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Ian and Daniel went a-tastin’ during the Emmy festivities…

Tasting with the Stars, Part 2

I’m always struck by how seriously actors and athletes generally take their wine, and how knowledgeable they tend to be. Every time I’ve had a chance to speak to some boldfaced name or other, and the conversation turns to wine, it generally gets technical rather quickly: Grape yields, oak barrels, flavor profiles, food pairing, and the like seem to be sources of endless fascination.

This trend continued last weekend in Los Angeles as we tasted wine with Emmy nominees and presenters. As a result, we spent a good bit more time with many of the guests than we anticipated: Michael Chiklis, for example, spend somewhere around 20 minutes bouncing between our wines and the amazing cheeses on offer by Point Reyes. Jonathan Pryce, who’s been in everything from Pirates of the Caribbean to Glengarry Glen Ross, lives in Provence, and is a serious oenophile with a deep well of knowledge about all things grape-related. Gregory Itzin, 24’s President Logan, couldn’t get enough of our reds–big, concentrated wines appropriate for one of TV’s best villains in recent memory. We also enjoyed glasses with Blair Underwood, Alan Cumming, Seth Green, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and others. (We’ll post the full list, with photos, later in the week.)

And yes, that’s Henry Ian Cusick in the photo above–Desmond, from Lost. He loved the wine, and managed to stay in this dimension the entire time–no flash-sideways at all to interrupt his enjoyment. Thank goodness.

Tasting with the Stars, Part 1

Daniel is mentioned in Part 1.

Brian plans to post photos and video of the event, so stay tuned!

Here are his links to the Cakebread Chardonnay Reserve selections they have available:

Cakebread Chardonnay Reserve Carneros Napa Valley 2007

Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay Reserve 2006

And here’s their website…thanks, Sheila!

Cakebread Cellars

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Thanks so much for that righteous review, Mark!

And thanks to Jen for posting this article!

The fans are thrilled, unnerved, overwhelmed and a bit stuporous this morning,

after the show and Ian’s brilliant peformance last night!!

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 12.01/12.02 “Locum/Bullseye” Review

Tonight’s two hour season opener for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit gave LOST fans a treat as Desmond Hume himself, Henry Ian Cusick, took center stage as this week’s special guest star in the long running procedural. I was shocked at how the two hours transpired and how Cusick’s role of photographer/pedophile hunter Erik Weber figured into the two separate cases. In short, the role was far from that of Desmond Hume.

In the first hour, “Locum”, the Special Victims Squad deals with a case about a foster family, whose adopted daughter is scared of them due to the parents (Joan Cusack and Peter Strauss) odd behavior revolving around the disappearance of their biological daughter years before. Cusick’s role of Erik Weber comes in as a decoy for the little girl’s plans to runaway. Turns out that Erik is a part of a group off anti-pedophile group that he formed after his sister killed herself after being a rap victim. After he is cleared, Erik later flirts with Det. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), setting up a potential romantic pairing between the two. The story, in a traditional SVU twist, ends up being ripped from the headlines of the infamous Jaycee Dugard case, which had an emotional impact all around.

Cusick’s role was featured more prominently in the second hour titled “Bullseye” as his anti-pedophile group becomes a nuisance to the detectives after a string of little girls are attacked by a serial rapist. This is where Cusick shines as he woos Olivia with not only his charms, but his passion for cleaning the streets of pedophiles as well. But in the world of SVU, nothing is as good as it seems, and Erik Weber is just too good to be true. This episode’s twist? Erik is really the serial child rapist!!! OH NO!!! NOT DESMOND HUME!!!!

When the truth is revealed, Cusick explodes as he goes from innocent victim to perverted menace in a New York minute. It rattled my core to see Cusick end up being a malicious, sick criminal, but the man is working hard to shed his Desmond image, and this role could be a damn good first step.

Fans of LOST will be thrilled to see Henry Ian Cusick kick ass in this role, even if his performance chills them to the bone.

A+

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Speaking of black bands, haven’t seen any comments regarding just what Ian is wearing in the latest “new” photo that surfaced this week…

Take a closer look, sistahs:

Need help??

Closer/bigger/more???

Who loves us?  Yep, Ian do!!

Looks like one of the kids may have made that.   Sooo totally cool he wore it!

We loves ya too, Ian!

All our best to you with the show on Wednesday!!

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