This annual event—in its fourth year—was a bonanza of excellent wines to be tasted and fabulous shoes to be bought at auction. The crowd was dressed to the nines and excited about the shoes that were auctioned off by local television news personality John Curly. The event was a fundraiser to benefit the Ryther Child Center, which “offers and develops safe places and opportunities for children, youth and families to heal and grow so that they can reach their highest potential”.

Out of the 30 great regional wineries represented, we were lucky enough to have our table snugged up next to the fine folks from Windy Point Vineyards. We are always glad to run into these nice folks who are congenial about “working” with us to discover great pairings of Intrigue Truffles with their delicious wines. This time we struck upon an incredible match between our “Orange you glad…” truffle and their “2006 Yakima Valley ‘!’ (Exclamation Point is the name of the wine). This dark wine is a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, its tease of leather lending itself beautifully to bringing out the best of the orange zest and dark rum of our truffle. You gotta’ try it!

It’s that time of year again: our table generated a lot of excitement over the ease of ordering Intrigue Truffles online. Eliciting exclamations of “this would make a great Christmas gift!”. (And it would indeed, hint, hint!)