Sharing a glass of John Tyler with Thomas Arivd

San Diego Auction Event, originally uploaded by johntylerwines.

For those who don’t know, Thomas Arvidis a still life artist out of Georgia who specializes in paintings of high end wineries and their wines. He is most known for being exceptional with his paintings and the reflections of glass and wine bottles. He is quite well known in the wine world and his paintings can be found all over from galleries in Sonoma County to Hawaii.
At the San Diego Wine and Food Festival I got the chance to hang out with him and his VP of Marketing Rob. Let me tell you Rob and he and some of coolest guys you will meet. Besides playing the ukulele (which I think is awesome) Thomas’s talent is self taught. As the host of the San Diego AIWF Auction Luncheon Thomas gave a speech that paralleled the similarities between art and wine. Thomas went on to describe his thoughts: his paintings to some people would be considered fabulous, priceless pieces of art. In the same way a fantastic bottle of wine can also be considered a work of art. While those of us that are in the production side of winemaking might think that to be a little far fetched to those on the consuming end of the spectrum it makes sense.
In all I had a great time getting to know Thomas and Rob, I am looking forward to a trip to Georgia to see his gallery!