timmyjwoot wrote:Awesome. Would love to see you two do a "preview" post in the Pub before the offer hits and you can post your full review to the official thread. I'm pretty stoked about another Woot Cellar red dropping on Friday. The original Monkey was before I joined Woot and I've never had a chance to try it. If it's a Cab I wonder what vintage? 2008 was a relatively weak vintage but one that did lend itself to a restrained kind of style that seems to really resonate with the woot zeitgeist these days. I'm hoping that's what we wind up with.

Who said it was a red?

Finally get to hang out in the pub again, after spending 3 days down in Jacksonville FL for work. Busy couple days, that didn't lend much time for wine.woot.
We did, however, go to PF Changs for lunch on Monday!
Then dinner last night was at Copeland's, a New Orleans seafood restaurant. DAYUM! That was good! I ate so much my coworkers almost had to roll me across the street back to the hotel.

timmyjwoot wrote:Awesome. Would love to see you two do a "preview" post in the Pub before the offer hits and you can post your full review to the official thread. I'm pretty stoked about another Woot Cellar red dropping on Friday. The original Monkey was before I joined Woot and I've never had a chance to try it. If it's a Cab I wonder what vintage? 2008 was a relatively weak vintage but one that did lend itself to a restrained kind of style that seems to really resonate with the woot zeitgeist these days. I'm hoping that's what we wind up with.

I think the Woot monkey will strangle me if I leak my review early. I won't get the bottle until late tomorrow anyhow.

Sadly, I have commitments tomorrow that will prevent me from consuming the bottle tomorrow, so my report will have to come up on Friday night. But I am gathering the locals!

cheron98 wrote:Sadly, I have commitments tomorrow that will prevent me from consuming the bottle tomorrow, so my report will have to come up on Friday night. But I am gathering the locals!

Drink at work!

HitAnyKey42 wrote:...Then dinner last night was at Copeland's, a New Orleans seafood restaurant. DAYUM! That was good! I ate so much my coworkers almost had to roll me across the street back to the hotel.

Copeland's is a chain (soemthing like 40 locations) and was founded by the owner of Popeye's Fried Chicken. You may want to see if there is one near to you, since you liked it so much.

klezman wrote:All interested: changed the date of NorCal #9 to April 30 to increase turnout. joatmon, hope you can make it now too!

Cool! I hadn't dropped anything on that date yet; looks like I'm in!

Gribblesnarf.

I'm travelling this week with a super-busy schedule, and managed to miss the Gazzi offering.

Anybody in the NorCal/SF area who is looking to sell off a few bottles?

cheron98 wrote:WHO'S GOT TWO THUMBS AND IS GONNA LABRAT MONKEY 2ND PRIZE??? THIS GAL!!!!

This Guy as well ....


And will probably open the older MP as well.

timmyjwoot wrote:Awesome. Would love to see you two do a "preview" post in the Pub before the offer hits and you can post your full review to the official thread. I'm pretty stoked about another Woot Cellar red dropping on Friday. The original Monkey was before I joined Woot and I've never had a chance to try it. If it's a Cab I wonder what vintage? 2008 was a relatively weak vintage but one that did lend itself to a restrained kind of style that seems to really resonate with the woot zeitgeist these days. I'm hoping that's what we wind up with.

Where are you? I'm going to open the original MP with the new.

cortot20 wrote:Who said it was a red?

Original MP was a Cab. So this one should be as well.



And are you available for tasting Friday night? Opening an original MP as well.

cheron98 wrote:WHO'S GOT TWO THUMBS AND IS GONNA LABRAT MONKEY 2ND PRIZE??? THIS GAL!!!!

Congrats!

MarkDaSpark wrote:This Guy as well ....


And will probably open the older MP as well.

You suck!

otolith wrote:You suck!

Well, if you could fly out here for Friday night, you could suck as well!!!!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Well, if you could fly out here for Friday night, you could suck as well!!!!

I'd fly to Detroit first!

kylemittskus wrote:Hey TyTyger,

Do you want to split the upcoming Monkey Prize offering? I owe you some $$ after all of our trades (I think around $35). If yeah, let me know and I'll buy 'em. If not, no worries. I'll give you wampum as payment.

What is this monkey prize you speak of??

otolith wrote:I'd fly to Detroit first!

You're welcome to come join us!

If anybody in NorCal is getting one I'd happily assist in the very difficult job of downing a woot cellars wine

cheron98 wrote:You're welcome to come join us!

I would if you were closer.

Kyle....I just picked up some of the wine that cannot be named on TSO...would you like a bottle of that thrown in to the mix?

MarkDaSpark wrote:Original MP was a Cab. So this one should be as well.



And are you available for tasting Friday night? Opening an original MP as well.

Thanks for the invite. I'm not too keen on heading down into orange county on a Friday night after work. So I will have to pass this time. Friday nights are a serious veg. night for me and I usually just try and stay home.

BTW, the last time I was at casa de Jeff we opened up the EHP you gave him quite awhile ago and enjoyed the s#!^ out of it. And then proceeded to get beaten by him in some trivia game he had for the PS3 5 times in a row.

I was also labratted. Problem is I'm not home :{
They tried rerouting the fedex package to my hotel but fedex won't let you reroute alcohol to another state. :{

otolith wrote:I'd fly to Detroit first!

You don't love me anymore!

Cesare wrote:I was also labratted. Problem is I'm not home :{
They tried rerouting the fedex package to my hotel but fedex won't let you reroute alcohol to another state. :{

URGENT! Me too. I think it must be a wine we both like... So:

SoCal Regulars who are going to be in or near enough to Pasadena on Thursday (tomorrow) / Friday, please PM me stat. Even Saturday. I have a very important (and pleasant) task for you.

cheers

Richard

jeffandmonica wrote:What is this monkey prize you speak of??

Does no one read the threads before responding??? Or the post immediately after the one they quote?????

duplicate

cortot20 wrote:Thanks for the invite. I'm not too keen on heading down into orange county on a Friday night after work. So I will have to pass this time. Friday nights are a serious veg. night for me and I usually just try and stay home.

BTW, the last time I was at casa de Jeff we opened up the EHP you gave him quite awhile ago and enjoyed the s#!^ out of it. And then proceeded to get beaten by him in some trivia game he had for the PS3 5 times in a row.

Lakewood, which is LA County, but right off the 605 if you change your mind.


And was it Buzz? That one is addictive. And glad you enjoyed the EHP. Not like I don't have more.

richardhod wrote:URGENT! Me too. I think it must be a wine we both like... So:

SoCal Regulars who are going to be in or near enough to Pasadena on Thursday (tomorrow) / Friday, please PM me stat. Even Saturday. I have a very important (and pleasant) task for you.

cheers

Richard

ClayFu is the only SoCal regular I know up in that area. PM me the details, and I could see if I can make it up Friday during the day (and hit Philippe's for lunch).

MarkDaSpark wrote:ClayFu is the only SoCal regular I know up in that area. PM me the details, and I could see if I can make it up Friday during the day (and hit Philippe's for lunch).

I emailed Kyle too, in case. I have storage there, but would want to speak to him personally, and then tell my storage who to give the parcel to.

Anyone else, in case these don't come off?

I watched Storage Wars tonight. Interesting show. Buying defunct storage lockers and trying to turn a profit.

I'd always wondered about Rags to Riches Thrift store (NB). Now I wonder no more and will never set foot in it. The owner is a total jerk (he's on the show).

richardhod wrote:I emailed Kyle too, in case. I have storage there, but would want to speak to him personally, and then tell my storage who to give the parcel to.

Anyone else, in case these don't come off?

Forgot about PSquishy. But then he and SWMBO just bought a new house, so I don't know what area he's in yet.


And just had to buy the shirt up now. Too funny!

MarkDaSpark wrote:Forgot about PSquishy. But then he and SWMBO just bought a new house, so I don't know what area he's in yet.

Oh PSSquishy is Kyle Mk2?!

richardhod wrote:Oh PSSquishy is Kyle Mk2?!

Yes. Whenever he gets probation on his regular wootname (which seems to be every other week), he posts under that.

IIRC, it's from Cat using the line from Finding Nemo with regards to Kyle. "I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy Come on, little Squishy. "

MarkDaSpark wrote:

You don't love me anymore!

I do! It's just that you've been ratted close to a billion times (maybe a slight exaggeration), so I'm jealous.

Cesare wrote:I was also labratted. Problem is I'm not home :{
They tried rerouting the fedex package to my hotel but fedex won't let you reroute alcohol to another state. :{

Feel free to reroute it to my address.

cjsiege wrote:Copeland's is a chain (soemthing like 40 locations) and was founded by the owner of Popeye's Fried Chicken. You may want to see if there is one near to you, since you liked it so much.

Dirty secret: loves me some popeyes

bhodilee wrote:Dirty secret: loves me some popeyes

That sounds like a dodgy Folsom Street practice 8-o

No idea what's coming, but I reckon it'l be a producer well-known to us or that two-monkey thing!

RPM has posted an extremely fascinating and interesting history of how wine tasting and production has evolved over the years, a great read for all, in the A Cat Died in My Mouth Thread. Required reading for any serious (or even moderately serious) oenophile indeed.

P.S. My impoverished synopsis doesn't do justice to the wealth of info in the post.

MarkDaSpark wrote:

You don't love me anymore!

I'm sure he does.

I'm just cuter

MarkDaSpark wrote:Yes. Whenever he gets probation on his regular wootname (which seems to be every other week), he posts under that.

IIRC, it's from Cat using the line from Finding Nemo with regards to Kyle. "I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy Come on, little Squishy. "

Yep!

otolith wrote:I do! It's just that you've been ratted close to a billion times (maybe a slight exaggeration), so I'm jealous.

See, it's not just me who thinks this