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We will be tasting through the following Sleight of Hand wines:

2014 Sleight of Hand The Archimage

2017 Sleight of Hand The Illusionist Reserve

2018 Sleight of Hand Stoney Vine Estate Vineyard The Psychedlic Syrah

 Purchase Wines

The tasting will be led by Dr. Owen Bargreen, co-owner and winemaker Trey Busch, and production winemaker Keith Johnson.

Dr. Owen Bargreen: Owen is the founder/executive editor of OwenBargreen.com, formerly Washington Wine Blog. He is a Level 2 Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers who writes part time for Decanter Magazine. He has been writing about wine for more than ten years and has reviewed thousands of wines from around the world. Owen has also traveled extensively in Washington, Oregon and California, as well as throughout wine regions of the world, including the Bordeaux and the Rhone valley in France, Spain, Germany and Italy. He speaks German, Italian and English.

Trey Busch: Trey remembers his very first concert like if was yesterday (Helix, Keel, and Accept at the Omni in Atlanta in 1984 if you are wondering). His love of music, especially Pearl Jam, is one of the reasons he ended up in the Pacific NW. After moving to Seattle in 1992 and working for Nordstrom for 8 years, Trey was offered the chance to move his family to Walla Walla and get into the wine business with the Dunham Cellars family. Eric Dunham, the winemaker and owner of Dunham Cellars, gave Trey the foundation for his winemaking and philosophy. Trey fell in love with the winemaking process on the first day of crush in September of 2000, and that journey led him to Sleight of Hand Cellars. Trey is in charge of, and oversees, the winemaking, keeping his finger on the pulse of what is happening in the vineyards and cellar. He also shares the sales and marketing duties with Jerry, traveling to far-away places to spread the Sleight of Hand love around the country. Trey also is a world renowned Air Guitar player, and will often be found at a local karaoke bar belting out Tom Petty or Pearl Jam. He has two amazing daughters that he loves more than anything, and can't believe how lucky he is to have ended up in this business with Jerry and Sandy.

Keith Johnson: Keith came aboard in 2011, right after the opening of our tasting room on JB George and before our new winery building was complete. Keith oversees the winery on a daily basis, and during harvest, while Trey and Jerry are in the vineyards making picking decisions, he is managing the harvest team, making sure everything is being taken care of in the cellar. Keith is also a terrible singer, and an even a worse dancer. But he DOES have good taste in music, so there is that...