L.A.V.A. Lodi Amateur Vintners Association the place for Intelligent Conversation about amateur wine making.

The Lodi Amateur Vintners Association

 

 

L.A.V.A. Lodi Amateur Vintner's Association Home Page.

The officers and members of the home wine making club L.A.V.A.

This is the place to go for information on when and where L.A.V.A. meets.

Links to places of interest for more information on grapes, picking, fermentating, bottling.

Meeting minutes and Club ByLaws.

See what competitions the home wine club has won and when upcoming competitions are scheduled.

Who you can contact regarding Grapes for Sale.

Members that have gone COMMERCIAL:

Tim Holdener: Macchia
Dave Dart: d'Art Wines
Tom Hoffman: Heritage Oak

Tom’s Wine Blogs:
LAVA Blind Tasting
LAVA hosts Riedel Tasting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LAVA was founded in January 2001 for the purpose of promoting amateur wine making in the Lodi, California area. Through intelligent conversation at monthly meetings, members share ideas and resources concerning wine making. Regular guest speakers, drawn from the local commercial wine industry, provide members an opportunity for improving techniques from trimming grape vines to bottling finished homemade wines. The organization gathers wine making resources and serves as an informal clearing house for information and ideas for its membership and the general public.

LAVA is sponsored in part by the Lodi Wine and Visitor Center. LAVA generally meets at Heritage Oak Winery (located at 10112 E. Woodbridge Rd. in Acampo) on the third Thursday of each month from 7 until 9 PM. Occasionally meetings are held at other locations for educational purposes. Meeting locations can be confirmed by contacting President or visiting the Upcoming Events Page.

 

 


CLUB ACITIVITES INCLUDE:

 

MEMBER EQUIPMENT Contact: Equipment Manager

Click HERE for a map to the Equipment Storage Location

 

MEMBER LIBRARY Contact: Librarian

 

Wine Making Assistance, Education, Mentoring

Winery Equipment Vendor Presentations

Wine Analysis and Discussion

Amateur Wine Competitions

Our Own Annual Nouveau Tasting

Winery Visitations

Annual Summer BBQ

Annual Spring Banquet

 

Join us at Heritage Oak Winery

 

For More information, Contact: Membership@lodiamateurvintners.org

Or by snail mail: PO Box 1165, Lodi CA 95241

 

 

We generally meet the third Thursday of each month.

Annual family membership dues only $50

 

 


"The purpose of LAVA is to encourage growth and knowledge of home winemaking by interchange of ideas; research and contact with experts in the field; to strive for high standards in winemaking; to attract new winemaking enthusiasts; and to promote the appreciation of fine wine".

 

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