I want to thank Maria Gemma Empson for her etching called " Reaching for Grape-ness " this year that I received at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits December 17th, 2013. I love it, a bit gentler and the colors are so delicately pastel and " of the Italian earth and ground cover - including grapes, their vines and the invisible network of roots below in and around Milan and other wine regions that inspire you Maria. I love the female form, the suppleness, the curve and the sway and the gentle , so subtle interplay and exchange between female form and earth as, really they are one and the same, dependent upon one another for life, love, pleasure and artistic inspiration and expression. Grazie Maria, I still remember meeting you finally at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits years ago with Neil when you were our honored guests at our Big-Theme Pinot Noir monthly wine-tasting. Being an artist myself your " Reaching for Grape-ness " speaks volumes to me. I have appreciated for years now receiving your yearly etching that you share and say : grazie " with. I still have them all and do treasure them. Grazie e buon New Year to you < Neil and Jara , and the rest of your family. Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn 12/29/13
I also want to add here that at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits , 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C., 20008 Tel: 202-363-4265 anthony.quinn@clevelandparkwines.com and our Bacchus rep Sal Furfari we are doing a " end of year " push with both the LAGARIA dry Chardonnay and dry Pinor Grigio : both delightful, fresh lively, colorful, exuberant, balanced and fragrant dry whites, much as Maria's label suggests and makes you want to reach for when you see the bottles on a fine retailer's shelf , as the image and the colors both POP and say : " Come on honey, reach for us! ". Cheers Maria and Neil and Sal, great moment, great timing, great way to finish the year 2013 off with : bright and cheerful and filled with mystery and wonder! Grazie Maria! TONY
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