SEPTEMBER 2023 | ISSUE #130


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Previous Harvest at Blue Farm Estate - photo by Sam Zide

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

Spetmeber 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23 and 28, 5 PM, Live Music at Adobe Road Winery


September 10, 2 PM, Chili Challenge at Cline Cellars


September 15, 29, Live Music at Brooks Note Winery


September 19, 6:30 PM, Brick & Mortar Winemaker Dinner at The Village Bakery, Woodside, CA


September 30, 1 PM, Keller Estate Wines Featured at Pacific Food & Wine Classic, Newport Beach


September 30, Fashion Week at McEvoy Ranch featuring Evaro


October 14, 12 PM, Pinot & Paella at DeLoach Vineyards


October 15, 12 PM, Healdsburg Crush featuring Blue Farm, Bruliam, Lombardi, MacRostie and Montagne Russe wineries


November 11, 1 PM, Seeing Red Wine Festival, featuring Sojourn Cellars in Seaside, FL


November 30, 9 AM - 4 PM, 11th Annual WINEXPO at Santa Rosa Fairgrounds


July 4-11, 2024, sail with Lombardi Wines on the Seine River Cruise for a Cause: Hilinski's Hope, Aboard Amlyra


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

NEWS

Comprehensive Review of PGWA's Wind to Wine Festival, article by Ken Zinns, GrapeNutz


Petaluma Gap Shows Off Its Cool, article by Laura Ness, Wine Bulletin


Creating the Petaluma Gap Wine Map, blogpost by Alice van Ommeren


Top 10 Things to do in Petaluma featuring Adobe Road Winery, Keller Estate and McEvoy Ranch, article by Hana-Lee Sedgwick on Sonoma.com


15 Sonoma Wineries with Gorgeous Gardens featuring Petaluma Gap wineries, article by Megan McCrea & Dana Rebmann, Sonoma Magazine


From Grape-to-Glass, Experience the Splendor of California’s Finest Vineyards, article in Wine Spectator, featuring Sangiacomo Family Vineyards

Katie Carter, Winemaker,

Boisset Collection

SPOTLIGHT

Katie Carter grew up in Forestville, CA. Although her dad loved wine, she didn’t take any interest in the wine industry until she had an opportunity to utilize her college biology and chemistry lab skills during a harvest internship. That led to working with Greg La Follette and an opportunity go to South Africa to work at Mulderbosch Vineyards. When she returned to the US, she began a new position as a Winemaking Assistant with Boisset and has enriched her skills during her many years with the company. Here’s her story.

90+ PT CLUB

Blue Farm 2021 Pinot Noir, Gap's Crown Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, 99 Pts, Double Gold, Sunset Magazine, 95 Pts, Press Democrat , 95 Pts, Virginie Boone, and 93 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Sojourn Cellars 2021 Pinot Noir, Gap's Crown Vineyard, 97 Pts, International Wine Report


Sojourn Cellars 2021 Pinot Noir, Sangiacomo Roberts Road, 96 Pts, International Wine Report


Sojourn Cellars 2021 Pinot Noir, Rodgers Creek Vineyard, 95 Pts, International Wine Report


Sojourn Cellars 2021 Pinot Noir, Petaluma Gap, 94 Pts, International Wine Report


MacRostie 2021 Pinot Noir, Gap's Crown Vineyard , 93 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


MacRostie 2021 Pinot Noir, Nightwing Vineyard, 93 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Sangiacomo Family 2020 Chardonnay, Roberts Road Vineyard, Petaluma Gap, 93 Pts, Wine Spectator


Kendall-Jackson, 2021 Chardonnay, Cloud Landing Vineyard, Petaluma Gap, 92 Pts Wine Spectator


MacRostie 2021 Chardonnay, Nightwing Vineyard, Petaluma Gap, 92 Pts Wine Spectator


Adobe Road 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Lichau Hill Vineyard, Petaluma Gap, 91 Pts Jeb Dunnuck


Ron Noble 2021 Pinot Noir, Family Blend, 91 Pts, Wine Enthusiast


Ron Noble 2021 Estate Pinot Noir, 90 Pts, Wine Enthusiast

EDUCATION

USDA Announces New Grapevine Insurance Program, press release in Morning AgClips


Learn About the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, news alert from Wine Institute


DtC Lifeblood of the Wine Industry, article by Jim Trezise, Wine America


2023 SVB Annual Direct-to-Consumer Wine Survey Report, virtual event video

PETALUMA GAP WINEGROWERS ALLIANCE