Bottoms up for Curtain Up

Well, my faithful ones! sorry to desert you for so long, but here I am again, and with a blind item to boot. "Which up and coming wine shop was 'all hands on deck' for the fun, frolicsome and frenzied Curtain Up event this September 11?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32811381/ns/local_news-buffalo_ny/

That's right kids, City Wine Merchant. All four employees plus our fearless leader Eric were there with bells on and a braid in our hair, running three separate stations: a table in front of Market Arcade (where the action overwhelmed poor Patrick and we had to send in the cavalry), the store (which stayed open late to accommodate tipsy revelers) and a special tasting at Irish Theatre Company.

Kevin, our full time guy, Patrick, our part timer, and myself and Jessica, the special event ladies (kind of like the St. Paulie's girls but less cleavage) were all there, helping taste the bubbly. We sampled Los Altos Malbec, The Magnificent Wine Company's White Table Wine (unoaked chardonnay from Washington),http://www.magnificentwine.com/index.php and something else which disappeared too quickly for me to even see what it was (this is all from memory, here, people, so some facts may be a little off, forgive me).

Everyone was in their cocktail best, loaded for bear, and as I was leaving at 12.30am (hey, I was there at 3pm, and had worked since 9am at my other job!) Eric was frantically loading *another* case of various wines for Amanda from the Vault across the street. I guess supplying the wine to the local businesses has its ups and downs. The staff (by which I mean Kevin and I, the two picked to "hold down the fort" sampled a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon that we found in the basement (with permission! We're not animals!) called "Josh" (hi Dad!!). There was some debate over the "foxiness" of the cork, but in the end we choked it down somehow. It was marvey.