this event in New York every two years and he has not held it in San Francisco since 2001.  I suspect that there is pent-up demand on the West Coast which will result in it selling out quickly (all prior years sold out months in advance).
2. The response to our news flash email confirms that interest is running high.  E.g., we already have reservations to fill 50% of the seats at the Rarities dinner!
3. Read some press reviews from prior events which are glowing.
4. There will be plenty of interesting people to meet, from Allen Meadows of Burghound to winemakers from the Burgundy domaines whose wines are being served.  And "yes", I will be attending and would look forward to meeting readers of this blog and/or customers of Vinfolio.