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.

You and Cat .... although she's not that far behind me. And it's only been 4 wines (plus 1 mead). Plus I always share with zTimothyBz and Java. And Nostrom0 and Clayfu if they are able.

And this is the first in about a year, IIRC.


Edit: T.O.P. Well, at least until they delete Richard's duplicate post.

IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE!!!!

bhodilee wrote:Dirty secret: loves me some popeyes

But doesn't Olive Oyl get jealous? And what about SWMBO?

richardhod wrote: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!

I have an e-mail telling me I've been ratted

rpm wrote:I have an e-mail telling me I've been ratted

Seems as tough all the luminaries of wootdom have been golden ticketed.

Expectations are high for the best feedback ever from this group!

Cheers! We await your responses.

I'm excited, and if they sell this in a 6pack who wants to split the offer. Preferably either people in Upstate NY or who frequent that region.

gregorylane wrote:Seems as tough all the luminaries of wootdom have been golden ticketed.

Expectations are high for the best feedback ever from this group!

Cheers! We await your responses.

I like to think of myself as the 40w bulb of the wootverse, as such, i have no celebratory email.

bhodilee wrote:I like to think of myself as the 40w bulb of the wootverse, as such, i have no celebratory email.

We be Plonk testers!

gregorylane wrote:We be Plonk testers!

... it's a wine for laying down and avoiding.... with apologies to Monty Python.

MarkDaSpark wrote: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.

Where in Lakewood? TimB's house?

When you get ratted, do you get an email first or does the bottle just show up? My ship to address is my parents house and I need to know if I should call them.

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

I'm on it unless someone else has stolen my stolen rattage! And if it was Sparky.... DEATH! Email me details!!!

bhodilee wrote:I like to think of myself as the 40w bulb of the wootverse, as such, i have no celebratory email.

No, no ... 80w at least!!!

merbill wrote:Where in Lakewood? TimB's house?

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

cortot20 wrote:When you get ratted, do you get an email first or does the bottle just show up? My ship to address is my parents house and I need to know if I should call them.

You should get an email first, though sometimes you have to check your spam folder. But it never hurts to double check sometimes. If you do get it, it will arrive today by 3pm.

But I doubt you will get one, Grasshopper.


You could always PM Kyle to see if he's willing to share his substitute labrat duties.

gregorylane wrote:Seems as tough all the luminaries of wootdom have been golden ticketed.

Expectations are high for the best feedback ever from this group!

Cheers! We await your responses.

Might be a little drunken rambling from me since I'm not consuming very many calories these days

tiger7610 wrote:I'm excited, and if they sell this in a 6pack who wants to split the offer. Preferably either people in Upstate NY or who frequent that region.

Split... woot cellars...?


I am not familiar with this concept.


Is that even allowed?

cortot20 wrote:When you get ratted, do you get an email first or does the bottle just show up? My ship to address is my parents house and I need to know if I should call them.

Email first, generally.

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!

Would you at least be able to confirm varietal and vintage? A label shot perhaps? But really I know you'll do a great job of ratting and I should just be patient. But it's so hard sometimes...

i hate hate hate Jatravartid warping people that do Jatravartid warping things that warp everything up just because they don't like someone.

At work, there's person A and B. they hate each other, both run different projects. Person A has a need that B can fill. If person B fills the need it's a super win because of B's ability to then pay off a loan on B's project (A's project is federally and state funded costing us only 4 dollars) But since A hates B, A has decided to attempt to go a different way that saves us 6 dollars for A's project but costs us a Battlefield Earth (2000) ton in interest on B's project as the loan is ongoing. Essentially leading to an Epic FAIL. Wouldn't you spend 6 bucks to make 20? Basically, we're warping ourselves because A and B despise each other. Though in fairness, everyone hates an A.

obviously, 4 bucks is not the real number.

Am I picking up Richard's bottle?! Did you steal it Sparky?

Edit: looks like nope. Woo hoo! Pinging Richard. Richard come in!

Double edit: rat bottle pickup is in the works. Report to come tomorrow night!

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

I'm up in the Bay Area (SF) and I believe you're in SoCal so it looks like that's an opportunity missed. I'm really looking forward to seeing your review, though- being able to compare the vintages should be really interesting. I'd imagine the blending grape will be different so it will be cool to see how that shapes the wine.

timmyjwoot wrote:Would you at least be able to confirm varietal and vintage? A label shot perhaps? But really I know you'll do a great job of ratting and I should just be patient. But it's so hard sometimes...

Patience, young grasshopper.

timmyjwoot wrote:Would you at least be able to confirm varietal and vintage? A label shot perhaps? But really I know you'll do a great job of ratting and I should just be patient. But it's so hard sometimes...

We pretty much always do label shots (both front & back), plus confirm the varietals and vintage.

It'll be in the main thread, once it's up. But for both of us, it will be later tomorrow, since neither of us will try it tonight.

kylemittskus wrote:Am I picking up Richard's bottle?! Did you steal it Sparky?

Edit: looks like nope. Woo hoo! Pinging Richard. Richard come in!

Double edit: rat bottle pickup is in the works. Report to come tomorrow night!

Steal what?


Edit: Just make sure you use your big boy spelling book. And big boy pants.

gregorylane wrote:Seems as tough all the luminaries of wootdom have been golden ticketed.

Expectations are high for the best feedback ever from this group!

Cheers! We await your responses.

Damn it, rpm too! It must be a special bottle.. or the woot cellars! I'd been hoping for a Buena Vista, but now it's Kyle who's going to get the special honours! I emailed him as soon as I posted my first notice about not being here.

Still I'm happy I managed to get my first rattage EVER. Even if I end up unable to drink it But since I managed to hand it off to another decent rat, I hope next time I'm available (I'll tell them) they will be nice enough to try me again.

Thing is, I also emailed back saying I couldn't make it, so if the wootgods managed to get it in time before posting, perhaps mine got sent to rpm instead...

richardhod wrote:Damn them, rpm too! It must be a special bottle.. or the woot cellars! I'd been hoping for a Buena Vista, but now it's Kyle who's going to get the special honours! I emailed him as soon as I posted my first notice about not being here.

Thing is, I also emailed back saying I couldn't make it, so if the wootgods managed to get it in time before posting, perhaps mine got sent to rpm instead...

I'll call before I head out there to make sure it's there.

richardhod wrote:Damn it, rpm too! It must be a special bottle.. or the woot cellars! I'd been hoping for a Buena Vista, but now it's Kyle who's going to get the special honours! I emailed him as soon as I posted my first notice about not being here.

Still I'm happy I managed to get my first rattage EVER. Even if I end up unable to drink it But since I managed to hand it off to another decent rat, I hope next time I'm available (I'll tell them) they will be nice enough to try me again.

Thing is, I also emailed back saying I couldn't make it, so if the wootgods managed to get it in time before posting, perhaps mine got sent to rpm instead...

Richard, the entire world knows that it's the woot cellars. Woot announced it themselves on Monday to watch out for the Monkey 2nd Prize on Friday.

MarkDaSpark wrote:We pretty much always do label shots (both front & back), plus confirm the varietals and vintage.

It'll be in the main thread, once it's up. But for both of us, it will be later tomorrow, since neither of us will try it tonight.

Just to be clear, I was hoping for some _early_ info from those who have already received, or will sometime shortly, labrat bottles. Just to get excited about. But it looks like that's not going to happen. Jerks ;) (joking of course, I realize you're not supposed to blab and look forward to the reviews)

timmyjwoot wrote:Just to be clear, I was hoping for some _early_ info from those who have already received, or will sometime shortly, labrat bottles. Just to get excited about. But it looks like that's not going to happen. Jerks ;) (joking of course, I realize you're not supposed to blab and look forward to the reviews)

Muahahahaha.

We take our labratting very seriously.










Shut up, Sparky. We do.

Still no labrat love for SF bay?
And if bowtie is a 40W bulb, I guess that makes me 25W

klezman wrote:Still no labrat love for SF bay?
And if bowtie is a 40W bulb, I guess that makes me 25W

<-- LED nightlight :D

mother wrote:<-- LED nightlight :D

0w bulb as my name implies.. so duhhh, winning!

InShadows wrote:0w bulb as my name implies.. so duhhh, winning!

You win! Must have a warlock brain

klezman wrote:Still no labrat love for SF bay?
And if bowtie is a 40W bulb, I guess that makes me 25W

I've never been ratted, but having been beneficiary of many fine things woot, it's not a big deal, esp. since I'm not sure I'd make a great rat anyway. And while worstveg and J have empirically better palates and I'd share with them at game night, they also kinda dread the whole describe what you're tasting thing.

InShadows wrote:0w bulb as my name implies.. so duhhh, winning!

I thought you were one of those UV Bulbs?

I have the "secret" bottle in my possession and am chilling it a bit. I like the label, and I'll start taking some photos for you guys to post right at midnight. I probably won't open it for another few hours yet.

Did Woot Cellars used to hide the winery info? The winery info is not hidden on this bottle, but I shall keep it a secret until later.

redwinefan wrote:Did Woot Cellars used to hide the winery info? The winery info is not hidden on this bottle, but I shall keep it a secret until later.

Because Woot is now owned by Amazon, the legal crap due to them now requires that the producer be printed on the label.

HitAnyKey42 wrote:Because Woot is now owned by Amazon, the legal crap due to them now requires that the producer be printed on the label.

IIRC, something about them being scared of wine.woot being somehow seen as a wine retailer rather than a venue for wineries to sell directly. It was more fun when we had to guess

bhodilee wrote:I like to think of myself as the 40w bulb of the wootverse, as such, i have no celebratory email.

Same here...only been ratted once, and spent a LOT of time doing the write up as well. Here come the sour grapes-->Oh well, I don't buy a ton of wine from here and am not terribly active on the main forum. Just mainly here for the company.