UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Lake County Wine Studio is hosting a wine release party and artist show reception with Olof Cellars and artists Jennifer and Anna Sabalone with their show "Perspectives," a mother and daughter's view of the world, on Friday, April 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 8, 4 to 7 p.m.
 
The $15 ($12.50/per person for studio club members) wine sampler featuring appetizers by Vintage Deli Station, will showcase Olof's white 2014 Nebbiolo paired with a Rachel Panini sandwich bite, 2011 Nebbiolo with a chicken, bacon and creamy brie wrap roll, 2013 Signature (red blend) with fresh mozzarella on focaccia with tomato and basil pesto, and the 2011 Barberic (Barbera) with a gluten free cherry chocolate bread pudding recipe from Cindi Olof.

The Olof's planted their first vines in the Lake County Appellation in 2000 and began making wines under their own Olof Cellars brand in 2009.

With a view looking out over the Big Valley AVA and Mt. Konocti to the East, their St. Olof Vineyard estate is sited on the bench of a coastal mountain foothill that hosts two types of soil, gravelly clay and clay loam, which well suit the Barbera, Nebbiolo, Malbec and Petit Verdot varietals grown there.

Three acres of the estate is also planted to the rare Lenoir varietal (red fleshed fruit), and is under contract to KAZ Wines.
 
Eric Olof is an adventuresome vintner and has dared to craft uncommon and unexpected wines such as their rosé of Barbera, a white Nebbiolo and a sparkling "method champenoise" Nebbiolo. They have two new blends, Marlbera (Malbec and Barbera), and Signature, a 50/50 blend of Nebbiolo and Barbera.
 
Artist Anna Sabalone returns to the Wine Studio alongside her mother Jennifer Sabalone, with a special display of works that explore the different creative perspective each artist has of the scene or subject they are viewing.

Jennifer Sabalone moved to Lake County from the Los Angeles area when she was 13. A graduate of Clear Lake High School, she received her BA in art and a secondary teaching credential from California State University, Fresno. She married shortly after college and moved back to Lake County where she and her husband raised their three children.
 
As a stay-at-home mom, there were always art materials available to her children. Sabalone became a 4-H leader and in that capacity encouraged the area youth to engage with the arts and enter their creations in the Lake County Fair.
 
In 1999 she accepted an art teaching position at Upper Lake Elementary School and taught there for 13 years. During that time she took watercolor and pastel classes at Mendocino Junior College from Lorraine Brady Arthur.

While teaching, Sabalone was fortunate to be able to show her students' work almost every year at the Main Street Gallery in Lakeport. Inspired by the majesty and beauty of nature, she finds that Lake County offers endless subjects for representation.
 
Anna Sabalone was born and raised in Lake County. She has been involved in the Lake County Arts Council since her teen years.

She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Leeds, England for her undergraduate degree in English, history and anthropology. She earned her teaching credential and Masters of Education from UCSB and has been teaching art, English, history and Academic Decathlon at Upper Lake High School since 2008.

Lake County Wine Studio is a gallery for display of arts and a tasting room, wine bar and retail shop for the fine wines of Lake County. Artist's shows are held on a monthly basis with art and wine receptions held the first Friday and subsequent Saturday of each month.
 
The gallery is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake. It is open Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m., and Friday from 1 to 8 p.m.

The Sabalone duo art show will be on display for the full month of April.

For more information call Lake County Wine Studio at 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752.