Wine Tasting (indoors) in Woodinville!!!

NOTE : I created a Discord community with a channel named "wine-tasting" to facilitate communication for this specific event, since the meetup app doesn't always work well. You can join here:

https://discord.gg/KHk2JFTu

Join us in Woodinville this weekend to sip wine and make a new friend or two!

We'll be meeting at Caffe Umbria in Seattle and then driving to Northshore Athletic Field in Woodinville. More details on carpooling below! We should arrive at around 2:30 PM. From there, we'll walk to visit one or two of the tasting rooms in listed below. We will probably end with dinner at one of the restaurants in the area, such as Vivi Pizzeria, Purple Cafe, or Pablo Y Pablo.

If you are driving, please drink responsibly! The portions of wine at wine tastings are fairly small and we will be eating food and spreading the wine out over several hours, but you may still need to pace yourself! I will be bringing a BAC reader / breathalyzer device with sterile interchangeable nozzles if anyone has any doubts and wants to check their ability to drive.

Venues with a decent amount of winter/indoor space for our group:

• goose ridge
• Chandler reach
• Airfield
• Ryan Patrick / milbrandt
• Latta
• Sparkman
• Delille
• Fidelitas
• chateau ste Michelle
• long shadow
• Mark Ryan
• Januik
• Columbia
• Damsel

Everything below relates to carpooling:

We'll meet at Caffe Umbria by the long narrow public parking lot along Westlake Ave at 1:30 PM and split into our carpools at around 1:45! Let us know before 1:30 PM if you are on your way. We generally wait 15 minutes for people to arrive. If you are arriving with your own car, be sure to park in a spot marked "ALL DAY" parking (in case you end up not driving)! Please coordinate carpools in the comments or better yet, the google doc!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fe9vHUjHliVFu3LEhJ7S75s2t8KlQj019034ufa9k3g/edit?usp=sharing

Please post if you can drive or if you need a ride!

From Caffe Umbria, we will drive to the North Shore Athletic Field in Woodinville :

https://maps.app.goo.gl/AadocQATQ9kJDj2J9

The drive is approximately 45 minutes each way. We should arrive at approximately 2:30 PM.

Riders are expected to (at a bare minimum) split the cost of gas evenly between the driver and the other passengers, as well as a reasonable amount for projected wear and tear on the vehicle.

If you are going to arrange your carpool to meet somewhere OTHER THAN the Caffe Umbria on Lake Union, I suggest a park and ride such as Greenlake, Northgate, Eastgate, or Tukwila/SouthCenter. Passengers, please do not ask to be picked up at your home; drivers, please don't offer to do so. It usually creates problems and makes the timing and logistics much more complicated, since people often aren't ready on time, cancel last minute, or just plain don't show up. On the other hand, dropping people off at their home after the event is much easier.

If you would prefer to drive by yourself directly to Woodinville and meet us at the North Shore Athletic Field, that should be fine, since Woodinville has adequate cell coverage. However, I still encourage carpools since this will help people attend who don't own their own car, and you may arrive before or after us if you meet us in Woodinville directly.