TRINCHERO / HORSE SHOES

Grapes, history and science. Amazing how some people are born into a passion. I got to meet wine maker Mario Monticelli from Trinchero in Napa Valley. We had a dinner paired with different wines that he has created over the years. It was inspirational to hear him talk about how he paints flavors together and creates something minimal yet very fufilling. It really is a detailed art form. It's wild that he creates for different senses (taste and smell) while my own work is strictly almost always visual. Then I thought about design creating on a more multi sense plateau, wierd stuff.

Thanks again to the Columbia Distribution Crew for the Invite, Mario at Trinchero and Chef Ben at Columbia Edgewater for the seriously insane menu he provided.

The most rad thing about the whole experience was being told about the food and wine from both the creators, and watching them tell you about all the hard work, time and love that went into their final solutions.

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The Laggner boys put some horseshoe pits in my back yard today, back stops, sand, the whole deal. Form and technique is what I'll start with, ego bruising is how I'll finish. Those two can throw man.

I typed in horse shoe and got this guy. Put up your dukes.