Edit: Updated 6/04/2012


Time for another Orgy ... err, Wine.Woot gathering at our (zTimBz & my) Irvine Wine Lockers!



(closest to my lockers)


So, it seems that Saturday, June 9th may be open for peeples? It's located in Irvine off Jamboree, closer to the 405, but accessible off the 5.


If Kool can make it, Sparky will open all his Woot Cellar wines (from Rinfrescante (from Kool, thus he needs to be there) on) ... or I open other wines of mine.







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Date: June 9th, Saturday ??
Time: 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm (Dinner afterwards elsewhere)
Host: Sparky at his Irvine Wine Cellar
17141 Murphy Ave, Irvine, CA 92614
Theme: Raid!! (Bring $20 and appetizer for 10) ????

Attending:

1. MarkDaSpark
   
2. klezman
   
3. rjquillin
   
4. Merbill
   
5. Merbill's +1
   
6. zTimothyBz
   

• sanity
  
• tenuki
  
• loonboarder
  
• loonboarder's +1
  

• Itwdswafo
  
• cortot20
  
• time2testit (+1)
  
• sukeiasa
  
• chemvictim (from Reno!)
  
• Java +1
  
• Whoever misses this
  

• 1. MarkDaSpark
  
• 2.
  

I should be in town that weekend, and therefore will do my best to make it!

That weekend is the big LA Winefest and we already have our tickets purchased for Saturday (it's a 2 day event), so regrettably we won't be joining you this time.

I would like to join you. Put me down as a maybe, please.

I'll think about coming down. Is there a chance I'll get shot at by madwine?

Wish I could be there! My locker is right around the corner from that picture too.... I'll be back in town in July.

Ooooooh I wish I could come! Looks like about a 9 hour drive from my new home...one week after my Great Migration from VA to NV. I won't be up to another long drive yet, must procure a very long straw.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Edit: Updated 5/13/2012


Time for another Orgy ... err, Wine.Woot gathering at our (zTimBz & my) Irvine Wine Lockers!



(closest to my lockers)


So, it seems that Saturday, June 9th may be open for peeples? It's located in Irvine off Jamboree, closer to the 405, but accessible off the 5.


If Kool can make it, Sparky will open all his Woot Cellar wines (from Rinfrescante (from Kool, thus he needs to be there) on) ... or I open other wines of mine.







---------------------------------------------

Date: June 9th, Saturday ??
Time: 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm (Dinner afterwards elsewhere)
Host: Sparky at his Irvine Wine Cellar
17141 Murphy Ave, Irvine, CA 92614
Theme: Raid!! (Bring $20 and appetizer for 10) ????

Attending:

• 1. MarkDaSpark
  
• 2. Java +1
  
• 3. Merbill +1
  

Maybes:

Regrets:

• Whoever misses this
  

Bring $20 as share of wine (will confirm amount when wine selected, may be less).

Also everyone should bring an appetizer for 10.

Plus we just need to clean up afterwards (leave the room as we found it) to avoid a $50 cleaning fee.


Dinner: TBD
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm ???
Location: TBD (Lucille's??)

• 1. MarkDaSpark
  
• 2.
  

Dang,you know I'd love to be there, if I only had magical teleporter from WY to CA. Work on that, would you?

time2testit wrote:That weekend is the big LA Winefest and we already have our tickets purchased for Saturday (it's a 2 day event), so regrettably we won't be joining you this time.

See if you can exchange them for Sunday!! I might be able to make it later then (have to take Mom to see Dad around lunch time).

tenuki wrote:I'll think about coming down. Is there a chance I'll get shot at by madwine?

I doubt it, but there's always a chance!!!

Itwdswafo wrote:Wish I could be there! My locker is right around the corner from that picture too.... I'll be back in town in July.

We'll probably have one then too ... it's not like I don't have a plethora of wine!!

NonnaWY wrote:Dang,you know I'd love to be there, if I only had magical teleporter from WY to CA. Work on that, would you?

Will do!

chemvictim wrote:Ooooooh I wish I could come! Looks like about a 9 hour drive from my new home...one week after my Great Migration from VA to NV. I won't be up to another long drive yet, must procure a very long straw.

You're moving to Reno?

would love to attend, since i also need to organize my locker... but i will be in cali the weekend before, and can't swing 3 west coast weekends in a row :P

have fun!!

klezman wrote:You're moving to Reno?

Yep, at the end of the month. Looking forward to meeting some wooters out that way!

MarkDaSpark wrote:See if you can exchange them for Sunday!! I might be able to make it later then (have to take Mom to see Dad around lunch time).

I thought about that, but I bought them through one of those discount deal sites so I can't swap them, and we convinced a few friends to go on Saturday so if we changed to Sunday it would be a problem. I'm not sure what time it ends, but I'm also not sure about driving down to Irvine after a fully day of tasting. I'll keep checking to see what day and time you end up at and will let you know if we can make it. And yes, disappointed if we do miss out.

OK, I just may try to drive up from San Diego.
What do I need to know and/or bring?
I'm looking at this as a learning experience and possible prelude to seeing if there may be interest in a "Real Southern California" gathering, one closer to the border, not in LA.

Sorry bud I'm out of town that weekend.

rjquillin wrote:OK, I just may try to drive up from San Diego.
What do I need to know and/or bring?
I'm looking at this as a learning experience and possible prelude to seeing if there may be interest in a "Real Southern California" gathering, one closer to the border, not in LA.

I'll usually update the first post, but when it's at our wine lockers, lately it's been because we need to drink down our wines there. So we don't need people to bring wine.

So normally you bring $20 and something to eat (for around 10 to 15 people). Last time I also brought a giant sandwich from Jersey Mike's.


And this may change to later in June, since it seems like those that said they could make it on the 9th are few.


How does the 23rd or 30th sound?

I won't be around the 23rd, but should be around the 30th. If this moves, I'll just invite you the the BBQ I'm thinking of having the weekend of the 9th.

The 9th is good with us. The 23rd or 30th are impossible - we'll be out of town.

merbill wrote:The 9th is good with us. The 23rd or 30th are impossible - we'll be out of town.

I thought it was good for you two, but hadn't heard anything.

I also have your TO from Cat.

There goes the neighborhood... who has two thumbs and just moved to Temecula?
Keeping the LoonBoarder handle but probably more like BigBearBoarder in reality. I've been lurking/absent from the boards due to just too much workload. Now that we've settled in it may be time to start to [re-]connect with the Woot Wineaux. Once you settle on a date I can let you know if DW and I would be able to attend!

LoonBoarder wrote:There goes the neighborhood... who has two thumbs and just moved to Temecula?
Keeping the LoonBoarder handle but probably more like BigBearBoarder in reality. I've been lurking/absent from the boards due to just too much workload. Now that we've settled in it may be time to start to [re-]connect with the Woot Wineaux. Once you settle on a date I can let you know if DW and I would be able to attend!

Welcome back! Just in time for the new re-design. With about the same uproar as the last re-design. You'd think they would have learned!

Anywho, if we have enough wooters (10 or so) we'll do it on the 9th. And probably next month as well. It's not like I don't have enough wine!

I'm a no go as my best man is getting me out of town for a Sideways type of getaway before my wedding...hopefully without the cheating and car crashing. Ok, definitely w/o the two.

I think I can do the 9th - in fact that may be the only weekend for me in June.

Also we have to gear up for hte most awesome of tastings in August - I think I'll call it the "RPM Memorial Tasting" since he won't come to So Cal, and that means the terrorists win (or in RPM's case, the liberals win).

javadrinker wrote:I'm a no go as my best man is getting me out of town for a Sideways type of getaway before my wedding...hopefully without the cheating and car crashing. Ok, definitely w/o the two.

Make sure you film the trip. And avoid Frass Canyon if you can.

Okay, let's plan on the 9th (this Saturday), unless we have more people drop out.


And since it's so few (and no word from kool), it won't be a Woot Cellars theme.


Oh, I will have 2 cases of Madison Cellars Syrah if anyone wants any. Will open one for the gathering.

Ok, since I am carless for the next few weeks until I purchase a new one, is anybody swinging by the Culver City area en route? I'm about 5 minutes off the 405/Venice exit and would love to hitch a ride. Otherwise I'll probably have to bail

I'm back in town 7/7 *hint*hint*nudge*nudge*

klezman wrote:Ok, since I am carless for the next few weeks until I purchase a new one, is anybody swinging by the Culver City area en route? I'm about 5 minutes off the 405/Venice exit and would love to hitch a ride. Otherwise I'll probably have to bail

Your insurance company doesn't provide a rental car? I had one from mine until just before I got my new car last year.


Are there any of the Metro rail lines close by? I can always pick you up from a Blue Line station before heading down.

MarkDaSpark wrote:Your insurance company doesn't provide a rental car? I had one from mine until just before I got my new car last year.


Are there any of the Metro rail lines close by? I can always pick you up from a Blue Line station before heading down.

Given that I just got an offer for the settlement I don't think I will have rental coverage by the weekend. I should check that out though. Getting to a blue line station is probably not out of the question since I'm close enough to the Expo line.

But if anybody is coming from the westside, let me know!

Not making it down, friend from out of town is around this weekend.

tenuki wrote:Not making it down, friend from out of town is around this weekend.

Sparky...

Wondering what others do that may have some distance to travel to attend, and, for whatever reason, may not look forward to a 120~150 minute drive back home the same evening/night?

rjquillin wrote:Sparky...

Wondering what others do that may have some distance to travel to attend, and, for whatever reason, may not look forward to a 120~150 minute drive back home the same evening/night?

I thought he said we could all bunk at his place?!

Sparky, I have a memorial to attend, so I'm out.

sanity wrote:I thought he said we could all bunk at his place?! .

Guess I missed that in the thread.
Think I'm still good then, hope there is still enough interest from others.

rjquillin wrote:Sparky...

Wondering what others do that may have some distance to travel to attend, and, for whatever reason, may not look forward to a 120~150 minute drive back home the same evening/night?

Hasn't really come up before. But we usually have finished dinner by 8 or 8:30pm (we have to clean up our Wine Tasting and be out usually by 6:30 pm).


But there are plenty of hotels close by, since John Wayne Airport is the next exit up the freeway. And South Coast Plaza is close as well.



And since it sounds like it's the only weekend Tim can make it this month, it just means we won't open as many wines, but maybe some more quality ones!

sanity wrote:I thought he said we could all bunk at his place?!

Sparky, I have a last memorial to attend, so I'm out.

Double

rjquillin wrote:Guess I missed that in the thread.
Think I'm still good then, hope there is still enough interest from others.

We're still on. Should be able to open some of the CyberPub Blends for us to try, as well as some nicer ones.


Klez, did you find a ride or should I pick you up at the local Blue Line?

Hey Klez, if you make it tomorrow, don't forget my Laurelwood Pinot.

And Sparky, the TO's from Cheron too.

Thanks all, for wootlegging and enabling!

Sparky, PM for ya.
And wondering how close you are to the Irvine Amtrak station you are.