Meeting David Schildnecht

Thurs night I was meeting up w/ my niece, Cris, and her husband Kyle Hurla at Vinology to share some wines and some small plates. The guy in the wine cellar, when I asked about David, gave him a head’s up that I was going to be back in later. So David let him know that he would be in about 7:30pm to meet me. The opportunity to meet a Venerated Icon is one of life’s rare occurrences.
I’ve known David forever in Cyberspace, back when I had to log in with my punched card reader. We started way back on USENET: alt.food.wine, Thru the Squires board, the Parker board, WCWN, WLDG, most recently WineBerserkers. Our exchanges were always cordial and David struck me as somebody I’d love to meet. So David joined us to share our wines and apps.
He was an absolute gem to visit with.of course, very knowledgeable. We were there for well over an hour. It’s always a pleasure to meet one of your heros.
Tom

I've always enjoyed my visits with David; he brings the brainpower!

[Jenise]

Lucky you!

I've always enjoyed my visits with David; he brings the brainpower!

And you bring the good looks, Steve.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

I first met David via the German Wine Society. He was a featured speaker at two conferences held in Gettysburg, PA. Saw him several times after that at events, most notably the German Wine Society conference I put together and hosted in Springfield, MA. He was the Sunday Brunch event speaker. Later he came to the house, and we had dinner and way too many bottles of wine. Every meeting was an education and a pleasure.