NOVEMBER 2025 | ISSUE #156

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After the Harvest - Ueberroth Vineyard

Photo Courtesy of Keri Ueberroth

November 5, 8:30 AM, Grapevine Improvement Workshop at UC Davis Conference Center

November 5, 10 AM, Growing Forward: What AI Means for Vineyards

November 5, 10 AM, Webinar on Prescribed Fire in Winegrower Country, with Cal Fire

November 6, 4:30 PM, Sonoma County Winegrowers Harvest Party

November 6, 13, 15, 20, 4:30 PM, Live Music at Adobe Road

Starting November 6, Sparkling Wine & Food Experience Series Begins at MacRostie Winery

November 7, 14, 21, 5 PM, Live Music at Brooks Note Winery

November 8, 5 PM, Trivia Night at Brooks Note Winery

November 8, 6 PM, Live Music at Montagne Russe Winery

November 12-21, Montagne Russe Wine Cruise in Bordeaux

November 13, 5:30 PM, Sonoma County Vintners Pour & Explore Tasting Featuring Anaba, Brooks Note, Panther Ridge, and Sojourn

November 14, 5:30 PM, Fireside Wine Tasting Sessions Begin at Anaba Wines

November 15, Sunset Series at MacRostie Winery (multiple start times)

November 15, 12 PM, Holiday Stock Up Sale and Barrel Tasting at MacRostie Winery

November 16, 1 PM, Paint Party at Brooks Note Winery

November 22, Adobe Road's Fall Dog Hike in Petaluma

December 4, 9 AM - 4 PM, WIN EXPO Trade Show & Conference

December 4, 5 PM, 1st Annual Petaluma Winter Wine Stroll, with Adobe Road, Brooks Note and Montagne Russe

December 6 - 7, 2 PM, Wreath Making Sessions at Cline Cellars

December 13, 1 PM, North Pole Express at Cline Cellars

February 10, 2026, Sonoma County Grape Day with Sonoma County Vineyard Technical Group

May 14-21, 2027, Petaluma Gap Winegrowers "Enticing Duoro River Cruise" Aboard AmaSintra

Maggie Parr

Program Manager, Artist, Storyteller and Creativity Coach

Maggie Parr grew up in Ohio and went on to study Fine Arts at Pomona College in Southern California. She began her career working in Illustration for Gemini Graphics and then Walt Disney Imagineering, where she designed a carousel for their Shanghai theme park. After years of commercial design for clients around the world, she visited Petaluma and decided that was where she wanted to live. Maggie is now the Program Manager for Petaluma Arts Center, as well as working with clients to help tell their stories and coaching others on how to channel their creativity. Here’s her story.

MacRostie Winery 2023 Stubbs Vineyard Chardonnay, 97 Pts, Tasting Panel Magazine

Thirty-Seven Wines 2023 Pinot Noir, Reserve, Double Gold, Sonoma County Harvest Fair

MacRostie Winery 2022 Nightwing Vineyard Pinot Noir,, 94 Pts and Hidden Gem, Wine Enthusiast and 94 Pts and Publisher's Pick, Tasting Panel Magazine

MacRostie Winery 2022 Nightwing Vineyard, Calera Cloone Pinot Noir, 94 Pts, Modern Wine/Tim Teichgraeber

Sojourn Cellars 2023 Sangiacomo Vineyard Chardonnay, 94 Pts, Wine Enthusiast

Sojourn Cellars 2023 Gap's Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir, 94 Pts, Wine Enthusiast

Sojourn Cellars 2023 Sangiacomo Vineyard Pinot Noir, 93 Pts Wine Enthusiast

Thirty-Seven Wines 2022 Petit Verdot, Reserve, Gold Medal and Best of Class, Sonoma County Harvest Fair

Thirty-Seven Wines, 2023 Chardonnay, Reserve, Gold Medal, Sonoma County Harvest Fair

Thirty-Seven Wines, 2023 Grenache, Gold Medal, Sonoma County Harvest Fair

Thirty-Seven Wines, 2023 Pinot Noir, Gold Medal, Sonoma County Harvest Fair

Sojourn Cellars 2023 Rodger's Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir, 92 Pts, Wine Enthusiast

Sojourn Cellars 2023 Nightwing Vineyard Pinot Noir, 92 Pts, Wine Spectator

Gust Wines 2023 Pinot Noir, 91 Pts, Wine Spectator and 90 Pts, Wine Enthusiast

Panther Ridge 2022 Pinot Noir, 90 Pts, Burghound

Dry Farming for a Sustainable Future, by Suzanna Mannion, article in Wine Business Monthly

Most of Wine Country's Agricultural Workers Have Been Exposed to Wildfires, by Jason Pohl in UC Berkeley News

Making Biodynamic Fermented Weed Tea to Control Noxious Weeds, from Suzanne Farver, Panther Ridge Vineyard

Wine's Old People Problem, article by Peter Pharos in Tim Atkin's newsletter