SEPTEMBER 2022 | ISSUE #118


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Just-Picked Pinot Noir at Paradise Vineyard  ~ Photo Courtesy of Lisa Brayton

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

The Petaluma Gap Wind to Wine Festival (held on August 13, 2022) was a sold-out success with 95% of attendees saying they would recommend the event to their friends and 100% of wineries agreeing that the Wind to Wine Festival should be an annual Petaluma Gap event. Stay tuned for our next Wind to Wine Festival!


September 1, 4 PM, Sonoma County Virtual Town Hall on Drought


September 3 & 4, 12 - 4 PM, Labor Day Celebration featuring Montagne Russe Wines at Bacchus Landing, Healdsburg


September 6, 6:30 PM, Gap Wine Night at the Movies at Boulevard Cinema, Petaluma. Enjoy wines by Thirty-Seven while watching the movie, Steel Magnolias


September 7, 14, 21 and 28, 4-6 PM, Wine Down Wednesdays at McEvoy Ranch


September 7, 5-7 PM, Winemaker Happy Hour with Trombetta Family Wines at Region


September 9, 6-8 PM, Brooks Note Winery Presents Live Music with Josh Yenne, & September 23, with Dorian Mode


September 10, 4:30 - 7:30 PM, Cline Family Cellars Celebrates 40 Years with a Speakeasy Party


September 18, 11 AM - 2 PM, Celebrate the Harvest at Keller Estate


September 18, 10 AM - 5 PM, Join Montagne Russe Wines at Bacchus Landing, Healdsburg, for Pinot, Pups & Pizza


September 21, 1-5:30 PM, Sonoma County Tourism's Annual Meeting at Sonoma State University


September 24, 2-6 PM, Taste Montagne Russe wines at the Hops & Vines Stroll, Downtown San Rafael


October 1-31, Celebrate Oktoberfest at McEvoy Ranch


October 23 & December 8, 9:30 -11 AM, Get PGAP-certified at Odyssey Wine Academy, Healdsburg, during an in-person video training and winetasting class

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

NEWS

Third-Generation Sangiacomo Family Celebrates 95 Years of Farming in Sonoma County, Press Release in Wine Industry Advisor


Turning Recycled Water into Wine, Video with Fox KTVU's Mark Tomayo and Ana Keller, Keller Estate

Stacey & Frank Gambonini

Gambonioni Family Ranch

SPOTLIGHT

Frank Gambonini grew up on his family's dairy ranch off Lakeville Highway in Petaluma; Stacey grew up on the south side of Chicago. They met in 1991 and married in 1994. They have three daughters, all of whom are pursuing agriculture as a career. At one point the Gambonini’s had 600 cows on the ranch and Frank knew every single cow’s name, date of birth, and pedigree. In 2019 they decided to sell the dairy cows and chart a new course, starting with agricultural tourism, rebuilding their 1924 hay barn as an agricultural event venue and plans to plant a vineyard and other crops. Here’s their story.

90+ PT CLUB

Keller Estate 2018 El Coro Pinot Noir, 93 Pts, VinePair


Keller Estate 2019 La Cruz Chardonnay, 93 Pts, Jeb Dunnick


Sangiacomo 2019 Roberts Road Pinot Noir, 93 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Keller Estate 2020 Oro de Plata Chardonnay, 92 Pts, Jeb Dunnick


Thirty-Seven Wines 2019 Syrah, 92 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Macrostie 2018 Rodgers Creek Pinot Noir, 91 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Sangiacomo Family 2019 Roberts Road Chardonnay, 91 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Bruliam 2019 Gaps Crown Pinot Noir, 91 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Bruliam 2019 Sangiacomo Roberts Road Pinot Noir, 90 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Keller Estate 2021 Rosé of Pinot Noir, 90 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


MacRostie 2019 Sangiacomo Pinot Noir, Petaluma Gap, 90 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Sangiacomo Family 2019 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir (75% Petaluma Gap), One of the Top California Pinots, Wine Spectator

EDUCATION

Innovative products approved for export use after a seven-year process at TTB – Tools for reducing SO2, allergens, and carbon footprint, from Enartis


 Should Wine Labels List Ingredients? Article by Jeff Siegel, Wine Industry Advisor


What Climate Change Means for the Future of Olive Oil, featuring McEvoy Ranch, article by Rachel Uda

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