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Join us for an afternoon of wine tasting and food! Taste Lamorinda AVA wines and wines from AVA makers including:

• Thal Vineyards
• Meadow View Winery
• Raisin d’Etre Vineyards
• Los Arabis Vineyards
• Crane Terrace Winery
• Castillo Vineyards
• Rancho Del Hambre Wine
• Reliez Valley Vineyards
• Captain Vineyards
• Deer Hill Vineyards 

In honor of the 20^th anniversary of the formation of the LWGA, the Board would like to offer current LWGA members a free tasting. You must register for the event by logging into the LWGA website before “purchasing” tickets. If you are not logged in, the free option will not show. Limited to current members only please.

The Tasting event runs from 12-4pm on April 27 in the parking lot of Wine Thieves and will be followed by the LWGA general member meeting. Pietro Buttitta will present. If you haven’t met Pietro, is the latest addition to Local Vines and the wine maker for several wineries, including his own. This promises to be a lively and informative meeting!

Food available for purchase. For your non-member guests, entry price ($35 ahead of time and $40 on the day) includes a Lamorinda wine tasting glass and 5 tickets that can be used for tasting or purchasing wine by the glass. Bottles of wine to take home available for sale. Additional tasting tickets are 5 for $20.

Purchase tickets, including your member “priced” ticket at: tinyurl.com/LWGA-April27

Note that tasting tickets can be transferred if you are unable to attend though we don’t offer refunds

Venue: Behind Wine Thieves
Address: 3401 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette 94549
Time: 12-4pm AVAnniversary; followed by the LWGA member meeting

Please use this link to RSVP to the holiday party or type the URL in directly if you get an error: https://www.tinyurl.com/2024LWGAHOLIDAY

Time to RSVP!

Our member holiday party is soon approaching. This year we will gather at the Town Hall Theatre on School Street in Lafayette in your ugliest holiday sweaters!

Dinner will be catered, and bring a bottle of your favorite Lamorinda AVA wine to share.

Wednesday December 11 from 7-9
Town Hall Theatre
3535 School St Lafayette

RSVP today: tinyurl.com/2024LWGAHOLIDAY

Join LWGA members at the Moraga Pear and Wine Festival, this Saturday 9/28, at Moraga Commons 11-4. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Moraga. Free event with food and wine for purchase, live entertainment, kids activities, and community stands. There will be a street parade kicking off celebrations at 10.

More details available here: https://www.moraga.ca.us/50thanniversary

Posting on behalf of the seller. If you have questions, please contact Bret directly.

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Hello East Bay Winemakers, 

I hope you are doing well. In case you haven’t heard, Côte West will be closing its tasting room and winery in Oakland later this summer. We’ll continue to make wine, but in a different facility. 

This means we have a lot of equipment, tanks, barrels, and furniture to sell. In case you are looking for anything, from a very nice 20HL bladder press to extra TC fittings, we’ve got it all. 

The list of most equipment for sale, including pricing, can be found here.

Photos of most of the equipment can be found here.

Feel free to share this more broadly. The posting on Wine Business Monthly is here.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Cheers, 

Bret Hogan
Winemaker and Owner
Côte West
2102 Dennison St., Ste. A
Oakland, CA 94606
cotewestwine.com
415-608-5111

https://www.tinyurl.com/LWGA-April28

Join us for an afternoon of wine tasting, food, and entertainment! Taste Lamorinda AVA wines and wines from AVA makers including:

• Thal Vineyards
• Meadow View Winery
• Raisin d’Etre Vineyards
• Los Arabis Vineyards
• Crossbrook Winery
• Crane Terrace Winery
• St Romedius Wine
• Castillo Vineyards
• Rancho Del Hambre Wine
• Deer Hill Vineyards
• Mount Diablo Cider

Food for purchase from Babo’s Kitchen. Let us introduce you to Rubab, affectionately known as Babo, the culinary virtuoso and a Private Chef rooted in El Cerrito, California. With cuisine as her ultimate canvas, she crafts masterpieces that excite taste buds and ignite creativity. Born in Kuwait, raised in Pakistan, and now proudly a resident of California, Babo’s journey is a fusion of cultures and flavors, blending her passion for design with a love for diverse culinary delights from around the world.

Entry price includes a Lamorinda wine tasting glass and 5 tickets that can be used for tasting or purchasing wine by the glass. Bottles of wine to take home available for sale. Additional tickets are 5 for $20

https://www.tinyurl.com/LWGA-April28

Our annual celebration of the Lamorinda Appellation is just around the corner on April 28, so save the date! A link to purchase tickets for members and guests will be shared shortly.

BRING OUT THE UGLY SWEATERS!

Some still have grapes on the vine though it’s almost holiday time! Come in your ugliest holiday sweater – store bought or home styled. Prizes are on offer!

LWGA will cater the event and please bring a bottle of wine, or a few, to share. 

NOTE: This is in the hills of Orinda. Flat, comfortable shoes are strongly advised. Additional parking is on Barbara Road. Please observe all posted parking signs

The LWGA party is for members and their significant other

See you there!

RSVP HERE

SAVE THE DATE!

December 3, 5-8pm 2023

LWGA member holiday party. The official invitation with RSVP link will follow later this month

The reminder….

Our annual celebration of the Lamorinda AVA is coming up May 7. If you haven’t got your tickets yet, members have a discounted rate! Purchase your tickets here: https://www.tinyurl.com/LWGAMay7

The request…

We’re looking to borrow the following for the event. Let us know if you have any of the following:

• water dispenser
• A frame for street signage, or a realtors open house sign
• speakers (and if you’d like to be the DJ / play list coordinator) – last years speakers were loaned
• table decorations (about 6) – flowers from home, or similar

Looking forward to the celebrations!