UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Wine Studio is hosting a wine release party and artist show reception with Fore Family vineyards and artist, Teri Rose on Friday, March 3, from 5 to 8 pm. And Saturday, March 4, from 4 to 7 p.m.
 
The $15 ($12.50/per person for studio club members) wine sampler and appetizers by Rosey Cooks will showcase the 2015 Albarino paired with shrimp scampi skewers, 2014 GSM with a herbed Chèvre and olive tapenade on crostini with tomato, 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon with roasted beef bites with bleu cheese butter and caramelized onion on crostini, and the 2009 Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc with fresh berries and honey mascarpone with lemon zest.

Artist Teri Rose (Dempsey née Takacs), was born in Bethlehem, Penn. In 1956, the first generation American of British and Hungarian immigrants.

With her family she moved Westward in 1960, stopping in Reno, and passed her adolescence in Southern California.

Her love of animals developed from her first moments when even as a young child she raised and tamed all manners of pets in her backyard – from chickens, to rabbits, to pigeons. She found her greatest joy in her animal companions and spent much of her time drawing them, imagining the horses she would ride and the places she would travel.

Her young experiences with animals and a fast developing California formed a strong yearning in her to live and be inspired by a country life.

After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California Polytechnic Pomona, she moved to the California Central Coast in search of that life.

Since the mid-1980s, her ranch in Paso Robles has been an inspiration for her work in oil, pencils and sculpture.
 
Athletic as well as artistic, on her first attempt, she took “Top 20” in the Tevis Cup 100 Mile Race. Along with her beloved Arabian horse, Cadence, Rose was a member of the legendary Levi Ride and the 1994 World Champion Women’s Team, competing in this grueling contest through an unmatchable bond between horse and rider. An accomplished artist, endurance rider, and runner, Rose is also a devoted wife and mother.

Rose’s scenes trace their history back to the romance of early American landscape painters such as the Hudson River School especially George Inness and Thomas Cole, while her portraits recall the rich canvases of the old masters, most notably Raphael, Eugene Delacroix, Rembrandt, and Frans Hals the Elder.

Rose regularly shows throughout California, including the SLO Cattlemen’s Western Art Show and Draft Horse Classic, Grass Valley, where she has won numerous awards for her work. Her work has been featured in The Arabian Horse World, Horse Illustrated, The County News, Telegram Tribune, Draft Horse Journal, and been a cover image for SLO County Equestrian Guide and Inside International. Her art has an aspect of seasoned maturity, with close to forty years of productive expression.

In the late 1980s, Jim Fore won a first place award with his Pinot Noir in the Napa Town and Country Fair home winemaking division. The win gave him the drive to plant a small Cabernet vineyard in his back yard.

Since then, the passion has grown to more than 60 acres between Napa and on Cobb Mountain in Lake County, with a full suite of varietals from which they are making consistent award-winning, stand out wines.

They currently farm 17 acres on the Cobb property – varietals including Grenache Blanc, Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. 

Fore, his wife Diane, and their son Eric, are very involved helping in all facets of their family business.  They personally manage the Cobb Mountain vineyards and farm using sustainable techniques such as planting mixed blend cover crops that are tilled into alternating rows each year.  Last year they opened their welcoming tasting room on Main Street, Kelseyville. 

At this year’s prestigious SF Chronicle Wine Competition the Fore Family Albarino won a Silver medal and the GSM red blend won Gold, both which are among the featured wines at the receptions and during March at the Studio.

Lake County Wine Studio is a gallery for display of arts and a tasting room, wine bar and retail shop for the fine wines of Lake County. Artist's shows are held on a monthly basis with art and wine receptions held the first Friday and subsequent Saturday of each month.
 
The gallery is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake. It is open Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m., and Friday from 1 to 8 p.m.

The Rose art show will be on display for the full month of March.

For more information call Lake County Wine Studio at 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752.