Hello Fellow LWGA Members: 
On January 26, 2020 we had our regular meeting at the Bill & Alison Scanlin’s beautiful Deer Hill Vineyard in Lafayette. There were approx. 41 attendees, and everyone brought ample excellent  wine and appetizers for everyone to enjoy. 
Business items were discussed initially as follows: 
–  Board elections will be held very soon. Please be sure to vote!-  Two long standing board members are retiring; Susan Captain and Carol Haag.  We will miss them both and hope to tap into their collective memories for future advice; 

–  Larry Thal’s wine tasting and production facility was mentioned.  Exciting opportunity for grape growers to have a micro facility available to produce a collective Lamorinda blend and  wine tastings for the public in Lafayette!-  David Hicks announced the availability of himself, Daniel Howsepian, Bill English and Gerard Van Steyn for any grape growing or wine making advice or questions from our membership. There will also be workshops planned for the future wherein our members can participate in advanced learning sessions.  

Once the official business was completed, we were all treated to a wonderful discussion by Dylan Rahn and his dad, Brian Rahn of CVC and followed up with a real time demonstration of pruning on actual grape vines brought in.   Dylan conducted a very lively discussion and demonstration of cane and spur pruning, among other things which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.  
We are very fortunate to have these very educational, timely and interesting subject matters brought to us by knowledgeable speakers.  We plan to have many more to come.
We thank everyone who brought wonderful wine and appetizers  to share with the group!  
See you at the next meeting on March 29 where mildew control will be the topic of the day.  
Submitted by: Daniel Howsepian