Dear fellow growers and winemakers,

For those who attended, it was a pleasure to celebrate the season with you, for those who were not able to attend, we had a very celebratory evening with many members and quite a number of the community!! We had many local wines presented to the public plus, Music with Diamond Dave was fantastic and the food was great!!  Each received a LWGA glass to take home too!  what a deal….

Now that we are coming close to the end of the year two things we need to do:

1-  Please email susan@captainvineyards.com, the amount of grapes you harvested in 2018, we would like to add the total tonnage of  Lamorinda AVA grapes, to be included in the Contra Costa County crop report.

2-   Selecting the team that will Manage your vineyard in 2019.  We for sure, recommend that the vineyard management  team will be using best sustainable practices.  Using sustainable practices is part of LWGA’s mission.  We encourage you to talk with your vineyard managers and ask them to adhere, as best as possible, to these practices, it is good for us, our community, environment and we believe it is economically viable to do so.   Below is a team that you might want to reach out to for your 2019 vineyard management.  They manage around 14 vineyards in the Lamorinda Area.

Dylan Rahn

Coastal Viticultural Consultants
Vineyard Manager/Viticulturist
Mobile: (707)-337-9893
Email: Drahn@coastalvit.com

With that, we wish you a safe, enjoyable and jolly rest of the year and look forward to a more exciting and productive 2019

Our holiday party is right around the corner.. Thursday, December 6^th!

This will be a great night wherein our friends and the public will get to sample many of the first-rate wines from Lamorinda. Food and a commemorative LWGA wine glass will be provided as well. And for even more fun, Diamond Dave, a local legendary DJ and performer, will be spinning tunes and singing. If you have not yet seen Diamond Dave, you are in for a real treat as he is guaranteed to get you out dancing!

We really want this party to be a big success and encourage each of you not only to attend, but to invite your friends and family. This party will be a good opportunity for the public to learn more about LWGA, our local winegrowers and winemakers.

https://lamorindawinegrowers.com/event-calendar/#!event/register/2018/12/6/lamorinda-wine-growers-association-holiday-party

If the purchaser is a member, they can type in: LWGA   in the discount code field (after selecting the number of tickets) and they will get $5 off up to two tickets.

LWGA Holiday Party: Wine, Food, Festivities and Dancing

Thursday, December 6^th, 2018, 6pm to 10pm

Serbian Cultural Center

1700 School Street, Moraga, CA

LWGA Board

Fellow growers & winemakers,

We encourage you to attend this meeting of the AAUW Orinda, Moraga and Lafayette Branch

This meeting is open to the public, right here in our back yard!!

TUESDAY, November 13

9:30-11:30 AM
Orinda Community Church
Fellowship Hall, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda

AAUW FUND presents

KARA LEONG

2017-18 AAUW Fund Recipient
of a Career Development Grant
She will discuss her

Research on wine and the efforts to reduce fungicides in the industry

The Web page for our AAUW-OML Branch can be viewed at
http://oml-ca.aauw.net/

President: Denise Burian
Triad Editor: Mary Leigh Miller
Website Editor:Bonnie Gallogly

On Thursday, November 8th, vineyards & winery owners, will gather for the ROOTSTOCK 2018 at the Napa Valley College.  This event will include cutting-edge, educational experiences from the event partners exhibits to top-quality, provocative panel discussions on viticulture, winemaking, and technology & innovation.

Napa Valley College – 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy  11AM-5PM   + Happy Hour 5PM-7PM     ———– $100.00 Per person

Lamorinda Wine Growers Association members are invited to attend this exciting industry event.  The Napa Valley Grape growers are pleased to share a 25% discount with our members who would like to attend the full day program:

Here is the link to get your 25% discount

Discount CODE: LWA

https://napagrowers.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/2018ROOTSTOCK/SponsorshipIndustryPartnersRegistrationA

We hope that you would take advantage of this event!!

Cheers to all of you for the END of 2018 HARVEST!!!!

Our member Peter Clark has 500-800 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in Lafayette available free to whoever wants them.

The brix are about 25 now so they are ready.

Please contact Peter with any questions or to make arrangements.

Peter Clark's contact info:
pkclark@ucdavis.edu
925-330-9377

Hello Lamorinda Winegrowers, Winemakers and Merry Wine Folk! By now most everyone is probably busy with harvest, planning for harvest, or planning to drink harvest wines in the future.

On this topic of wine, wine work and wine fun, the next LWGA meeting will be Sunday, September 30, 3pm to 6pm at Larry and Esther Thal’s residence 1155 Laurel Drive, Lafayette. (directions are at the end of this email)

This will be a fun and informative meeting. Some of the red wine winners from our AVA Celebration earlier this year will be pouring samples of their winning wines and explaining how the wine was made. Bring any and all questions you have about winemaking to this meeting, as our winning wine makers will have valuable answers, suggestions and opinions – and the meeting will be structured to encourage open dialogue, so other winemakers can provide their suggestions as well.

Please bring a bottle of wine, a wine glass or two (for tasting multiple wines) and an appetizer or light entrée to the September 30^th meeting.

Also mark your calendars for our Annual Lamorinda Winegrowers Holiday Party, which will be on Thursday, December 6, 2018 in the evening. This will be a real deal festive party, so you won’t to miss it!

Looking forward, our next meeting will be on Sunday, January 27, 3pm to 6pm. At this meeting we will be discussing viticulture and sharing information that may help improve the quality or quantity of your fruit.

DIRECTIONS TO THE THALS’, 1155 LAUREL DRIVE, LAFAYETTE (925) 283-7434

From San Francisco or the East Bay, take Highway 24 East toward Walnut Creek through the Caldecott Tunnel. Take the Central Lafayette/Oak Hill Road exit (the sixth exit after the Caldecott Tunnel). At the bottom of the Central Lafayette exit, take a left onto Oak Hill Road and go back under the freeway. At the top of the hill is a yield sign; turn right onto Deer Hill. At the second intersection is a stop light. Going right puts you back on Highway 24 going West; left is Laurel Drive. Turn left. We are at the top of the hill. The entrance to the house is approximately two-fifths of a mile after you turn onto Laurel. The entrance is gated. Push the intercom button on the left side of the gate. Go to the top of the driveway, after bearing to the left — you’ll find plenty of parking between the two garages.

From Sacramento or San Jose take Highway 680 toward Walnut Creek and then Highway 24 West toward Lafayette/Oakland. Take the Central Lafayette exit (the second exit after Highway 680). At the stoplight is Laurel Drive. Go straight. We are at the top of the hill. The entrance to the house is approximately two-fifths of a mile after you turn onto Laurel. The entrance is gated. Push the intercom button on the left side of the gate. Go to the top of the driveway, after bearing to the left — you’ll find plenty of parking between the two garages.