It’s the day after Tax Day and I feel like seeing some magic.
Sleight of Hand Cellars has just relaunched–or rather launched their new fancy-shmancy (that’s a technical term), illusionist thrilling website. And what a beauty it is.
With a banner like this, who doesn’t want to enter the show? This is fun! This is one of my favorite things about Trey Busch, the winemaker, and Sleight of Hand Cellars. They take wine very seriously, but they’re not stuffy at all. The tasting room experience is fun, and now they’ve made the online experience an event as well.
For those of you planning on joining us for Spring Release here in Walla Walla (coming up soon!), keep this info at hand. Here’s what Trey and crew have planned.
Featuring the following wines: “2007 Magician, 2007 Magicians Assistant Rose’, 2006 Spellbinder, and the 2006 Levitation (if we have any left by May! The wine club has taken almost all of the first release).”
The tasting room “will also be hosting Professor Phelyx, a world famous Sleight of Hand Magician from Denver CO”, Saturday, 1-5pm. The intrigue is building, building, building…
They have set up a wine club called the Wine Illusionist Society, “…the first and only club exclusively for screw-offs and cork-pullers!” These are their words, not mine. And I can’t help but think that people enjoy a laugh, know they’re getting into something fun, and aren’t intimidated by the Society. If you’re going to be intimidated by something relating to Sleight of Hand, start getting your panties in a bunch about not being able to attend their private party in “The Dragon’s Lair.” It’s all very hush-hush, and the location is secret.
We all love mystery, don’t we? And I’d join to Wine Illusionist Society simply because I want to know where the Dragon’s Lair party is going to be! I like solving mysteries, but I am very impatient.
For those of you who’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you might remember that I mentioned Trey and his tasting room in a post on How to Survive Wine Tasting. At the time, I was praising his Spellbinder, but I also highly recommend the Gewürztraminer, labeled The Magician. The winery website is now offering the 2007, but at Walla Walla Wine Cellar we still has a few bottles of the outstanding 2006 Magician available. It’s received some nice press, like this post by Gene Stein of Seattle Wine Blog, and I like it… so what more do you need to know?
