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Splash Bio:
Since 2008, Splash has been a San Diego neighborhood favorite. The location was reborn in 2019 when Yali Bair Ruiz and her daughter Kelsey Bair took over. As the only Latina-owned wine bar in San Diego, they are reimagining the future of Splash and the wine community in the city.
Splash offers welcoming, interactive, unforgettable wine experiences. They curate interesting and unique wines from around the world, prioritizing products made by womxn, BIPOC, and family-owned wineries. Splash is dedicated to diversifying the wine community. Splash makes wine fun and accessible for everyone, regardless of their wine background, through a newly expanded educational, entertainment, and community events program.
Vintage Longbottom Winery Bio:
Hailing from New Zealand’s famous Marlborough region, wine has been one of Kim Longbottom’s life-long passions and one she shared with her late husband Mark, a third-generation pastoralist with a natural affinity for the land. Together they planted their Padthaway property with vines in the early 1990s, releasing their first Henry’s Drive wines in 1998, the same year their daughter Margo was born.
Now joined by Margo in the next chapter of their family story—Vintage Longbottom—this inspiring mother and daughter enterprise has shifted focus to the premium South Australian regions of McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills.
Wine Description:
Henry’s Drive is a classic South Australian Shiraz with aromas of spearmint, violets, and blueberries. Held in medium-toast French oak for 16 months, the wine presents blackberry, plum, and dark chocolate flavors.
