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Hi Lamorinda Grape Growers and Winemakers!

Last call for those of you that haven’t yet signed up for the LWGA Holiday Party being held at Lafayette Playhouse on School Street this coming Sunday at 5:30.   There is still room for you sign up so please sign up here: https://forms.gle/vMKQ2FkmnjQ9yTPH9 Join your winegrower neighbors, member or not in celebrating.  

The event is fully catered, so all you have to bring is yourselves and your wine.  For those already signed up, we have a few spaces left if you would care to bring an out of town guest or an additional couple, please sign those folks up as well.

Prizes on offer for the ugliest sweaters and more!

RSVP today via https://forms.gle/vMKQ2FkmnjQ9yTPH9

We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday the 4th.

David Hicks

The Howsepian family has graciously provided our club the Lafayette Town Theater facility on Moraga Blvd for our Holiday and Christmas party which will be held on Sunday December 4th from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. [the Dec 6 event at the Library is canceled] The facility will hold up to 70 people has a bar for pouring wine, and a delightful ambiance which is perfect for our event. THANK YOU Howsepian’s! In November you will receive a formal invitation to which you will need reply on line. First come first served. This is a club membership only event with each member able to bring their spouse, a significant other or one friend. We have planned a lovely selection of food for diner and ask all our members, pro and home winemakers, to bring wine for all to enjoy. Pay attention to this site for additional info and watch for the formal invite and respond?

Regards, David Hicks, President

Dave Rey has asked me to remind members attending Sunday’s meeting to kindly park on Mt. Diablo Blvd and not in the Wine Thieves Parking lot.

Thanks, See you all Sunday.

DH

Be sure to attend our Fall meeting at Wine Thieves Sunday at 3:00 PM. As is our custom several of our kind members usually bring an hors-d’oeuvre tray or three to accompany the fine wine provided by our other kind members. We hope it stays nice and warm as it has been but bring a jacket just in case?

David Hicks, President

Hi winemakers, Next Sunday is our Fall meeting at Wine Thieves lower courtyard. We will be discussing this years harvest with a Q and A as well as any other wine and grape topics and questions you may have. Bring a bottle of your finest wine to share along with friends and guests who love wines and reconnect with other members whom you have not seen due to the covid pause. We will be having snacks for all. I look forward to seeing all or you there. David Hicks, President

Good evening Lamroinda Wine Makers. We will be having our Fall meeting as guests of Dave Rey and Wine Thieves from 3 to 6 PM Sunday Oct 23. Dave is again kindly providing us with the patio area just outside of his wine storage facility. He has requested that you please park on the street as parking behind the store is limited. Please bring a bottle of your favorite wine to share with others? There will be nibbles. Since many of us have recently completed picking and are in the process of wine making we will have some discussions about picking and winemaking as will have several of our more experienced growers and winemakers to answer questions and lead discussions. We will additionally focus on the social after our long hiatus.

We’ve set the date of December 6 for our resumed Holiday Season Fiesta to be held at the Lafayette library great room from 6 to 9 PM. Stay tuned for more info to come.

See you all at Wine Thieves on the 23d?

David Hicks, President.

This has been our usual start time. Sorry to have omitted it in the last message. DH. President

Just a friendly reminder that our summer meeting will be next Sunday July 24th at Daniel Howsepian’s house at 3345 Hermosa way in Lafayette at # PM. [Please note the address correction from prior notice]. We ask that you bring a bottle of your own wine or if desired one that you purchased that you would like to share. As is our custom we ask that folks bring an appetizer to folks to share. Three of our skillful members will be pouring their award winning wine for your pleasure and they will have print outs and a presentation on the making of their wines. We hope to see a lot of you on the 24th? Regards, David Hicks President

A REMINDER: The July 31st meeting couldn’t be held on that date and was moved to the prior Sunday July 24th. It’s still at Daniel Howsepian’s home at 25 Hermosa Way in Lafayette at 3PM. Just drive up Reliez Valley road, over the top, down 1/3 of a mile on right is Hermosa. This will mostly be a social meeting for folks to mingle and discuss the season, how vineyards are doing, plans for your winemaking and other wine stuff. We will be having a special treat in that several members will be pouring their award winning wines for our pleasure. They will also provide us with print outs about those wines and an oral presentation of its history. We did this type of meeting prior to the shut down and it was a big success so I urge all of you that are not off on vacation or at summer homes to attend as our organization moves back to a non covid world. Look forward to seeing lots of you there? David Hicks, President.

Dut to an unanticipated family situation Daniel Howsepian needs to change the date of our July general meeting to be held at his home in Lafayette on July 31st to Sunday July 24th still at 3PM. Be sure to make note of this change of date. The plant for the event stays the same which is to taste wine competition medal winners. As stated in my email of 2 days ago please contact me directly if you would care to share your winning wines with our membership. Thanks for your cooperation on this change of plan.

Regards,

David Hicks.