W&S Minutes

3 February 2012

1. Business

·        Please a friendly reminder to drink responsibly – especially this Sunday

·        Kudos to Joy King’s Dad, Forest Willard, who turned 105 last week

·        For all the members born in February a big Happy Birthday!

·        For all the lovers in the group. . .Happy Valentine’s Day!

2. Hosts & Co-Hosts

·        Bill & Marilyn Sisler 

·        Charlie/Renee Rahilly

·        Comments: Etiquette: Bringing food, serving utensils, etc

A member is to bring a bottle of wine, or a 6-pack of beer, per person to the monthly steering meetings.  This bottle of wine is a wine that you have either enjoyed making, purchasing and sharing with others.  The value of a good tasting wine is something that a person should strive to achieve over time in the learning and appreciation of different wines.  The wines that are placed on the community Wine Table IS TO REMAIN on the wine table.

No member/guest shall just take a bottle off the wine table for his/her own consumption at any time.  If a member/guest chooses to bring additional wine for his/her table, this wine is not to be considered a community wine that a person helps themselves to.  The remaining wine at the community wine table is given and divided up with the Host and Co-Host, this is their treat for volunteering in that position monthly.  All members should strive to be a Host or Co-Host, this is a members way of giving back to the club.

The Host and Co-Hosts are volunteers.  They commit themselves

to the setting up to tables, chairs, turning on oven, the cleaning up of the hall and coordinating the potluck portion for the monthly steering meeting.

The potluck portion of the club has always been a way for members to share food after the general steering meeting has been completed.  Everyone is responsible for their own dish brought to be placed on the potluck table and removed during clean up.  There is a Lost & Found that the Host and Co-Hosts bring to each and every meeting so that forgotten items can be retrieved.  

Note:

Hosts/Co-Hosts: I need people to start signing up for the 2^nd half of the year

3.    Beer Report: Steve Sistler & Craig Bonelli

·        Firestone Walker Beer Fest “sale” tickets are sold out – the rest of the tickets go on sale 2/10

·        Look for information on a beer making  event to be held in April at Barry Ross’s home – this is a limited attendance event [30 people total]

4. Marty: Guest Speaker: Zina Miakinkov & Jac Jacobs – LeVigne Vineyards & Winery presented us with cheeses paired to LeVigne’s Chardonnay, Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Merlot
   

·        Zina’s highly regard in the area as an authority on cheese and has worked with many local wineriesto develop their own wine and cheese pairings. She is a Level 1 Sommelier and a Certified Specialist of Wine and is working on becoming one of the first Certified Fromagers  in the area – she’s also the Central Coast Cheese lady on radio KRUSH 92.5

·        Jac’s the winemaker for LeVigne – after years working at a variety of vineyards and wineries, helping to start Gloria Ferrer Champagne Cellars and moving on to several Lake County and Sonoma wineries where he started developing hi own wine making style. In 2003 Jac moved to the Paso area and started working for the Filippini family at LeVigne [formerly Sylvesters]. Since then he had been learning the different nuances of the appellation and making high quality wines.

5. Next Meeting: Friday, March 2, 2012 – we’ll be meeting Steve Glossner who’ll be talking about his Paso Port winery

Hosts will be:

·        Charlie/Renee Rahilly

·        Bob/Roxanne Cameron

W&S Minutes

6 January 2012

1. Hosts & Co-Hosts

·        Don & Vanessa Rispin

·        Bill & Marilyn Sisler 

Note:

Hosts/Co-Hosts: I need people to start signing up for the 2^nd half of the year

2. Christmas Party report – Johna was not present – but everyone who went had a GREAT time, good food, good music, good fun
   
   

3.    Beer Report –

·        Our Bewmaster, Greg Pennelli didn’t re-up as a member so we’re without one for now – anyone like to step up?

·        Holly Todd: she's the event coordinator for hospice and they're doing a few different things next year for the "festival of beers" or beerapalooza, including having a home beer competition, with the blessings of the national beer association, winners going onto national comps....!!!!! 

The CaliforniaFestival of Beers is an annual beer festival and one of America's largest and oldest regional beer tastings held at the new Madonna Polo Fields.

The California Festival of Beers is traditionally held on Memorial Day weekend and features over 50 brewers who feature their micro brewed creations.

This year the festival would like support from Wines & Steins as well as entries from our home brew masters

4. Mission San Antonio’s annual Spaghetti Dinner (Sunday January 29, 2012), serves from 11am to 3pm. Meal tickets are $10/plate. You’ll find Italian ambiance takes over our Refectory as our volunteers cook up tempting pasta dinners with all the trimmings, including salad and garlic bread.

5.    UCCE will be holding a Vineyard Frost Protection Seminar on the morning of Feb. 2, 2012 at the J. Lohr Wine Center east of Paso Robles. For more information and to register, please see the following website:

http://ucanr.org/seminar

If you have any questions regarding the seminar, please contact Mark Battany at 805-781-5948.

6.    Don't miss IGGPRA's seminar on Trellis™ herbicide and Pruning! This is a great opportunity to learn about important vineyard practices from Dow AgroSciences, Precision Ag Consulting and IGGPRA President, Richard Sauret.

The seminar will be held at St. Hilaire Vineyard (John and Laurel Anderson), 1950 El Pomar Dr., Templeton, CA MAP, on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 1:30pm - 3:30pm.

Agenda & Speakers:

1:30 - 2:00

Trellis™ herbicide -  Dwain Morton, Dow AgroSciences

2:00 - 3:30

Pruning Head Trained Vines - Richard Sauret, President IGGPRA

Pruning Cordon Trained Vines - Lowell Zelinski, Owner Precision Ag Consulting  

The seminar will be FREE for IGGPRA members, $20 for Non-members. Please bring your own chairs. Please note rain cancels this event.

Don't miss out; RSVP today to Precision Ag at 805-434-3331 or terri@precisionagconsulting.com. This is the chance to get your questions answered!

7.    John Anderson talked about the upcoming Winemaker Dinner held at Bethel Lutheran Church, 295 Old County Rd, Templeton, CA If you’ve attended a dinner in the past, you already know you will experience an amazing evening of gourmet foods paired with the finest wines from the Central Coast. If this is the first time you’ve joined us undefined you’re in for a special treat.For more information, call: John Anderson: (805) 434-1620

8.    Next Meeting: February 3, 2012

Hosts will be:

·        Bill & Marilyn Sisler 

·        Charlie/Renee Rahilly

9. Raffle

Wines & Steins Host/Co-Host sign-up for 2012

Wines & Steins Member Newsletter

Next Meeting Friday Sept 2nd at 6:00pm American Legion Hall in Templeton.

President Sharen Bloechel opened this month’s meeting.
Meeting hosts Members can find the names of who is hosting which meeting on what date-on the website.

Guests & New Members:A warm welcome new member Antonio Del Peschio and visiting guests.

Badges: Members were reminded to contact Karen and Don Davis if they don’t have a name badge. All members are encouraged to wear their badges at the meetings.

Presidents Report- Sharen Bloechel

Sharen announced the our bank balance  is 1392.00 and we have $1370.00 in the equipment fund. Mike Taylor was our host and David Gerber was our cohost. Next meeting our Host will be David Gerber and Co host Phyllis Gonzalez. We discussed sponsoring Cal Poly Students enrolled in the Cal Poly enology program and voted to create a student category in Wines and Steins with a minimum age of 21 years. We had a speaker Dr. Michael Yoshimura from Cal Poly that spoke to us on the subject of Plant Pathology. We learned about common diseases and causes in wine grapes.

And as usual there was a 50/50 raffle.

Upcoming Events:- Johna DeBellis announce we will be having a Lobster Palooza, Halloween Party, Bus Trip With Lunch, Xmas Party

June 2011 Wines & Steins Member Newsletter

Next Meeting : Friday July 1st 6:00pm American Legion Hall in Templeton.

President Guy Callari opened this month’s meeting.
Our meeting hosts were Jeff and Cindy Lewis . Members can find the names of who is hosting which meeting on what date-on the website.

Guests & New Members: New members Marty and Ruby Toussaint, Rodney and Carol Stein. Craig and Debbie Totman. John and Cheryle Terringler. A warm welcome to guest Antonio De Peschio.

Badges: Members were reminded to contact Karen and Don Davis if they don’t have a name badge. All members are encouraged to wear their badges at the meetings.

Presidents Report Guy Callari our outgoing President announced the new officers for the club and gave a nice parting gift to the members for this last year. These were Sherry McCleary, Steve Sisler, and Maryilynn Berardo.  Our new officers will be: Sharen Bloeschl President, Guy Callari Vice President, Marty Toussaint, Jeff Lewis and Don Carlson Speakers Committee, Johna de Bellis Events, Cellar Master Tom Johnson, Brewmaster Greg Panelli, Webmaster Ron Johnson, Leslie Raffle, Eileen and Rich Glassses, Karen Davis Badges, Maryilynn Berardo Corresponding Secretary, Vanessa Rispin Email Newsletter,  and Mike Debellis BBQ. There was a 50/50 raffle.

May 2011 Wines & Steins Member Newsletter

Next Meeting : Friday June 3 st 6:00pm American Legion Hall in Templeton.

President Guy Callari opened this month’s meeting.
Our meeting hosts were  hosts were Mike and Judy Blunden and Jeff and Cindy Lewis were co-hosts (asked at last minute)

Members can find the names of who is hosting which meeting on what date-on the website.

Guests & New Members: A warm welcome to guests

Badges: Members were reminded to contact Karen and Don Davis if they don’t have a name badge. All members are encouraged to wear their badges at the meetings.

Presidents Report. ue to the Blind Tasting being held there was no formal meeting.

There was a 50/50 raffle plus several other drawings on those tickets

Nominating Committee: Comprised of Charlie Rahilly, Carol Kempthorne, Karen Davis and Dick Blake they’re accepting names from people who are interested in any of the  board positions. They will also be approaching people to “feel” them out to see if they might like to get INVOLVED. They will announce the results in June.

Special Wishes go out to:

• Normie Roots recovering from eye surgery
• Vic Butera fell down the stairs (backwards) tumbled down and shattered his knee.  After surgery they wanted to send him home, but June cannot take care of him and so he ended up at Vineyard Hill Convalescent Home in Templeton.
• Vic & June Butera still dealing with their respective back surgeries
• Mike DeBellis recovering from a construction accident - even with his arm in a sling, he looked great at Friday's meeting
• Lee Ralson recovering from eye surgery
• Hank Donatoni recovering from knee replacement surgery
• Joy King recovering from knee surgery
• Bill Stokes recovering from heart problems
  

Bill & Marilyn Sisler and Mike & Johna DeBellis plus helpers staged our Blind Tasting. Using the guidelines from the Blind Tasting game his son sold. Every one involved in the tasting brought a bottle of wine – Central Cost Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Zinfandel or Petit Syrah.When the tasting was done, we had a scrumptious potluck dinner.

Home Wine Competition Winners
On May 10, 2011, the California Mid-State Fair hosted the Home Wine Competition. Central Coast home winemakers were represented by 183 total entries. The fair would like to thank all of the participants and congratulate the following winners: Click here to view winners

Please disseminate the following to the W&S membership – and beyond.  

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I have learned of a wine press and a crusher-destemmer for sale.  

If interested, please contact the seller, as follows:

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                  Seller:  Mr. Ryan Adams

                  An artist in Atascadero

                  805/464-9181

                  GTSAdams@yahoo.com  

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Mr. Adams is asking $1000 for the pair, but will negotiate.

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Please Note: I have not seen the equipment for sale and cannot vouch for it or for the seller.  The seller, Ryan Adams, is a "friend of a friend".  Neither is a W&S member. 

Home wine contest entries due April 15

The California Mid-State Fair is now accepting entries for the annual home wine competition.

The deadline for entries is April 15, and entry guidelines are available at www.midstatefair.com. Details are also available at 239-0655.

The 2011 California Mid-State Fair runs July 20 through July 31. This year’s theme is Mountains of Fun.

January 2011 Wines & Steins Member Newsletter

• Mission San Miguel Spaghetti Feed at Hunter Liggit
• Five course wine dinner at Bethel Luthern Church on March 12. 1-2 wines will be paired with each course. The price is $70.
• Arroyo Robles Wine 101 Classes taught by owner and winemaker Bob Shore. Classes ongoing see their website for dates and times. www.arroyorobles.com

• Upcoming vineyard management and viticulture weekend seminars by Dr. Keith Patterson. See the CalPoly website or contact Dr. Patterson at (805)756-6389 kpatters@calpoly.edu