Hello fellow Winelovers;
If you missed our last Zoom meeting on Sunday, July 26, I’m sorry to have tell you that you missed a good one! There were 15 people who signed in who participated in a lively discussion of many subjects.
We started off the meeting by having our resident Webmaster, Bill Scanlin, walk us through various sections of our website. Navigating any website can sometimes be confusing, but Bill made it easy for us to understand the tools available to the user, and showed us how to access and add to many of the features and information available to any member. There is a wealth of information accumulated over many years for the taking. Pictures, viticulture and wine making info; member info; resources and classified section; etc. There will also be included shortly a new sign up area if you would like to volunteer to help with harvesting, bottling, netting a vineyard, or other activities you might like to learn about and to get to know your fellow winelovers!
We then moved over to a free social discussion which turned out to be very dynamic! Many subjects were touched upon such as Electric fencing success stories; trapping and handling of critters in the traps; watering at the post verasion stages; bear home intrusions in Tahoe; desirable grape varietal selections at planting of new vineyards; It was noted by one of our participants that we are 10 solar days ahead of last year in indicating that the harvest this year might be early by as many days! So get ready…
We also had Bill English give us a report on the status of the much anticipated opening of the new Wine Tasting/Production facility in downtown Lafayette. While there will be some limited production of wine during the construction this fall, it will be mostly for testing purposes and that the facility will be up and running by next season! Keep up the good work Larry & Bill!
After the quickest 1-1/2 hours I have recently spent on a Zoom meeting, the meeting was adjourned. We will most likely have our next general meeting in September by Zoom as well.
As a last note, if you have not yet sent in your renewal for the LWGA, please do so soon so that we can continue to provide the services for you. Thank you!
We at the board hope you will have a healthy and productive summer!
Sincerely;
Daniel Howsepian
President LWGA
