Athena and I treked up to Seattle on Tuesday night for Wine and Spirits Magazine's "Hot Picks" tasting where Lisa Rongren of the Herbfarm restaurant was pouring our 2005 Athena Pinot Noir. She and Chef paired our wine with a really nice duck pate...yum!
We were very impressed with the event. The WSM folks did a great job of limiting attendance and kept the feeling very "civilized". Unlike so many other wine events we've participated in, we never felt crowded. The event was held in the Paramount Theater, a beautiful venue (and great for concerts, too).
More fun than the event, though, was the gathering at Quinn's up on Capitol Hill afterwards. Athena and I both flipped on the fantastic food (fries with gooey fontina and demi glace!). A fantastic place. It was also fun to talk to the Seattle restaurant glitterati in a more casual setting, too.
Anyway...More to come soon on our new winery in NW Portland.
