Your PGWA Newsfeed - August 2020

AUGUST 2020 - ISSUE #93

Paradise Vineyard overlooking San Pablo Bay

THE PETALUMA GAP WINEGROWERS ALLIANCE promotes growers, vintners and

the distinctive wines crafted from grapes grown in the wind-driven AVA.

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EVENTS

August 18, 5 PM . Raise a Glass with PGWA President Erica Stancliff & VP Tom Gendall on National Pinot Noir Day for a Facebook Live Celebration of Petaluma Gap Wines.

Every Friday & Saturday in August, 1-5 PM, Live Music & Riverfront Outdoor Tastings at Adobe Road Winery, by Appointment.

August 30, 11 AM. Enriquez Estate Brunch in the Vineyard with SoCo Paella. More info.

April 4-11, 2021. Petaluma Gap Winegrowers host Melodies of the Danube Wine Cruise, with Cline Cellars, Thirty-Seven Wines and Trombetta Family. Save up to $500 when you book by 9/30/2020.

Visit our winery members' websites for

additional events throughout the year.

NEWS

Wine Women Radio: The Amazing Women Behind the Petaluma Gap AVA. Listen to the Podcast on Radio Misfits.

John Grant joined Cline Cellars as its new CEO at the end of July. Read about John.

Sonoma Cast Stone celebrates a decade of engineering and inspired design of superior concrete wine tanks. Read the story.

Dan Berger, Napa Valley Register: Wind, Wine and the Petaluma Gap. Read the Article.

John Grant, CEO, Cline Cellars

Steve Rosenblatt, Founder, Sonoma Cast Stone

Erica Stancliff

Winemaker for Trombetta Family & Pfendler

SPOTLIGHT

Erica Stancliff grew up around the family dinner table, tasting and analyzing wines at a very young age. Her parents, Rickey Trombetta and Roger Stancliff were home winemakers. Erica was mentored by Paul Hobbs and interned during harvest in Argentina. Today she makes wine for Trombetta Family and Pfendler Vineyards, making pinot noir and chardonnay. Read Erica's story.

90+ PT CLUB

Pellet Estate 2017 Un-Oaked Chardonnay, Sun Chase Vineyard, Gold, 2020 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge

Sangiacomo 2018 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast, Best of the Best, 2020 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge

Thirty-Seven Wines 2018 Grenache, Petaluma Gap, 2020 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge, 96 Points, Double Gold & Best of Class

Thirty-Seven Wines 2016 Reserve Merlot, Sonoma Coast, 2020 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge, 96 Points, Double Gold

Thirty-Seven Wines 2017 Reserve Malbec, Sonoma Coast, 2020 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge, 94 Points, Gold

Thirty-Seven Wines 2018 Syrah, Petaluma Gap, 2020 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge, 93 Points, Gold

Cline Cellars 2018 Sonoma County Pinot Noir, The Tasting Panel, 90 Points

Trombetta Family Wines 2016 Pinot Noir, Gap's Crown Vineyard, Wine Enthusiast, 93 Points & Named in 12 of Our Favorite Sonoma Pinot Noirs" by Virginie Boone

Griffin's Lair 2015 Syrah by Filomena Wine Company, Grapelive , 96 Points

EDUCATION

Winemaker Joseph Ryan, Ernest Vineyards, talks about farming practices, and how farming is different in the Petaluma Gap. Watch the video.

Sonoma County Vintners, working with Sonoma County health officials, recently published Covid-19 Community Mitigation Best Practices to help everyone understand proper protocols. Download the publication.

Ullage in wine is the amount of head-space between the closure and the liquid inside a wine bottle,. But, how important is this? Read Ellie Douglas' article in Decanter.

Learn all about corks from Francois Margot of Diam Bouchage and G3 Enterprises in this video series, "Francois Friday."

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