MEOW 2022 (formerly WineFest V)--Cellar Depressurization, Toronto--New Date, JUNE 11, 2022

Michael_O_Brien · February 26, 2020, 12:00am

We will definitely be there. Fortuitous timing since we will be in Toronto visiting friends at the time.

ckirk · March 6, 2020, 5:36am

I’m new here but Roger Waters is also in town that weekend, is he coming?

larry_schaffer · March 7, 2020, 9:05pm

If Roger Waters is coming, I’m out . . .

Mike - can you put Jill and I down as possibles at this point? We really want to make it - it’s just for far out there in the future and she is starting her new job. But we should be able to confirm soon hopefully . . .

Cheers

Mike_Grammer · March 8, 2020, 11:00pm

I clearly need to get the invite out to Waters

Larry, that’s fine–you’re on the “email group” list, so yes—would be wonderful if you could both come.

Mark_Y · March 10, 2020, 2:56am

virtual cellar depressurization event being planned?

Dan_Hammer · March 10, 2020, 3:08am

Larry.

It will be nice to see you again.

dh

Mike_Grammer · March 10, 2020, 4:07am

You mean, a tribute bottle payable to you for some sort of fantasy football win? not at the moment

J_a_y_H_a_c_k · March 15, 2020, 3:21pm

How close do you live to Trudeau’s wife’s house?

Mike_Grammer · March 22, 2020, 4:30pm

It’s quite a drive 4 hours + in the car should be sufficient social distancing.

I am holding the date for now, but am increasingly pessimistic about being able to keep it. Likeliest scenario is a deferral into late September, and that comes with its own complications for me.

Michael_O_Brien · March 22, 2020, 5:05pm

We too are just waiting to see how things work out. Our air is bought and paid for and there are no refunds are waiver of change fees available to us so we might as well be patient.

Mike_Grammer · May 8, 2020, 8:27pm

Unhappy but realistic update of the OP. Hopefully next year, everyone.

Mike

Gil_Bauer · May 9, 2020, 2:40am

On the “brighter” side, I had to cancel my trip to France, which conflicted with this, so maybe I will be able to make it when rescheduled. Stay safe.

Michael_O_Brien · May 9, 2020, 6:30pm

If it is at about the same time of year (July), we will be there as will our friends there in Toronto. I have an Air Canada voucher to use or lose.

Yao_C · May 10, 2020, 9:46pm

It’s a real pity Mike, but we will look forward to the next one! Please let us know if you’re ever anywhere on the west coast

Mike_Grammer · May 12, 2020, 1:42am

Thanks guys. Yao, the next Cali trip would be scheduled for late October/early November 2021. We shall see.

Right now, I would look at July 2021 for WineFest as a possibility.

Mike

Michael_O_Brien · July 9, 2020, 6:53pm

Make July 2021 happen Mike. My wife and I will be making that trip to Toronto we cancelled for this July in mid-July 2021. It has been a long time since we have been there to visit our friends.

Dan_Hammer · July 9, 2020, 8:18pm

Mike.

My Facebook page is showing pleasant reminders of our good time with you and your family in 2016.

Mike_Grammer · July 12, 2020, 5:41am

Lovely to hear, Dan—my friend Heather’s instagram captures some of that day too, though I didn’t know that until relatively recently.

Michael—we’ll try. I hope so.

Mike

Michael_O_Brien · May 23, 2021, 9:57pm

Ten months later and we still can’t visit Canada. Maybe soon and you can put this event back on. I just hope it will be when we are there. My wife and I have been fully vaccinated for three months now and we are ready to travel.

Mike_Grammer · May 25, 2021, 6:29pm

Thanks for checking in, Michael. Won’t be this year, but I have definite hopes for next year, late spring or early summer. However…WineFest is no more. That was sooooo 2016. A cool-up rebranding is in process.

MEOW 2022. Mike’s Excellent Outpouring of Wines.