What we’re about
Hello!! I'm a current organizer of a fairly active meetup group looking to focus on some wine events in the nearby local area and throughout the state of Virginia. I live in Williamsburg and I'll do most events locally at first, and then will do some day road trips and we'll try and do a few overnighters or weekend trips a few times throughout the year. I already have the experience of hosting wine weekends away but the wineries visited have been mostly between Charlottesville and Wintergreen. I'm at a point where I have a number of favorites in that area and have visited a few of them several times and I'm looking to change things up. I want to explore the wineries in the rest of the state so I'm creating a new group to do just that with some new friends although I love the friends that I have!! There isn't going to be a lot of events on this meetup group, maybe one or 2 events a month, more if I can get some members to help organize. Beside wineries, we'll try and do some wine festivals and other wine related events and may visit a brewery on occasion. If you see something that might be of interest to the group, please let me know. I might not necessarily host it myself but would be happy to post an event on your behalf.
Rules and restrictions.
You must have a face shot of yourself to join.
I'm not going to implement the meetup dues on the site but will be charging a mandatory fee of $10 (charged once a year) if you carpool with me somewhere or stay in a house with me somewhere. This is in addition to any transportation charges. This is my way to recover some of cost of the organizer subscription which is currently $180 every 6 months. Exemptions to the $10 fee: Anyone who hosts events on either of my meetup groups, anyone who has made a donation in the past 12 months towards my meetup groups, anyone who in gratitude has made a purchase for me on my behalf in the past 12 months.
For carpooling with me and house stays, those who regularly attend wine events will be taken into higher consideration. Guests will not be allowed in my carpools or in house stays. If you would like to bring a +1, please arrange your own transportation or accommodations. Most house stays will be ladies only but anyone will be free to make their own accommodations and meet up with us. I'll do co-ed in a house if we can get more than 1 guy to go but I've found it's typically one token guy in attendance and I'd like to avoid that in the future. Also, there is no such thing as "I'll Pay You Later" when I book a house, payment secures your spot when I open an event for payment, even if it's 6 months in advance. There are no refunds for a house stay unless we find somebody to take your spot. There are usually people on the waitlist wanting to go but cancelling a week or 2 before the house stay can be problematic. With the understanding that sometimes unforeseen things happen, please only commit to a house stay if you're pretty certain you can go.
Rules of the group and restrictions are subject to change. Feel free to message me if you have any questions, thoughts or ideas.
