Herb Quady looked a little book wormy in his glasses. And he talked like a word nerd, too, a super romantic one. He stood before a gathering of wine appreciators with a big smile on his face and asked them to define the word “bucolic.”

He has been quoted in Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine as saying, "There isn't any place in California that's nearly as cute" as Jacksonville, where he has his Quady North Winery Tasting Room, adding, "We're all about the bucolic southern Oregon life.”

The person who gave the correct definition of "bucolic" received a prize: A bottle of Quady Winery’s Deviation that a tablemate swore contains rose geranium, damiana and aphrodisiacs.

Seduction was the theme for Quady North's Vintner's Dinner at Tease Restaurant & Bar in Ashland last week.

Seduction was delivered through wines, liqueurs, course after course of precious foods and stimulating announcements by Quady as well as Tease co-owners Julie O'Dwyer and chef Marc Rosewood. And, of course, by the setting, which is red-velvet and soft-light seducing.
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