Wine Enthusiast's Red and White Bash at Good Units

The Naughty Nutcracker guy at the Red and White Bash

Wine Enthusiast's 25th anniversary bash in the Hudson Hotel's underworld event space served nothing but 90+ point wines from Arrocal to Trinchero, which, depending on the translation website, either means "meat", "carving", or "trinchero". The evening started out with a warm greeting from David F. Slone, Esq. (above), producer of Nutcracker: Rated R, which Kerri Allen of Backstage.com had "a hell of a lot more fun" at than normal ballets. Here's what happened after that

You know Good Units is hot because the entrance is so unassuming

Warm greeting #2.

Warm greeting #... oh, heeeeeey

If this guy hadn't entered the wine business, he definitely would have told Danny Glover, "Diplomatic immunity!

If this wine is as full-bodied as that gorgeous head of hair, then it must be 100+ points

"Double fisting already?" "No, this is just one fist.

All in all, it's just another Wine Enthusiast on the wall

Good stems, moon

Scene from the film Behind the Burlesque Curtain

Festivus for the rest of us

This sous chef looks super familiar

A wine expert who wished to remain anonymous raved about this $100 bottle of rose as "St. Tropez super-yacht shit".

The rose is currently penning a terrible bondage novel that will earn enough money to buy that super-yacht

Okay, but did Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra have a tuba player

Of course. Hey, dude looking at the camera

Charming ladies

Charming hat

Our wine expert has a funny way of delivering high praise. This Franciacorta, which he proclaims is "more Champagne than Champagne", has an herbal finish that tastes "like skunk weed smells"

Long line of wine

These beards scored 200+ points. Don't mess with these beards

"I'll give you this bottle if you leave me your phone number." This rioja was really good -- you probably would have given the dude your phone number too.

The entrance to Good Units
Press check-in at the Red and White Bash
Crazy tall guy at the Red and White Bash
Wine guy who should've been in Lethal Weapon II at Wine Enthusiast party
Wine Enthusiast with great hair
Getting two drinks at the Wine Enthusiast 25th anniversary
Wine Enthusiast magazines at the Hudson Hotel
Burlesque aerialist at Good Units
Burlesque girls behind curtain at Good Units
The crowd at Wine Enthusiast's 25th anniversary
Tequila Park's sous chef at Wine Enthusiast's 25th
Holding rose at Wine Enthusiast's 25th
The rose spectrum at Wine Enthusiast's 25th
Piano player at Good Units
Tuba player at Good Units
Lovely burlesque ladies at Good Units
Fantastic hat at Good Units
Italian sparkling wines at Wine Enthusiast's bash
Vintners at Wine Enthusiast's bash
Fierce beards at Good Units
A bottle to go at Wine Enthusiast's bash