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Payton steals Jerry Jones' favorite wine
Posted on 3/1/10 at 8:42 am
Posted on 3/1/10 at 8:42 am
On Friday night, the Saints' staff at the combine gathered in a private room at St. Elmo Steakhouse, an 108-year-old Indy landmark, for a final celebratory nod to the Super Bowl win over the Colts. This is a group that likes its wine, and likes to have fun.
At the restaurant, word passed that Dallas owner Jerry Jones would have his Dallas group in this exact room Saturday night for a team dinner. Jones had even phoned ahead, according to a waiter, to make sure a magnum of a wine he loved, Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, was ready to be served at dinner.
Sean Payton told the waiter he'd like to have that wine, too. The waiter told him: Sorry, sir. We have only one bottle left, and it's reserved for Mr. Jones.
Payton said he'd like to have the bottle nonetheless. I assume there was much angst on the part of the wait staff at that point. My God! Who do we piss off? One of the most powerful owners in the NFL, or the coach who's the toast of the NFL, the coach who just won the Super Bowl?
Here came the bottle of Caymus Special Selection, and the Saints' party drained it.
But drinking Jones' wine wasn't enough. Payton gave the waiter some instructions, took out his pen ... and, well, the Cowboys party found at the middle of their table the next evening an empty magnum of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, with these words hand-written on the fancy label:
WHO DAT!
World Champions XLIV
Sean Payton
That's the kind of thing Jones will get a big laugh out of. And remember.
LINK
At the restaurant, word passed that Dallas owner Jerry Jones would have his Dallas group in this exact room Saturday night for a team dinner. Jones had even phoned ahead, according to a waiter, to make sure a magnum of a wine he loved, Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, was ready to be served at dinner.
Sean Payton told the waiter he'd like to have that wine, too. The waiter told him: Sorry, sir. We have only one bottle left, and it's reserved for Mr. Jones.
Payton said he'd like to have the bottle nonetheless. I assume there was much angst on the part of the wait staff at that point. My God! Who do we piss off? One of the most powerful owners in the NFL, or the coach who's the toast of the NFL, the coach who just won the Super Bowl?
Here came the bottle of Caymus Special Selection, and the Saints' party drained it.
But drinking Jones' wine wasn't enough. Payton gave the waiter some instructions, took out his pen ... and, well, the Cowboys party found at the middle of their table the next evening an empty magnum of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, with these words hand-written on the fancy label:
WHO DAT!
World Champions XLIV
Sean Payton
That's the kind of thing Jones will get a big laugh out of. And remember.
LINK
This post was edited on 3/1/10 at 8:43 am
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Posted on 3/1/10 at 8:46 am to clooneyisgod
I just read that 
Posted on 3/1/10 at 9:38 am to clooneyisgod
coach payton 
Posted on 3/1/10 at 9:43 am to Swagga
Should have pissed in it and put the cork back on.
Posted on 3/1/10 at 9:51 am to Chad504boy
Great story! 
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:09 am to clooneyisgod
This makes me like Payton even more...
Take that Jerry.
Take that Jerry.
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:18 am to clooneyisgod
God I love our coach
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:29 am to BilJ
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:29 am to clooneyisgod
That's money.
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:34 am to clooneyisgod
its a German wine, btw
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:36 am to Big Fat
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its a German wine, btw
Where was it posted before this?
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:37 am to Big Fat
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its a German wine, btw
*dick alert*
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:37 am to Big Fat
Sean Payton is a 
Posted on 3/1/10 at 10:56 am to rintintin
Saints party = Friday Night
Dallas Party = Saturday Night
I'm betting each team had their wine and drank it too!
But leaving the signed bottle is a nice touch!
Dallas Party = Saturday Night
I'm betting each team had their wine and drank it too!
But leaving the signed bottle is a nice touch!
Posted on 3/1/10 at 11:07 am to Big Fat
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Payton steals Jerry Jones' favorite wine
its a German wine, btw
It's a Napa Valley wine... just saying.
Posted on 3/1/10 at 11:09 am to Big Fat
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its a German wine, btw
Again, where/when was this posted before?
Posted on 3/1/10 at 11:38 am to clooneyisgod
You idiots have gotten so Nazi with your Germans...
Posted on 3/1/10 at 11:43 am to Clockwatcher68
My cousin owns a vineyard that he leases to Caymus. Not sure if the grapes are used for their Special Selectuion wine, but it was really cool to be drinking Caymus wine out of wine barrrels with a turkey baster last time I went to visit!
Posted on 3/1/10 at 11:59 am to Joshjrn
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You idiots have gotten so Nazi with your Germans...
True. Although it's not even correct in this case because this was the first thread on this topic.
Posted on 3/1/10 at 12:04 pm to clooneyisgod
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Again, where/when was this posted before?
It was a small excerpt at the bottom of the Brees sports science video thread.
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