MIDDLETOWN >> Two wineries will participate in the Palette to Palate event at the Middletown Art Center (MAC) on Saturday.
Gregory Graham Winery and R Vineyards will pour the third in the 2017 series of Palette to Palate. On exhibit is “Seeing Red,” making for an evocative pairing of wine and art.
A $10 cover fee provides wine tastings. Additional glasses of wine will be available for $5 per glass. Palette to Palate is a new series recognizing that wine makers and artists share the same creative impulse. A vine is planted and nurtured, a concept composed; harvest and crush, forms blocked in; varietals are blended and seasoned, colors and textures stroked onto canvas; through creative alchemy a uniquely flavorful elixir, or work of art, comes into being.
Gregory Graham wines are grown in the Red Hills Appellation of Lake County and did well at the 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. The 2013 Sonoma Coast Pinot noir and the 2012 Estate Syrah both won Best of Class and Double Gold. The 2012 Grenache and 2012 Magma Red got Gold, and four more wines got awarded a Silver medal. Their Gold-winning Grenache just earned a 90-point score from Wine Enthusiast.
Mature, deep, well drained and often rocky, the Jafa soils on the North slope of Mt. Saint Helena inform the wines of R Vineyards. Known for their signature Viognier, R Vineyards also produces zinfandel, Cabernet Franc and other varietals. Reba Red is new introduction and will be one of the wines featured at this Palette to Palate.
MAC’s current exhibit, ‘Seeing Red’ is on view through Monday, May 29, then the MAC readies the next exhibit ‘Eco-centric’ a continuing thread carried over from the annual EcoArts Sculpture Walk which was discontinued due to the Valley Fire which destroyed the Middletown Trailside Park.
Proceeds from Palette to Palate support the Middletown Art Center, a non-profit dedicated to providing art opportunities, art education, cultural enrichment, and ecological awareness contributing to the social and economic well-being of Lake County, California. All donations to the MAC are tax deductible and greatly appreciated.
MAC is located at 21456 State Hwy 175 at the junction of Hwy 29 in the heart of Middletown. Visit www.middletownartcenter.org to learn more about exhibitions, classes, events, volunteer opportunities and membership.
Palette to Palate takes place Saturday, May 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. as we learn of winemaking and growing in the Red Hills Appellation and also taste wonderful reds, include Reba Red from R Vineyards.
