Wente Vineyards Open House

Of course we RSVP’d when we received the invite to join Wente Vineyards to their open

house as they kick off their Holiday Season. Who doesn’t love a good party especially when

there’s great wine and food involved:0)  Must say we had a fabulous time and used this as

a “parent’s night out” as the little ones were snug in their beds while

visions of Halloween Candy danced in their heads. It’s kinda hard  for us to

leave the camera lonely at home so we brought our trusty 85 mm 1.8 as

it is a bit more discreet of a lens and snapped a few shots throughout the night.

Thanks to Wente Vineyards and the evenings sponsors for putting on such a wonderful evening!

Murder on the Menu had this retro red trike on display and must say it immediately caught my

eye. I had a very similiar one as a little crumb grabber myself with the exception that I “made”

my father paint it from red to blue(still my favorite color). Murder on the Menu hosts corporate

team building events and the trike is one of the challenges where the team works together

to build it.

Grabbed a quick snapshot of Frank Price and Janet Rudolph

from Murder on the Menuand Team building Unlimited. These two were so fun to talk

to and thanks Frank for your insight on Petaluma:0)

These Sweet Samples were made in house and the cupcake tower included chocolate cake with mocha

ganache frosting, butterscotch pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting and a yellow cake with

vanilla icing and cacao nib sprinkles. Wow that is quite a mouthful(pun intended) YUM.

Live Music was provided by The Bradley School of Music. I really enjoyed the tone the music set

for the background throughout the evening’s affairs.

Audio Visual Equipment was provided by AVMS

All of the food was amazingly scrumptious. Wente never fails to deliver on this part not

only with flavor and taste, but also with the presentation.

Carolyn Wente gave a welcome to the guests as well as an overview of Wente’s history

and current offerings. Sales director Robert Gundrey raffled off some prizes after giving

appreciation to the whole Wente family of employees.

Winner winner, chicken dinner. No he didn’t really win a chicken dinner, but a more

coveted prize indeed. Wine!

They also raffled off a round of golf and a gift certificate to Wente.

We did enter to win but alas our names were not called. Maybe next time:0)

Mingling, wine and good company.

Party rentals provided by Classic Party Rentals . Ginger from the Flowerhouse provided the

festive flower arrangements. If you look closely, I captured

my own self portrait in the silver ball. Kind of like a where’s Waldo moment.

The Amos Productions staff were a really fun group of guys to hang out with. Happy Birthday to Jeff!

The twinkle lights bid us farewell as we parted.