[GeekDinner-planning] Wine tasting

[Johann Botha]

Hi Neil                                       >@2007.06.13_13:10:10_GMT+0200

> > I think we should try and get Pieter to sponsor 20 bottles of wine and do a
> > 20 min tasting at the beginning of the dinner.
> >
> > I don't see any other way to do this. We can't taste for 40min and we don't
> > just want to taste the wine, we want to drink it.
> 
> Even 20 minutes sounds a bit much to me, if we're talking about the
> entire crowd.

Sure.

Just to explore Pieter's side of the issue.. (random guessing)

Cederberg wine is not R18/bottle stuff. It's quality wine.

Giving blank/getwine/stormhoek 5min to talk is a different problem to
getting a quality wine producer interested. (I've tried talking to 3 and
it's not trivial)

Let's see what Pieter thinks, maybe we should stick to the R18/bottle
stuff.. I've given up on the last legal drug anyway :-P

> If we can have it specific to a particular group of people (ie,
> optional), then we can get away with it.  Say, before the dinner
> starts and before people actually go sit down for the dinner itself,
> having an optional tasting will probably attract a good number of
> people, and those that are attracted aren't going to get bored in 20
> minutes.
> 
> Then again, I've been to dozens of tastings, and they tend to be
> pretty boring if you've been to a few.
> 
> I think it's imperative that any potential presenter in front of the
> dinner understand just how much the audience values their
> attention/time.
> 
> > I'll email him.
> 
> I think it's best to have just one person be involved in
> communications with people, if possible.  And one message.

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