MEL Wine Dinner - 2 MAY 2018 @ The Olive Tree

[penegal]

I booked for 8, which I have now increased to 10 to accommodate @Goodonya and myself.

I will probably be ~15-30 mins late as I am coming from the airport.

 

[ALH]

....sometimes l wish I lived in Melbourne

 

[Hvr]

....sometimes l wish I lived in Melbourne

We do have an airport.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I will be in Amberroom at ~19:00 for pre game drinks - I will use my time constructively by giving Derryn some riding instructions for upcoming Senate Budget sitting - join me if you so desire.

 

[ALH]

We do have an airport.

I’ll be passing through MEL 3 times over the next week. LOL

 

[serfty]

I’ll be passing through MEL 3 times over the next week. LOL

Stop and small the roses olive trees.

 

[ALH]

Stop and small the roses olive trees.

Can’t. Need to lock in P1

 

[Hvr]

Boomy and I are in Melbourne. See you all tonight.

 

[penegal]

Boomy and I are in Melbourne. See you all tonight.

I hope you are bringing a good vintage of Diet Coke.

 

[penegal]

Speaking of which, I have miscalculated my travel time a bit.

I've got a 2010 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, but won't have time to go home and back to the restaurant (with something better), so may need to shout a bottle off the list.

 

[Hvr]

I hope you are bringing a good vintage of Diet Coke.

Zero chance of that, I've maxxed out my drinks budget for this week.

 

[Aeolus]

Arrghhh, the rare occasion when Penegal is not Copper, I’m going to have to take his Copper status as I’m in the wrong city!

 

[penegal]

Arrghhh, the rare occasion when Penegal is not Copper, I’m going to have to take his Copper status as I’m in the wrong city!

I am still copper. In Sydney until 1800 today

 

[boomy]

Good list of attendees tonight.
Since both Matt_01 and Penegal expect to arrive late should we change the booking to 20:30?

 

[qaz]

I will be in Amberroom at ~19:00 for pre game drinks - I will use my time constructively by giving Derryn some riding instructions for upcoming Senate Budget sitting - join me if you so desire.

It would be great to meet everyone but unfortunately I am under the weather at the moment

As an alternative - or stopover - to the Amberroom, may I suggest The Botanical, where 5.30-7.30pm on Wednesdays their bar has free Wine Bar Wednesdays tastings held by their wine store, Winestyle, with perhaps up to a dozen different wines - today/tonight it's dr.folk (Gippsland) & Tournon/Chapoutier (Pyrenees)

 

[penegal]

Good to hear from you @qaz. It’s a pity that you can't make it. I hope you feel better soon.

@Cruiser Elite is also out tonight, but I have found a replacement of sorts.

The booking is for 10 people at 8pm, and I’m on my plane.

@boomy I will hopefully only be a couple of minutes late, so happy to keep it at 8, acknowledging the late notice of a change, but a few people may arrive closer to 8:30pm. Early arrivals can have a drink.

Edit: alter attendance list

 

[Matt_01]

Can’t. Need to lock in P1

It is not worth it.

 

[ALH]

It is not worth it.

....so I’ve been told!

However I was so close I thought a couple of days drinking coughtails by the pool in NOU would soften the blow.

 

[boomy]

It is not worth it.

Exactly what I said

 

[ALH]

Exactly what I said

OFFS. First let me get my White Coasters, bottle of Grange, tickets to Priscilla, priority boarding, guarantees upgrades, handsome FAs, Limo Service, triple SCs, 1,000,000 bonus points, 50% discount on F and then we can compare notes & complain