Echo 10th Anniversary/Return of the Irregular Wine Tasting

Sommelier Supremo Julian Davies returns to help celebrate the Echo's 10th anniversary with the 44th of his Irregular Wine Tastings at the Echoplex Dec. 3.

Davies and his sidekick Roy Lee Gittens are most famous as the muses behind screenwriter Rex Pickett's Sideways, which became the eponymous film.

"The Irregular Wine Tastings went into unenforced retirement," said Davies, "but it has come out of same to help celebrate The Echo's tenth anniversary this December, where, back in the early two-thousands, pairing crap wine with improbable cultural artefacts all began."

This event is no different.

It will feature six wines from California and Washington--as well as bread, cheese and other savories provided by Gelson's.

Buy tickets here.

It will also feature a screening of the 1980s independent film Miracle Mile shot in Los Angeles along the eponymous stretch.

In typical Irregular tasting style, the tastings will be timed to coincide with the appearance of six local landmarks in the film.

Davies MCs the Irregular tasting with verbal panache and exceptional knowledge of reasonably priced wines like the ones here.

RSVP to irregularwinetasting@yahoo.com.

Echo 10th Anniversary Goes All Month

The event is part of a month-long celebration of the Echo's 10th anniversary.

The events include a DJ set on Dec. 13 with one-time Echo Park resident Devendra Banhart.

Our own Justin Gage presents a Dec. 9 show under the Aquarium Drunkard moniker.

Check back for more at the site as some surprise appearances by Echo alums could be in the works.