sommelier who forged their own path and is making a name for themselves in the industry. i think it s really cure that you re here in canada, a place with fine ass wine. jaby takes pride in the country s fine wines, most of which don t get recognized outside of canada because they sell out so quickly in the local mark. today jaby is sharing wines made by black vintner steve byfield made a few hours of toronto and because the wines are so cool the wines come out fresh and vibrant, but i m most excited to hear how he got involved in war. i m working in a restaurant and my bar manager was studying and the way he talked about wine, it was like what, i can study history and community and going if i and farming. i never cared about no frigging farming, but dowd, i m doing a harvest this fall. awesome. i m going to go up for a week
Eliana de Leon awarded for work at new Geneseo Inn
–Eliana de Leon, an interior designer based in Paso Robles, recently won the 2021 Metal Architecture Design Award in the Interiors Category; the judges reviewed her work done at the Geneseo Inn, a bed and breakfast located at Cass Winery’s vineyard.
“It was a successful collaboration between Alice and Steve Cass, Ted Plemons [the owners] and me,” de Leon said. “It was energizing to present atypical ideas and materials to clients that were on board with ‘designing outside the box’. As soon as I heard from Ted that future guests would be staying in actual freight containers positioned within the vines, I knew I had to come up with unique ideas to mesh with their vision and help create an extraordinary experience. We agreed that the interiors needed to be ‘edgy’ to match this special concept,” she said.