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Wine Auction and PYOL

Wine Auction Saturday, May 12 OC Fair & Event Center 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. *** Please expect to be present for the entire event. No early check-outs! ***

There is still time to sign up for the Auction; please see the sign-up form in this edition of The Wine Press. The price is still only $20 per member. All the wine is ready to go to a loving home where it can be enjoyed and savored.

We have over 1,100 four-bottle lots of your favorite varietals and many different lots put together by our great Auction Team. Some are ready to drink today while others will be a nice addition to your existing wine collection. We plan on having some special case lots set up to help you get some great bargains with the wine that would have typically been only available during the PYOL.

You will be able to participate in a silent auction of several hundred lots of wine and you’ll be able to raise your paddle for many premium lots in the verbal auction. We will have Bidder Catalogues available the week before and during check-in at the Wine Auction.

Kathy Fusaro and Robyn Strom have put together a great menu of food and snacks to keep you satisfied during this event. We know that this is one of our longer events so we are really trying to keep those stomachs satisfied. Our Cellar Master, Kevin Coy, and our Auction Team have pulled some great wines for enjoyment during the event.

For your convenience, it is suggested that you bring wine glasses and pens to the Wine Auction. Limited quantities of individual wine glasses will be available for sale.

Please remember that only OCWS members may attend the Wine Auction and that Wine Society events are for adults only. As such, we ask that you please refrain from bringing underage guests and children to the event.

This event requires a lot of volunteers. Friday, May 11, during the day we will be setting up tables and getting the room ready. On Saturday morning, May 12, we will be moving the wine from the cellar to Building 16 and setting it up on the tables. During the event I really would like to make it so everyone can check on the lots they have won. Please let me know if you would be willing to provide 15-30 minutes of your time; I will try and make sure if you are working on getting that special lot you have your eye on you can still try and get that winning bid. At the end of the event, we still need to make sure everything is cleaned up with the tables and chairs moved back to The Courtyard. Your help is greatly appreciated and any time you give will go toward those volunteer points you all work so hard to earn. On Friday, sandwiches will be provided and on Saturday morning, we will be serving coffee and donuts to our helpers. Please contact me at: greg@ocws.org.

We hope to see everyone there. We plan on having a great time raising money and getting some great wine from the wineries that support the Orange County Fair Commercial Wine Competition.

 

 

Greg Hagadorn
Wine Auction Coordinator