Join us for a magical evening at Wildcat...
During Edward Weston's time on Wildcat Hill, his home was known as the "little house with the big mood." Edward and his pals spent many nights whooping it up, sharing meals, dancing, reading poetry and admiring each other's work. Legends like Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Imogen Cunningham and Dorothea Lange were frequent visitors and we like to believe they make a special appearance for our favorite event of the year: Bohemian Nights.
Edward Weston's Wildcat Hill
Imagine Edward waking up before dawn to get in the darkroom to process his negatives and create the images that have made him one of America's most well-recognized photographers of all time. Now, imagine walking through that same darkroom, preserved in its entirety to this day, alongside the palpable memory of the artist who called it home. We hope you will join us to experience the rich and bountiful history of Wildcat Hill while supporting black and white film photography students in Monterey County.
La Balena
Chef Emanuele Bartolini has graciously donated his cooking expertise for this year’s New Bohemian Nights event. La Balena is a fine dining Italian restaurant located in Carmel, CA. We are so thankful for their support and can’t wait for the fantastic menu they will be building specially for us!
Pisoni Winery
Image from Pisoni Vineyards Website
We are so excited to be having Pisoni Pinot Noir at our New Bohemian Nights event this year on Wildcat Hill! Pisoni wine is considered to be one of the best in the Santa Lucia Highlands. The Pisoni’s are such good hearted people that are always welcoming with open arms and we are so thankful for their support.
Image from Pisoni Vineyards Website
It all started with a dream about Pinot Noir. A true visionary in the Santa Lucia Highlands, Gary Pisoni has worked tirelessly since collecting and making his first wines in the 1970’s, planting Pisoni Vineyards in 1982, and the producing of the first Pisoni Estate Pinot Noir with his sons in 1998. As dreamers often do, Gary felt something on his family’s land that was seemingly not there and followed his intuition relentlessly to uncover it. Multiple costly drilling attempts failed before bringing water up from beneath the solid granite that makes up the hillsides, a feat so many believed to be impossible.
Today, Gary’s vision of Pinot Noir in the rugged and rocky mountains above the Salinas Valley has been more than realized. Multiple blocks of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah varietals pepper the landscape at elevations from 900 to 1,300 feet, from which we produce wines that seem destined to come from this remarkable site. As a winemaker, Gary has always been intent on communicating the personality of the land from which the wine was grown — a task he now shares with his sons, vineyard manager Mark and vintner Jeff.
-Source: www.pisonivinyards.com
A Print for Every Guest!
All guests will go home with an original print from Roman Loranc or Kim Weston as a gesture of our most sincere gratitude for supporting The Weston Collective.
All proceeds allow The Weston Collective, a 501(c)3 corporation, to award scholarships to local high school and college students in Monterey County practicing black and white film photography.