[wine] Salon de "Sideways" on Sunday

Hi All, Looks like Sunday is a go. General plan. View film at the Lagoon (on Lagoon Ave {29th St. S?} a few blocks east of Hennepin. Note that Lagoon is One-way West and Lake is One-Way East.) Regroup at Chez Gregory after. Am guessing it's a 120 minute film, get's you on the "right" side of big Muddy by about 4:00. Landmark's Lagoon Cinema Uptwn (612) 825-6006 Address: 1320 Lagoon Ave Minneapolis, MN 55408 We'll do Pinot and Whites or Rose's. We'll all bring Pinot friendly appetizers and sides. Ruth will make something, possibly turkey pot pie. We'll do whites and rose's w/ the turkey. Won't be a sit down thang, so we're not limited to 10. Alternate plan (e.g. Russ and others). Either view the film earlier, or skip it. Meet up at Chez Greggory at 4:00 or so. Warren, Ruth Gregory 651-698-5337 2139 Randolph wrcgregory(a)qwest.net Who/What Bob Cheeses Warren/Ruth Hosts/main event. Jim/Louise Breads/??? Nicolai Betsy Lori ??? Please coordinate the sides w/ Ruth. Directions. To Lagoon. 94 to Lyndale, South to Lake, follow jog to the right as Lake becomes one way. West to Lagoon. Lagoon to Chez Gregory. Might be best to avoid downtown, the freeway and the metrodome. I'd take Lake St (or 28th) east, across the river, to Cretin or Cleveland. South (right) to Randolph. Scenic route. Take East River Road to Randolph. Cheers, Jim ----- Forwarded message from Warren Gregory <wbgregory(a)qwest.net> ----- Hi Jim, I looked in the paper and the movie is playing I believe at 1:45 on Sunday. We are thinking that we should do a pinot tasting with some appetizers during our "salon" discussion and then I am willing to cook a dinner of somekind-probably homemade pot pie from turkey leftovers so we can have a white wine tasting for once! I am willing to open my house up for however many I won't do a formal table for dinner. I would appreciate some help with: Appetizers for pinot noir, a green salad, bread, (Bob will bring cheese) fruit to go with the cheese. Ruth ----- End forwarded message ----- Hospices de Beaune: prices fall November 22, 2004 Adam Lechmere, and Antony le Ray-Cook Prices of red wine at the annual Hospices de Beaune auctions fell by one third for red wine. Prices of red Burgundy at the charity auction this weekend (20/21 November) were 33% less than last year. This is in contrast to the 2003 price, which showed a 21% increase on 2002. The price of white wines fell by 21%. The total figure raised this year, for red and white wines, eaux de vie and fine de Bourgogne, was .3,036,990. Last year's figure was .3.41m. Despite a somewhat depressed atmosphere (one French newspaper described it as 'une ambience morose'), Burgundy professionals were not unduly surprised by the results. 'There's no need to worry,' Louis Fabrice Latour, president of the Syndicat des Negociants said. 'There was a huge rise in prices in 2003, and now we are just getting nearer to normal levels.' Latour had predicted a drop in prices. Negociant Pierre-Henri Gagey said, 'It's a classic market reaction after the two great years of 2002 and 2003. But it doesn't mean that all of Burgundy is going to go down by 20 or 25%.' Prices at the Hospices showed a steady increase year on year from 1994 to 2000, after which they began to fall. 2003 bucked a downward trend: 2001 and 2002 showed a drop in prices, as does this year's auction. Exports of Burgundy are on a downward trend, except to Japan. Sales to the USA during the last year did not reach the 2002 level. Exports to Britain fell by 5%, and to Germany by 27%. The French domestic market is relatively stable. In contrast, exports to Japan rose by 25% in volume and by 32% in value. The Domaine des Hospices de Beaune is a non-profit organisation which owns around 55ha of vineyard land in Burgundy. Every year in November it sells its new crop at the Hospices auction, which has become a general indicator of expected prices for the rest of the region. -- ------------------------------ * * Dr. James Lee Ellingson, Adjunct Professor jellings(a)me.umn.edu * * University of Minnesota, tel: 651/645-0753 fax 651 XXX XXXX * * Great Lakes Brewing News, 1569 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 *