From Wine To Arts

Angela's Analysis
From Palate to Palette
Angela Hart


I recently attended the “From Wine to Arts” wine tasting at the home of Randy and Chris Elrod in lovely, historic downtown Franklin. The Elrods are that couple that you want to be when you grow up: warm, hospitable, and fun-loving wine drinkers, honing the idyllic balance of homespun charm and urban panache. They host periodic wine tasting fundraisers at their home to raise money for Kalien, an innovative artist development center. Coined “From Wine to Arts,” the invite touted rare and expensive wines, gourmet tapas, and a silent auction of Randy’s original art.

Donning my first summer dress of the season, I took myself to this swanky house party anticipating the invite’s trinity: wine, food, and art, all things I relish. Attended primarily by artists, creative types, and techie-progressives, I was kindly introduced by Randy, our host, as a wine writer and a fellow blogger. I entered the blog zone about four months ago and among this innovative crowd blogging felt like a rite of passage. My smug feeling of relevance was short-lived when my introduction (or induction, perhaps) was followed by, “But do you twitter?” For those of you like me, slow on the hi-tech uptake and under the assumption that twitter is merely a synonym for chirp, “Twitter” is an Internet-based program where people text message each other in real time about what they are doing. Apparently all the kids and wine enthusiasts are doing it.

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