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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.

 

 

2010 Calendar of events (Subject to Change):

Month

Date

Type

Place

Speaker.Chair, etc.

Topic

Wine Calendar/Notes

January, 2010

1/21

Meeting

Estate Crush

Winery Visitation

No Program; Business catch-up

Racking/barreling; Barrel topping; SO2 additions

February, 2010

2/11

Event

Dancing Fox

 

Shopping for you Valentine Party!

Starts at 5pm
(No Charge)

 

2/13

Event

Dancing Fox

 

Valentine Dinner/Dance

5 Course Dinner
($100/Couple)

 

2/18

Meeting

Dancing Fox

Gregg Lewis

Sourcing Grapes

Racking/barreling; Barrel topping; SO2 additions

March, 2010

3/14-3/15

Event

Hutchins Street Square

Chair: Aaron Kidder

Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi

 

 

3/18

Meeting

Macchia

Tim Holdener
Winemaker/Owner

Fermentaion, Basics and Advanced Techniques

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

 

3/20

Event

Loel Center

Chair: Joan Schweickardt

 

 

April, 2010

4/15

Meeting

St. Jorge Winery

Craig Rous

Annual Craig Rous Wine Analysis

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May, 2010

5/15

Event

Lodi Lake

Chair: Paul DeSa

ZinFest

 

 

5/20

Meeting

M2 Winery

Bill Wieland
O.C. Inc.

Aging; barrels/alternatives, How Oak affects wine

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

June, 2010

6/16

Event

Wine & Roses

Chair: Aaron Kidder

California State Home Wine Competition

 

 

6/17

Meeting

Abundance Winery

Primera Technology, Inc

Labeling Machines

Continue scouting for grapes; Check SO2 levels

July, 2010

7/15

Meeting

Heritage Oak Wine

Tom Hoffman

Blind Winetasting
(Tentative)

Continue scouting for grapes; Check SO2 levels

 

7/22

Event

CalExpo Racetrack club

Chair: Aaron Kidder

California State Home Wine Awards Ceremony

 

August, 2010

8/19

Meeting

Van Ruiten Winery

Ryan Leeman

Blending

You should have the grapes lined up; Get equipment ready

 

 

 

 

September, 2010

9/16

Meeting

KIDDER Family Winery

Chair: Don Norman
Hosts: Aaron & Linda

Wine & Food Pairing

Primary and Secondary fermentation should be in-process.  Keep an eye on ML

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October, 2010

10/21

Meeting

TBD

 

Wine & Food Pairing

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

 

 

 

November, 2010

11/18

Meeting

Lodi Wine & Visitors Center

2010/2011 ELECTIONS!

Nouveau Tasting

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

 

 

 

December, 2010

No meeting

 

 

 

 

 

January, 2011

1/13

Meeting

 

 

No Program; Business catch-up

Racking/barreling; Barrel topping; SO2 additions

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