Henry (who talks at the Geek Wine Thing) and Andy from The Butlers Wine Cellar are doing a 2000 KM cycling trip to raise:
Having just spoken to Henry from The Butlers Wine Cellar, I'm pleased to announce that the Geek Wine Thing is back for 2008.
You can register on upcoming.
We haven't agreed a theme yet, so please feel free to suggest a theme in the comments.
Also, you can now follow what's going on with the Geek Wine Thing via Twitter.
[update June 15th 2007] I've put a wiki up for the event, the only stuff on it at time of posting is a page where you can suggest ideas for future tasting themes (there's a list of past themes on that page too).
Last night was the inaugural Geek Wine Thing and it was a real success. So I want to say thank you to everyone who came, including Henry and Will from The Butlers Wine Cellar.
This was the first time I've taken responsibility for organising an event of any kind, so was a nervous, but once we got into the swing of things that feeling was washed away.
Henry talked us through the basics of Spanish and Portuguese wines. Not only does he clearly know his stuff but also talks with passion about the subject which I think everybody appreciated.
We're already hearing some great ideas for future tastings and if you've got ideas, I'd love the hear them.
The sound of cameras was pretty constant so there should be some good geek-wine-tasting images on Flickr soon.
Also, when I get time, I'll make sure all the bottles we tried are on Corkd so you can add your tasting notes if you like.
I recently posted an introduction to the Geek Wine Thing.
For those attending, a quick note: you have to sign-up on upcoming. Unfortunately all places are taken now. However, if you add a comment saying you want to come then you are in with a chance.
If you've changed your mind and are no longer coming, could you mark yourself as watching rather than attending please?
Some of you may have heard me talk about the 'Geek Wine Thing'. Well it looks like it might go ahead.
