We were very lucky to have Boy Brainard in town Wednesday and used the opportunity to throw a little wine party bash. Boy is from Twisted Oak (owned and run by our very own El Jefe) and carries the honorable title of “wine pimp”. That means he visits folks like us and gives us free Twisted Oak wine. In return I guess we’re supposed to either buy some Twisted Oak wine in the future or at least tell our friends about it. Hi, friends!

Boy was actually visiting New Jersey (yeah, we’re confused about that too) as part of his Pimp Daddy Tour, which will be hitting up Indiana, Minnesota, and Massachusetts as well over the next few weeks. So if you’re from one of those states, or a nearby state and really hard up for good wine, follow that link to find out more.

I also need to give a shout out to our friend, Ben Root, who hosted the party under short notice. Ben also made some killer hummus, and one of his roommates baked these awesome oatmeal cookies.

Also in attendance was Bill Bruno from Vintage Imports Inc, who I’m told is a great person to be in touch with to get wine in Pennsylvania… legally.

The party was excellent. Kim and I didn’t bring a camera, but some others did and took pictures. If I can get a hold of those photos, I’ll post some here. There was a rubber chicken in attendance, but I don’t think we got any photos as scandalous as the Twisted Oak guys are used to.

In any case, thanks again to Boy and Twisted for bringing the wine and chilling with us. Kim and I have a left over Twisted Oaks Calaveras County Tempranillo 2004 that I am excited to open up soon. (Or not. Jefe, would this age well?)