Tablas Creek Industry Party

The hottest ticket in town the other night was the Tablas Creek Industry Party. A party for folks in the wine industry so that we could see their amazing new tasting room as well as taste through their new releasees. Too fun!

So here we go. Here's a shot of the new tasting room as well a shot looking out on their gorgeous patio:

So when we walked in, we first met up with Charlie who was working behind the tasting room bar. I asked him, "Hey Charlie, when did you start working here?" he answered,"2pm today!" Good God! But then I found out that Charlie was an old pro. He actually worked for Four Vines way back when. That's of course the company I work for now - although we switched the name to Cypher. But if you've worked for Four Vines with all the "trial by fire" weekends, you can work anywhere!

So Charlie started us off with the Vermentino - one of my favorites. I'll touch on the wines here but am saving the details for an upcoming blog. For now, let's have fun with who was there at this exclusive event :)

So here's our guy Charlie - pouring wines for boyfriend and I:

As we ventured to go out to the patio, we ran into the hottest chef in Paso - Chef Jacob, of course! Chef Jacob makes the food for Cass Winery as well as caters different events in the area. I hadn't seen Chef Jacob since the Windfall Farms Industry Event so it was quite the treat to chat with him. Here we are:

Then we were wandering around looking for more wine, when I found my friend Alex who works for Tablas Creek. She was in one of the "private" side rooms that they set aside for wine club or larger parties. So we basically had her all to ourselves, chatting about the wines, what was going on in her life and the new expansion at Tablas Creek. Here's my dear glam girl looking as gorgeous as ever:

Though she looks sweet, be on your best behavior around her. If you misbehave, she has a hammer behind the bar that she's more that willing to kick you ass with- so watch out! :) - HA! (just joking, of course - private joke.)

So after the wine, salad and pizza, we had to call it a night - but not before we got a shot of one of the most famous tasting room managers in the area - John Morris. He's the wizard of Tablas Creek - keeping all running from behind the curtain. This man is a wealth of information about Tablas Creek, Rhone varietals and the general area. Tablas Creek would not be the same without him.

Congrats to John, Jason  and everyone at Tablas Creek for the gorgeous new tasting room! Kudos to you! & thanks for the fabulous party. Can we do this again next month please?