Hand-Painted Ceramic Coaster Set
$6.99 + $5 shipping
CONDITION: New
PRODUCT: 1 Sophia's Vineyard Hand Painted Ceramic Coaster 4 Pack

Unfortunately this doesn't come with wine.

So far this woot off is saving me $$.

I like these, but I got 2 sets of nice coasters for a wedding gift back in August, so I have no need for them.

I'm hoping to catch the J. Dusi Zin and Port since I didn't get it last time.

Fingers crossed.

J

Wasn't expecting to find coaster sets on wine woot, but these are really nice! May have to go in for a set.

http://www.giftedgrape.com/sophiasvineyardcoasters.aspx

These look similar at $15.95 not including shipping.

I'd rather buy plain coasters and have my 12 year old daughter paint grapes on them...

http://carolfountainnix.com/index.php?page=homepage

And this seems to be the Artist's web page. She's from Asheville, NC.

I have been in need of a nice coaster set. $26 seems a bit expensive for a set of 12, but just may go for it b/c the quality seems good. Anyone have these already?

I'd REALLY like to see the 2005 Jana Winery Cathedral (or any of the vintages) come up. That would totally make my day, nay week, nay month and a perfect way to celebrate finishing 26 2011 tax returns. Why does each state have to make it so difficult. Isn't the IRS big enough to handle distribution of taxes to the states????? (No, not starting a states rights discussion ;))

In for three. These will be nice to use at home or donate for door prizes at my wine club.

bella12977 wrote:Unfortunately this doesn't come with wine.

So far this woot off is saving me $$.

Same here...so far, CS, party napkins, Dolce wine, Wall sconce, CS, Coaster set. Think I'm seeing a pattern here. Thanks woot. My bank account needed a break.

Really thinking about this, but this would amount to 3 bucks a coaster. And I do have a tendency to break them.

jmdavidson wrote:Same here...so far, CS, party napkins, Dolce wine, Wall sconce, CS, Coaster set. Think I'm seeing a pattern here. Thanks woot. My bank account needed a break.

+1 to that!

I actually used to use a WineAlyzer for teaching intro wine classes back in the late '80's. Nothing like seeing people putting that vial of mercaptan up to their nose and inhaling deeply.

I've always found it curious to have a wine-themed coaster. Since I always drink wine out of stemware, I don't use a coaster (no condensation with reds, and it doesn't make sense to me to increase the risk of spillage and breakage by raising the center of gravity any further). Unless I'm dribbling (which might be the case after my dentist appointment this afternoon), I can't see the need other than for decoration.

Having stated the functional view, I also think these would make great "hostess" gifts for when we go to parties and dinners.

mschauber wrote:I have been in need of a nice coaster set. $26 seems a bit expensive for a set of 12, but just may go for it b/c the quality seems good. Anyone have these already?

I'd REALLY like to see the 2005 Jana Winery Cathedral (or any of the vintages) come up. That would totally make my day, nay week, nay month and a perfect way to celebrate finishing 26 2011 tax returns. Why does each state have to make it so difficult. Isn't the IRS big enough to handle distribution of taxes to the states????? (No, not starting a states rights discussion ;))

If the W00T gods are taking requests.... I would love some more juice from B Cellars. NOM NOM NOM!

mschauber wrote:I have been in need of a nice coaster set. $26 seems a bit expensive for a set of 12, but just may go for it b/c the quality seems good. Anyone have these already?

I'd REALLY like to see the 2005 Jana Winery Cathedral (or any of the vintages) come up. That would totally make my day, nay week, nay month and a perfect way to celebrate finishing 26 2011 tax returns. Why does each state have to make it so difficult. Isn't the IRS big enough to handle distribution of taxes to the states????? (No, not starting a states rights discussion ;))

If the W00t gods are taking requests, I would LOVE something from B-Cellars...
NOM NOM NOM NOM!

These are real nice. One set for me and the other two are gifts.

In for three as well. $25/set retail on her website. We have been adding more wine decor to the house, so these will go nicely.

It took over 7 minutes for the system to place my order once I hit the final buy button. Woot must still be having some server problems and probably are using older, slower and fewer servers as a temporary fix while they work on the primary failure(s).

I wouldn't count on a Bunnies Ogling Carrots during this woot.off. That would be too much for their IT staff to handle ;)

Anyway, bring on the wine, after all that's what wine.woot is about, right? That's not to say I don't appreciate being able to avoid spending money I don't necessarily have ;)

In for three as well. $25/set retail on her website. These will go nicely with the home wine decor.

jmdavidson wrote:Same here...so far, CS, party napkins, Dolce wine, Wall sconce, CS, Coaster set. Think I'm seeing a pattern here. Thanks woot. My bank account needed a break.

+1 on this!

Sweet merciful crap. The order finally went through.

krapfmr wrote:In for three as well. $25/set retail on her website. These will go nicely with the home wine decor.

Could you share the website addy? Yes I could Google it, but it's more fun to just ask ;)

mschauber wrote:I have been in need of a nice coaster set. $26 seems a bit expensive for a set of 12, but just may go for it b/c the quality seems good.

Yes, having spent all of 2011 looking for reasonably priced coasters, these are pretty pricey. (I finally found some great ones for $1 each).

WD, bring back the California AVA maps, I've been waiting on those to pop-up for months.

I have always thought of coasters as a way to absorb condensation from the glass, so it does not make a puddle on the table or trail drips when you pick up the glass. Okay, with wine there may not be condensation, but the occasional dribble. However Wikipedia does point out that they can also be used to "protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place their beverage." So I guess non-porus coasters make sense if you are chugging your merlot then slamming the stemware on the table.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_coaster

this is the stuff that goes straight to a garage sale in about a year. No offense. Pass.

Seriously? We're wiki-ing coasters now? Did you read the instruction manual for your cups?

bbfergie wrote:I have always thought of coasters as a way to absorb condensation from the glass, so it does not make a puddle on the table or trail drips when you pick up the glass. Okay, with wine there may not be condensation, but the occasional dribble. However Wikipedia does point out that they can also be used to "protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place their beverage." So I guess non-porus coasters make sense if you are chugging your merlot then slamming the stemware on the table.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_coaster

I find any coaster that isn't absorbent, or without a lip to catch condensation utterly worthless.

These fall into that category.

For me, protecting my brand new extremely expensive custom cabinetry is what coasters are for and these fit the bill and look good.

reluctant wrote:Seriously? We're wiki-ing coasters now? Did you read the instruction manual for your cups?

I wiki, Wikipedia (but not in public.) Also, since my coaster expertise is somewhat limited, I wanted supporting documentation for my comment. Had I known the woot would go on this long, I could have provided diagrams and YouTube videos in place of the wiki link. BTW, I could find nothing indicating if this is Acme Garden Plow compatible but then I remembered this is wine.woot, not woot. Face-palm!

Two weeks now and not even a tracking number? I ordered the Scott Harvey wine the same day and received it five days ago! I ordered the chocolates two days later and have nearly finished the box! I'm also waiting for a corkscrew ordered the same day as these coasters, no tracking number on that yet either.

Where's my stuff?

ThunderThighs wrote:Even non-wine items are usually shipped from wineries and take the same 2-3 week shipping period. In addition, each winery ships their own items so shipping times will vary from winery to winery.

Hang tight. You should be seeing it soon.

OK, thanks for the response! I see the corkscrew is now on the way.

bolligra wrote:OK, thanks for the response! I see the corkscrew is now on the way.

I received mine today. I opened one of the the packages. I didn't know these were made in china The cork is off center and broken on one of the 4 coasters.

I still have to open up the other two. I need to learn to stop buying non-wine items from wine.woot. I've been disappointed with pretty much everything so far. Thankfully the wines have been very good with only a couple of exceptions.