'Tis the Season

Every year, our financial guy, Sam Tapia of Morgan Stanley, and his beautiful wife Debby, host a client appreciation dinner at the Miramonte Winery in Temecula. Sam's best friend from boarding school, Cane, owns the winery and between courses they tell stories about each other which become funnier and more elaborate as the years pass. What is suspect is that they never tell the same story twice.





Look at the twinkle in Cane's eyes! He is in the perfect place doing the perfect thing for him! And he loves a full house!






The wine tasting room is always candlelit with tastefully adorned tables, intimate and elegant. This year the caterer was incredible! I'm still full. The main course was a filet minot that rivals Donovan's. But there was a salad first. Then soup (after of course appetizers ... scallops, warm mushroom baby tart, etc!), then the entree, then a rich chocolate tart of some sort with port. Good lord, I don't even want to think about how full we all were. The pours were very generous this year and we tasted 5 wines. At the end of the evening they raffled off 3 bottles and for the first time, I actually won something! Estate Syrah. Yum.

I want all my girls in that room next year because we would have the absolute best time together! Aside from giving an awesome party, Sam has done well by us (Viv, Julie Dave & us). We've recovered our losses and have actually made some money this year on our modest porfolio.