End of the Year, Host Appreciation Dinner (YOU MUST HOST IN 2025 TO ATTEND)

Hello Boulder Wine Meetupers (Meetupians?)

I am once again going to be hosting an End of the Year, Host Appreciation Dinner. There is 1 requirement to being able to attend:

You must have hosted an event in 2025 for Boulder Wine Meetup.

If you haven't hosted, you will be removed. That said, if you want to sign up before hosting, please reach out to me or another organizer and lets get your event on the books.

More than anything I don't want anyone to feel excluded from this event, so get out there and host!!!

This will be a multi course, plated, wine dinner.

Some things to think about.

1. This is a suggested date, as the guest list takes shape over the coming months, the availability of the guests may drive this date to move.
2. While this date is suggested, we think this will work better than in years past. We moved this to a Sunday, to not conflict with other plans. We have it starting earlier in the day to allow for more time, and have it earlier in December to not conflict with other holiday events.
3. Guests are encouraged to bring a wine. Encouraged, but not required to. If you have a special wine, that you would like to share with the group, please do so, and let me know ahead of time so I can pair foods accordingly. We have had some incredible wines brought in years past.
4. Guests are encouraged to bring a plus one
5. The menu for this event will shape over time as well, depending on the wines brought, and palates of the guest list.

The 2023 and 2024 events were wonderful. I personally had a blast, I think everyone else did as well. So get out there and host, I hope to see many of you there.

To give you an idea of what we did in years past, here are the menus.
(**** Again, these are PAST menus, here just to give an idea of what is coming, this years menu will be different***)

2023
1. Smoked Salmon on roasted potato with cheese sauce served with a Torremilanos Cava
2. Chicken Jalapeño Meatball with a Duckhorn Chardonnay
3. Salad With Goat Cheese, fruit and nuts with a red wine reduction dressing served with a Sommerberg Riesling
4. A Cheese and Meat Tray served with a Torremilnaos Montecastrillo
5. A Chorizo Enchilada With Pork Green Chili served with a 2008 Witch Creek Syrah
6. Fresh Pasta in a coconut cream sauce and Pork Tenderloin Loin served with a Duckhorn Decoy Cabernet
7. Picanha with Red wine pepper Cream Sauce over Sweet Potatoes served with a 1999 Silver Oak Cab
8. Deconstructed Pumpkin Pie served with a Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Tawny Port
9. Bonus wines. Poggio Antico Brunello and Miliasso Albarossa

2024
1. Romain Boat with Gorganzola, tomatoes, and toasted Corn with a Reserve Schramburg Champagne
2. Cheese and Charcuterie with a ZD Chardonnay
3. Lemon Pepper Wing on Fresh Cabage with a Alsatian Grand Cru Reisling
4. Grilled shrimp on Corn Cake and green chili beans with a 2016 Clos des Brusquieres Chateauneuf-du-Pape
5. Baked Pasta in a Red wine Coconut Cream Sauce, Topped with Smoked Salmon with a 2007 Silver Oak Cab
6. Brussel Sprouts with Bacon with a 1999 Silver Oak Cab
7. Picanha, green beans, grilled squash with a 1995 Silver Oak Cab
8. Cookie , topped with Pumkin pie, homemade whiipped cream with a Quarles Harris Porto
9. Bonus wines and snacks: Campo dei Ciliegi Red, 2022 Chateau St. Jean Rosé, Petaluma Gap, Prosecco. Toasted Marconi almonds, Homemade Bread, and Cheddar Biscuits

Let me know if you have any questions.