MARCH 2023 | ISSUE #124


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Cloud Landing Vineyard, photo courtesy of Cheryl Quist



THE PETALUMA GAP WINEGROWERS ALLIANCE promotes growers, vintners and
the distinctive wines crafted from grapes grown in the wind-driven AVA.
EVENTS

March 3, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Live Music by Eric Wiley at Brooks Note Winery


March 4, 2-6 PM, Grand Tasting, World of Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara, featuring Adobe Road Wines, DeLoach Vineyards, Guarachi Family Wines, MacRostie Winery Sangiacomo Family Wines, Schug Winery, Sojourn Cellars, and Trombetta Family Wines


March 4, 4:30 - 7 PM, Live Music with Elwood Haney, Adobe Road Winery


March 4, 8 PM, Don't Tell Comedy Night at Brooks Note Winery


March 6-12, Thirty-Seven Wines will be the featured winery at Region


March 9, 4:30 - 7 PM, Live Music with Dan Durkin, Adobe Road Winery


March 11, 11 AM, Vino and Vinyasa at Keller Estate


March 11, 4:30 - 7 PM, Live Music with Pablo Quintero at Adobe Road Winery


March 17, Live Music with Crescent Moon at Brooks Note Winery


March 17, 6:30-9 PM, Taste of Pigs & Pinot at Hotel Healdsburg, featuring Bruliam Wines, Keller Estate, Montagne Russe and Sojourn Cellars


March 23, 4:30 - 7 PM, Live Music with Jeremy Gorman at Adobe Road Winery

Visit our winery members' websites for
additional events throughout the year.

NEWS

The Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance Announces the 2023 Wind to Wine Festival Will Be Held on August 5, press release


Stars of Petaluma Gap Wines, featuring Keller Estate and Dutton-Goldfield, in an article by Brooke Herron in The Bohemian


Take a Virtual Video Tour of the New Adobe Road Winery Tasting Room & Entertainment Center, currently under construction on the Petaluma Riverfront.

Jay Sweet,

Owner, Sweet Family Vineyards

SPOTLIGHT

While attending college in the South Bay, Jay Sweet got a job at San Martin Winery where he would host guests for winetasting and sell wines at a nearby San Jose flea market. The experience gave him the foundation for a life-long pursuit of learning about and enjoying wine. After college, he became a sales representative for Monsieur Henri Wines, but eventually, the family business called and in 1975 he began working for Boyd Lighting. After meeting neighbors who made wine at home, he joined them to produce garage wine for family and friends under the Heather Glen label. Then in 2020, he planted a vineyard in the Petaluma Gap. Today he sells grapes to a few different winemakers; in addition to growing Pinot, Chard and Grenache, he's testing some plots of Moneduse and Bordeaux varieties. Here's his story.

90+ PT CLUB

Thirty-Seven Wines 2018 Reserve Malbec 94 Pts & Editor's Choice, Wine Enthusiast


Thirty-Seven Wines 2018 Reserve Cabernet Franc, 93 Pts & Double Gold, American Fine Wine Invitational Competition


Thirty-Seven Wines 2018 Reserve Pinot Noir, 93 Pts & Double Gold, American Fine Wine Invitational Competition


Ron Noble Wines 2020 Estate Pinot Noir, 93 Pts Wine Enthusiast


Thirty-Seven Wines 2018 "The Hermit" Reserve Red Blend, 92 Pts Wine Enthusiast


Thirty-Seven Wines 2019 Grenache, 91 Pts & Gold Medal, American Fine Wine Invitational Competition


Thirty-Seven Wines 2019 Chardonnay, 90 Pts, Wine Enthusiast



Thirty-Seven Wines 2019 Albarino, 91 Pts & Gold Medal, American Fine Wine Invitational Competition

EDUCATION

2022 California Grape Crush Preliminary Report


Winegrapes Are Still the Economic Driver of Sonoma County Ag, article by Virginie Boone, The Good Stuff, Sonoma County Winegrowers


SWEEP Grants for funding farm projects, Webinar


USDA Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2, Webinar by CAWG


It's Time to Get Tough on Gas, article by North Bay Equipment


CLASSIFIEDS


Grapes for sale: up to 10 tons of Petaluma Gap Syrah, from 25-year-old organically-farmed vines, available during the 2023 harvest. $5,000/ton, Inquire.

PETALUMA GAP WINEGROWERS ALLIANCE