Thursday, May 28, 2015

Quick Portrait Sketches I Did In Late June, 2012 Of New-Found Friends In Brazil's Wine Country Of Serra Gaucha : From Clovis Boscato To Fernanda Zattera Luis Her Husband & More ! Cheers!!



This was a really great moment in my life, I loved it, I ate up these ten days like they were my last!







There or here I was in Brasil's Valle Dos Vinhedos discovering these fine wines and people and having the time of my life.








And as a ' thank you - obregado ' I would do these quick portrait sketches of everyone and take pictures of them holding them, and then giving them to them as my way of saying how much I appreciated the whole experience that they made possible for me to enjoy!






I loved the wine, I loved the countryside, I loved the people, I loved the food : I loved it all!






I learned about the Bordo red grape variety as well as the Isabel white grape variety here with Fernanda Zattera and her husband Ruis : ola e obregado amigos!






I was treated like royalty : everyone made me feel very special indeed!





A ' once-in-a-lifetime experience ' for me, I am so grateful!







Here I am with Clovis Boscato above , as well as with his wife and English-speaking assistant below in Nova Padua a small town that still speaks both Italian and Portuguese : I love it, I really do!






I do not think that I could have had much of a better time than I did.





I hope to return.






Hopefully I can manage to return sometime, that would mean the world to me, to continue what I already started her. Cheers,  Anthony  TONY  Quinn Thursday night, May 28th, 2015 on a lovely warm evening here with more than half the moon above to shine down on all of us : love it, loved it, obregado a tudos ... bom dia a tudos!

Monday, May 25, 2015

BEAUMONT Vineyards' Walker Bay, South Africa : Grape-Stomping To Make Port-Style Wine By Candlelight & Music! Cheers!!



I should have shared these pictures a long time ago, sorry, it was a wonderful trip and I have loved selling and representing these fine South African wines over the years. I will write more soon on this Monday, May 25th, 2015, Memorial Day Weekend, what a wonderful Monday, too. oo bad I do not have a bottle of BEAUMONT to enjoy tonight, I will ask John and Theresa Morrison for a bottle of the dry red blend 2012 that we will be selling soon and running a great promotion on in June at Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits. I cannot wait, Sebastian Beaumont was just at the store earlier this month and it will be fun to introduce this incredible red Shiraz and Pinotage blend of his that I bet I sampled when here visiting the winery. Too bad I do not have the port-style wine to sell that I helped here to stomp the grapes and get all wonderfully messy doing! Oh well, maybe next time, maybe Sebastian will send me a bottle to taste? I would really love that. Cheers,  TONY  /25/2015


























Friday, May 22, 2015

Anthony Quinn's Artwork Done Over The Years Spills Out Onto These Blog Pages Og Blogspot Here On Friday, May 22nd, 2015 : Enjoy : I Love to Paint, Draw, Make Art And To Sketch, Too!



































































If you are interested in purchasing any of these or finding out more about them please contact me at : tonythewineguy@gmail.com. I am also, of course, theartguy! Cheers, happy Friday, May 22nd, 2015 on this very brrr, breezy, brisk, bright morn today!   Anthony TONY Quinn