Saturday evening I attended a fantastic "Winemaker Dinner" at one of my favorite restaurants, Coup Des Tartes. The featured winemaker was Sam Pillsbury of the Pillsbury Wine Company. That's Sam posing for a photo for my blog. The owner of Coup Des Tartes, Ron Pacioni prepared a wonderful meal that worked perfectly with Sam's superb wines.
Sam is passionate about creating wines that pair beautifully with food and that was certainly proven Saturday evening. The winery's tasting room is located in Cottonwood Arizona but many retailers carry his wines. Sam was raised in New Zealand and worked as a Hollywood filmmaker before engaging his true passion, winemaking.
Mix all that great food and wine with close and new friends and add a dash of Sam's infectious personality you have everything it takes for a wonderful evening.
15 comments:
i've had such pleasure catching up on your blog posts.
We appreciate the invitation to join you on Saturday, but we had prior plans to take Julie's mother and grandmother to Lon's at the Hermosa Inn for dinner, which was also very nice.
Sounds like you had a good time.
This is a cute picture.
Sam's been working awhile on that bottle. He's got the look. hahaha
WInemaking is quite an art!
And Sam really seems to be enjoying his job...
I am sure you took this picture before the tasting :-)
Prosit!
What a great evening, I'm jealous!
Birdman is right!
Sounds like a super evening!
Oh that sounds like a divine evening!
It is a PERFECT portrait, Sharon. One of my favorites.
Sounds wonderful.
Marvelous candid portrait!
It does sound like the ingredients for a perfect evening. Who was the designated driver? :)
I agree with others, it's a great portrait and I would like to try that Pillsbury wine.
Excellent portrait of a very interesting man Sharon, what a wonderfully diverse life he has had. Good food, good wine and excellent company, what a perfect evening!
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