Nicolas Cage: Early Bird Gets the Wine Worm ... And the Girl!!

For Nicolas Cage, happy hour apparently starts right after waking up.

Nic was spotted on a date Monday morning in Newport Beach ... the actor skipped the coffee and orange juice at 7:30 for a bottle of Justin Cabernet.

We're told Nic and his gal pal were super flirty during their 2 hour stay at Dory Deli.