Welch, Taylor Dinerman, Bruce Goldman, James Benenson, Roger Heinig, Mark Kellner, Barbara Cannizzo, Don Frese, Pat Eisenman, Paul Zabbo, Stephan Dejean, Daniel Lippman, Andrew Strada, Roger Wollstadt, Mordecai Bobrowsky, Ronald Butler, Dave Ceely, Wright Truesdell, John Bobek, Terry Holmes, Merv Benson and Bill Gately.
As we walk into our separate rooms, the event's organizers, Cassidy Dart and James Simpson of Pol Roger, announce that we have 40 minutes for the six white wines, a 20-minute break, followed by 40 minutes on the reds.