Who We Are
Splash Productions was co-founded in 2005 by Stacie Hunt and Tash Rahbar. Since its inception, we have sought to bring together our passions for regional and international wines, local and inventive cuisines, art in its many forms, and those who relish building a community around them.
Beginning with the “Wine, Cuisine & Art of Mexico” exhibitions at the American Center for Food, Wine, and the Arts (COPIA), which ran annually for three years from 2006 to 2008 drawing the most visitors in the museum’s history — Splash Productions brought together hundreds of winemakers, chefs, and original art from multiple collections.
As a result of the success of the “Wine, Cuisine & Art of Baja Mexico” exhibitions, Splash Productions enjoyed a thriving tour component of our firm, bringing wine, cuisine, and art lovers to Baja and other regions to expand on the original COPIA experience.
Splash has produced and coordinated events and exhibitions for the city of West Hollywood -- including “Tables of Ten,” “Taste Art”, “Taste Fashion”, and “Taste Textiles” fund-raising food, wine, and design events. Various gallery openings themed to regional artists, food, and wine have also been part of our ongoing repertoire. Our work has been profiled in several trade and consumer publications. As spokespersons for the industry, we have appeared on national radio programs and contributed to ABC Television network programming on food, wine, and art.
In 2017 Splash Pros launched the Share A Glass wine-tasting community, a broad audience of wine, food, and culture enthusiasts. Share a Glass meets monthly with unique tasting experiences offering members the opportunity to taste older vintages, and wine and spirits from diverse regions like Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Rioja, Tuscany, Piemonte, and of course Napa Valley.
Stacie Hunt
Stacie Hunt is a partner at Point Media, a full-service media production company specializing in multi-media communications, original and live content creation, and broadcast marketing. She has been a wine commentator for NPR (KCRW-FM) as well as a contributing writer on all things wine, beverage, and lifestyle for the online publication MyLALifestyle.com. Stacie serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Specialty Wine Retailers Association, and actively participates in the international wine community as a judge, educator, journalist, and writer.
Stacie is an Emmy award winner and television producer of video projects for dozens of wineries — profiling winemakers, and winery histories. She especially enjoyed producing the award-winning documentary chronicling the 25th Anniversary of Wine Spectator magazine. At Splash Productions, she blends her passions for wine, cuisine, and community.
Stacie is a Silver Pin Certified Sommelier (AIS/WSA), WSET Level 1 Sake award holder, and a Certified Advanced Olive Oil Sensory Perception panelist for UC Davis. She is a member of the official USA Wine Tasting Team, the all-woman team of qualified advanced wine professionals who compete annually in the global World Wine Tasting Challenge.
She developed two certification courses for professionals and enthusiasts, one on American Wine and an Olive Oil Master course.
Her first book, Zinfandel 101: A Beginner’s Guide is available through 101 Publishing on Amazon Kindle.
Tash Rahbar
Tash Rahbar is an owner and principal architect at Enclosures Architects, licensed and practicing since 1994. Tash consults and designs both business and home environments, as well as exhibit space for art collections. A member of the American Institute of Architects, she specializes in creating sustainably focused environments with designs tailored to the particular style of each client. Tash’s work has been recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her work has also been published in Sunset Magazine, House Beautiful, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Dezeen, Luxe Magazine and 805 Living.
Tash enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for regional cuisines through teaching and produces our art exhibitions in conjunction with artists and galleries from across the region and internationally.
She co-founded Rita House - Los Angeles’ premiere event and co-working space.
Nina Sventitsky
Nina Sventitsky is a marketing professional, with decades of experience working for ad agencies and large publishing companies including Condé Nast and Hearst Magazines. She has spent the past fifteen years in the wine industry, working mainly for and with global wine regions to execute promotional, trade and education programs, and in various sales roles for wine brands.
Nina is a Certified Silver Pin Sommelier (AIS/NASA) and holds the Level 3 certification from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET.) She is a Certified Rioja Educator, and Italian Wine Specialist, and passed the Introductory level course from the Court of Master Sommeliers. Nina developed a course on the wines of Rioja, Spain, and American Wines, and contributed to an Olive Oil Master Course.