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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 lists of available wine grapes for sale seasonally.

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

 

 

2008 Calendar of events (Subject to Change):

Month

Date

Type

Place

Speaker, etc

Topic

Wine Calendar/Notes

January, 2008

1/17

Meeting

Harmony Wynelands

 

No Program; Business catch-up

Racking/barreling; Barrel topping; SO2 additions

February, 2008

2/21

Board Meeting

Oak Ridge Winery

Executive Board Meeting & Yearly Planning session

Develop 2008 Program

 

March, 2008

3/2

Event

Loel Center

Annual Banquet & Raffle

Food, Wine, & Fun

Ozzie & Marie Neal - Chairpersons

 

3/20

Meeting

Oak Ridge Winery

Tim Holdener, Owner/Winemaker Macchia Wines

Winemaker perspective on the numbers

Filtering and Fining, Bottle Now for Fair submissions & Craig Rous Analysis 4/17/08

April, 2008

4/17

Meeting

Heritage Oak Winery

Craig Rous  (Bear Creek Winery)

Anaylysis of New Menbers Wine

If you haven't already; Bottle now for Fair submissions

May, 2008

5/15

Meeting

Heritage Oak Winery

Heather Pyle 

Making White Wine     

Start scouting for grapes
Vineyard: Shoot thin, Leaf removal after bloom, No water until shoot tips slow down, Sulfur every 7-10 days.

 

5/16-18

Event

Lodi Lake

 

ZinFest

Kevin Baysinger

June, 2008

6/6

Event

Mondavi Winery

 

SJ County Fair Competition

Jim Schweickardt

 

6/19

Meeting

Heritage Oak Winery

 

Effects of Temp. & Glass on Wine

Continue scouting for grapes; Check SO2 levels

July, 2008

7/15-16

Event

Wine & Roses

 

Cal State Fair Competition

Aaron Kidder

 

7/24

Meeting

Heritage Oak Winery

 

Blind Winetasting

Continue scouting for grapes; Check SO2 levels

August, 2008

8/2

Event

Anu Rai's

 

Annual B-B-Q

Anu Rai Etcheverry

 

8/21

Meeting

Kidder Ranch

Club Members

Wine & Food Paring

You should have the grapes lined up; Get equipment ready

September, 2008

9/18

Meeting

TBA

 

Winemaking Sanitation

Secondary fermentation should be complete.  Keep an eye on ML

October, 2008

10/16

Meeting

Winery TBA

TBA

Hands-on Lab

Racking/barreling; Barrel prep; SO2 additions, check ML

 

10/25

Event

Heritage Oak Winery

“Pooch” Pucilowski

"Pooch" Scents Seminar

Louis & Sonja Daniels

November, 2008

11/20

Meeting

LW&VC (Upstairs)

(Note: Elections ThisYear)

Nouveau Tasting

Racking/barreling; Barrel prep; SO2 additions, check ML

December, 2008

No meeting

 

 

 

 

 

January, 2009

1/15

Meeting

TBA

 

No Program; Business catch-up

Racking/barreling; Barrel topping; SO2 additions

February, 2009

 

Event

Loel Center

Annual Banquet & Raffle

 

Need Chairperson

 

2/19/2009

Board Meeting

TBA

Executive Board Meeting & Yearly Planning session

 

 

 

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