But, yes, its been a lot of fun. A lot of different vintners throughout the years, different restaurants, chefs, artists, and all for a great cause. Damian yeah, well, and how are you able to convince . For instance, here we have from the Maldonado Vineyards. How were you able to convince these powerhouses to come into Silicon Valley . Ray well, that onesgood friends of mine are enrique lopez. Hes the owner of encanto vineyards. And my wife and i took him and his wife to my friends ranch in San Miguel De Allende back in april. And i said, you know, i need some more vintners. He goes, call guillermo, hes the president of mava. And then guillermo invited maldonado. And i was telling hugo a few minutes ago that i had talked to him about five years ago, and i invited. He says, oh, were busy. And i saidi just kept goin. And then i was heard he was comin, i said, man, thats well, theyre legends. To me, its an honor to have them and have a lot of these vintners that weve heard about at our ev
I remember temecula when it was watermelon country, and i was there working. Butbut im bias toward our vintners in northern california. Weve gotfor our event, we have vintners coming from, of course, napa, sonoma, mendocino, santa cruz. Damian and thats pretty amazing. Youre talking about 8 years of partnerships that you have developed over the years. Ray yes, yes, its a great thing, you know, to have all these vintners. This year, well have around 22 to 24 vintners. Most are latino vintners. We have boutique vintners like joseph george, fortino, guglielmos, testa rossa, and even travieso. Damian and heres some great images that we got off your website of last years event, and you pair these with some great food, and how can you go wrong . Ray oh, the food. And then this year, we have, you know, rudy masons falling off the bone ribs. Damian ha ha ha ha. Ray you know, ronnie lott owns tracy toyota, and every time he has an event there, rudy is from tracy and he does his barbecues for hi