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August Newsletter
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 Upcoming Club
Events:
See the
newsletter for details and event
sign-up info.
(Events are for members and guests only, but if you're not a member and
like wine making or hanging around winemakers, you might just want to
join our wonderful club. Check us out...)
August 5, 2010 – General Meeting at
the shop, 6:30 PM pot luck, 7:30 PM meeting. We'll have the
pleasure of having Cellarmaster-turned-pro Mike Brown of
Cantara Cellars tell us about his transition to professional
wine maker. Food theme,
best pairings with
wine.
August 12, 2010 - Planning Party at
Stu & Joan Lenoff's, 7 PM. All members are welcome. Contact Stu
for directions:
treasurer@cellarmastersLA.org
September 2, 2010 - General Meeting,
6:30 PM pot luck, 7"30 PM meeting.
Guest speaker will be Sigrid Gertsen-Briand from
Lallemand, talking about yeast and ML choices.
September 9, 2010 - Planning Party,
location TBA.
October 2, 2010 - The Crudup's Fall,
fall into the pool garden party and pot luck. Mark the date,
details to follow.
October 7, 2010 - General Meeting at
the shop.
October 14, 2010 - Planning Party.
Host needed!
October 21, 2010 - Wine & Dine at Café
Bizou in Sherman Oaks. Our last dinner here was a stunner and
a whole lot of fun for all, only $28.95 per person, free corkage.
Menu details & sign up
here.
October 23, 2010 - Sensory Evaluation
Seminar with Dave Lustig. There will be a light lunch and
nominal charge fee for those not judging at our annual competition.
Contact Dave for more info:
dave@cellarmastersLA.org
October 30, 2010 - Dave Lustig will be
leading a seminar for all new judges in our annual competition.
Anyone else who wants a warm-up or is merely interested is welcome.
For more info, contact Dave (see above).
November 4, 2010 - General Meeting at
the shop.
November 11, 2010 - Planning Party
location TBA (chez vous? - volunteer, we need a host).
November 21, 2010 - Cellarmaster's Annual
Wine Competition (37th
Annual U.S. Amateur Winemaking Competition)
December 4, 2010 - Annual Holiday Party.
(No General Meeting at the shop this month)
Cellarmasters, get your
name badges! Email Laura Bengford:
badges@cellarmastersLA.org.
We must have about five pounds of unclaimed
badges left over from the past two decades, but if yours is not amongst
them (poke around at the next meeting), contact Laura and get
yours made up nice and fancy. A bargain at $7, etched and all.
The serious side of a wine competition...
Cellarmasters Home Wine Club of Los Angeles
If you're in the greater LA area
and are a winemaker or just plain curious, come to one of our meetings.
We're the real thing, hobbyists all, but way beyond hobby level. Some of our members have even
started their own commercial wineries. If you're a novice, we'll get you
up and running in no time
and you'll be amazing your friends.
If you're an active winemaker, join a community of like-minded souls, all
with one goal in mind: seeking out those incredible grapes to make into phenomenal wine.
Click here if you'd like to know more.
Ask Dave Dave Lustig,
our most pedagogic of club winemakers (and 2009 club president), is
always fielding winemaking questions of all sorts for the newsletter—so keep 'em coming! If you've always wanted to know,
ask Dave...
dave@cellarmastersLA.org
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