David Wainwright goodbye dinner at Bayard long

Actually, John, this was a LONG leisurely dinner. We were shown up to the private room about 6:45, and I left (to catch a train ) about 12:30. We had the Bolly's as folks were arriving, and then the PG was poured as we sat. The Pol Roger didn't come around for a while. So they weren't having to battle head to head.

Other wines came more closely grouped , so we had the white Burgs fairly close togther, the '83 Bdx were poured one after the other, etc.

Not that it's material to anyone here, but for future reference if anyone is doing a similar big event I thought David's pouring plan was excellent. He sent the waiters to the person who brought the wine, who approved and then sent around clockwise. While the waitstaff did a good job of seeing that everyone got a pour, in a few cases (especially the older wines with sediment) the last 2-3 people got somewhat short pours. But this plan buttured (a) that donor could approve wine, (b) that bringer wasn't shorted on his own wine , & (c) no one was consistently getting a short pour. If I organize an event I usually try to hold to 12 to get adequate pours, but obviously on this kind of event that's not desirable. This (and the skill of the Bayard staff) ensured everyone was happy.