Bear and Bliss

 

HOUSTON, TX-April 9 We had another great turnout today for the trade tasting at Reef restaurant. A total of 53 people came, both to sample our new wines and to see the restaurant. Reef, run by Bryan Caswell and Bill Floyd, has been open for less than a year and has already been getting great reviews for its Asian and Mediterranean influenced seafood menu. A lot of buyers from major accounts in Houston were here. Among them was Bear Dalton, the fine wine buyer for Spec's (a major Texas wine retailer). Bear is something of a legend in these parts.

 

The consumer dinner that night at Carol's in Cat Spring was wild. There were 93 people packed into her small dining room. It was balmy so the windows and doors were opened and the sweet smell of wildflowers blew into the restaurant. We spent the night at Blisswood, Carol's bed and breakfast retreat, about one mile from the restaurant. It is a peaceful and quiet place.