Fellow Winemakers and Winegrowers,

To make our association both more informative and fun, we will now have a meeting every other month, instead of every third month, and the meetings will include new information and resources for improving winemaking and winegrowing.  See below for our new and improved plans for meetings!

Also, mark your calendars and hold the date: the next meeting will be on Sunday, July 29th from 3 pm to 6pm. Location TBD.  At this meeting some of the members choice white and Pinot winners will be pouring tastes of their wines and talking about how the wines were made.  This will be a fun and informative meeting!

New Meeting Schedule:

1. Viticulture and Farming EducationalMeeting – last Sunday, January
   • Topics such as pruning, foliar sprays, organic options, sunlight and leaf pull, irrigation, mildew control, leaves/clusters, soil health, etc
   • Potluck and social
2. Member’s Choice Wine Rating – Last, Sunday, March
   • Members submit wines for judging, with categories for within and outside the AVA
   • All members can taste and rate wines.. all they need do is pick their 1^stand 2^nd choices in any category of wine
   • Everybody gets to taste and broad range of AVA and non-AVA wines and compare notes.
3. Annual AVA Celebration and Dinner/Fundraiser – 4^th Thursday in May
   • Celebrate AVA and generate some funds
   • Promote local AVA wines
   • Examine the unique terrior of different areas within the AVA
   • Eat, drink and be merry.
4. LWGA White and Light Red Wine Member’s Choice Winners – Tasting, Winemaking Explanation and Discussion – last Sunday, July
5. LWGA Red Wine Member’s Choice Winners – Tasting, Winemaking Explanation and Discussion – last Sunday, September
6. LWGA Holiday Party – 1^st Thursday in December
   • Fun potluck/wine/social party!

LWGA Board