Our doors are open!

At long last, Masquerade Wine Company opened its doors to the new winery and tasting room at Winemaker's Loft in Prosser last Saturday. Jennifer and I have had our noses to the collective grindstone for the past few months trying to make this happen. We have never painted anything in our lives, and I must say our tasting room looks mighty fine. The floors aren't in yet, but what they hey. All in good time.

We had a great turn out on Saturday, probably over 100 people stopped by to taste our wines. And we had another 50 or so visitors on Sunday. Both days we cooked up a huge mess of crawfish that we'd flown in live from Kyle Leblanc of Raceland, LA. They were feisty little dudes I tell you. I can't recall how many times I got pinched! But the cook always has the last laugh (except for the three lucky ones who were transplanted to the fountain in the courtyard of Winemaker's Loft).

Christina Wu from the local ABC affiliate KVEW came out and did a short piece on us on Saturday which was very well done. We want to thank our first customers for coming out and supporting us, and as they used to say on The Beverly Hillbillies, "Y'all come back now, ya hear?".

Jennifer and I also want to thank Mike Haddox and his assistant, Greg, our neighbors at Winemaker's Loft, for their help along the way, as well as that of her parents, Pat and Patty, who have been a godsend for us the last couple of months helping us out in more ways that you can imagine. We couldn't have done it without you!

Our first weekend is behind us, and we're sure there are many more fun ones to come. So come on out to The Loft in Prosser and sample some Masquerade Wines. Check out our neighbors, Michael Florentino Wines too!

I know I've been remiss on my blogging duties over the past few months, so in the coming days and weeks I will catch up on all the Masquerade happenings of the last few months, like the New Orleans Wine and Food Expo, Taste Washington in Spokane, and IPNC.