CellarmastersJULY2014

CELLARMASTERSLAMONTHLYJULY 2014
Illustration by Saul Mandel 1950’s
Suzy Mandel Canter’s father.
©Suzanne Mandel Canter 2014
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Cellarmasters Homewinemaking Club LosAngeles
July 2014 President’s Message
By Gregg O
Summer is upon us.
The season has turned, the weather will
be changing soon from the May grey and
June gloom to the blast furnace that July
and beyond bring. My apples are finishing
up (yes, my apples fruit in spring), the
boysenberries are just getting going and
the walnuts are big enough to make the
French wine Vin de Noix (green walnut
wine).
and the club will pick up the tax and tip.
It’s a really great event.
There will be no Planning Party this month.
As if that weren’t enough, we are having a
bus trip for the first time in years so block
out Saturday July 26. Please see the flier
in this newsletter for the details but it
should be a great time.
The next several months will bring us a
larger and larger bounty of fruits and we’re
blessed with the climate to support an
amazing variety of the delicious
delectables.
It’ll be a busy Cellarmasters month right
before harvest begins so please come out,
participate and help celebrate the
incredible opportunities we have available
to us.
Being winemakers we should be thinking
about how we can turn these sweet and
juicy treats into something fermented for
next summer’s barbeques. Helping us
figure that all out will be Rex Johnson, our
guest speaker at July’s meeting. Rex is
one of the most medalled home fruit
winemakers in the country and will speak
on his technique and approach on fruit
winemaking.
Na’zdrowie,
GreggO
So please come out to the refreshingly
cool Old Oak Cellars in Pasadena (our
summer home) on July 10th, a week later
than usual due to the 4th of July holiday.
Also, please come out to Café Bizou the
next Thursday (7/17) for our annual dinner.
Join the club for a delicious Prix fixe meal
at the Valley’s finest eateries. They will
allow us to bring our wine with no corkage
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REMINDER: We have a
summer home. The
July, August and
September meetings
will be held at Old Oak
Cellars in Pasadena
(2620 E Foothill Blvd,
Pasadena, CA 91107)
on Thursdays at 7p.
Despite how hot it is
outside, it’s always
smart to bring a light
jacket as you know
wineries are kept
pretty cool. The July
meeting is the week
AFTER the 4th
weekend because it
was felt that no one
would be here on July
3rd because of the
holiday weekend.
Come listen to Rex
Johnson talk about
making fruit wines.
Cellarbration changes.
I know that it is FAR
away and we’ve got
harvest and a wine
competition to get
through first, but I just
wanted to alert you to
the change in our
annual Holiday party.
Instead of a preChristmas holiday
party, we are going to
change things up this
year and have a postChristmas holiday
party. We talked about
it at the last planning
party and there were a
number of people who
thought that the date
that we were able to
get at the Topanga
Community Center
was too late in the
season being the
Saturday before
Christmas. So we
decided to have a
regular meeting on
December 4th (holiday
themed of course) and
the first meeting of
January 17th
will be the Pouring Of
The Golds, big Potluck
spread, the band and
dancing. A true
Cellarmasters Holiday
celebration. Adjust
your calendars
accordingly.
Cellarmasters
Planning Party June
2014
Held at The Swanks Pizza
Parlour and Winery.
Nitty Gritty:
Treasurer’s Report: Stu
reports that he hasn’t
received any receipts for
DD yet.
Newsletter: Due DatesJune
20. Filtration seminar?
Name tags, Bus Trip,
Summer meeting location
change. Cafe Bizou flyer.
Club Spending Policy - The
board has knocked around
the idea of:
If an anticipated
outlay of over $200 for an
item for the club, an event.
or whatever, you will need
to get permission from the
people who attend the
Planning Party that you
bring your proposal to.
If an anticipated
outlay of over $1000 for an
item for the club, an event,
or whatever, you’ll need to
pitch the full board of the
club and get approval.
Going forward, when
discussing upcoming or
proposed events at the PP,
the financial impact of the
event should be discussed
and a discussion should be
had as to go forward or not.
All financial forecasts
should be in good faith and
understood that they are
just that, a forecast and
might not reflect the final
profit or loss.
Coming Up:
Summer Meeting
location change - Old
Oak Cellars
July meeting - Fruit
Wines with Rex
Johnson
We need a hotel
room for them, any
recommendations?
Movement to have
club pay for hotel room?
Passed.
July Planning Party - None
for this month, Cafe Bizou
instead
August Meeting - When to
pick your grapes with Marc
Cargasacchi from Jalama
Winery.
Bus Trip - any firm info yet?
Change from Paso to
Oxnard/Ojai
Cafe Bizou - July 17, send
checks to Stu
Cellarmasters swag - Jean?
Hanna Instruments - Jen,
any headway? Oct. meeting
is available
Cellarmasters Competition are we fine with the rules
and categories as they exist
currently? Are there thinigs
that anyone would like to
see changed or improved?
Jen brought of the idea of
moving the Cellarbration to
sometime after Christmas
because the only date we
could get this year was so
late in the season. The
members voted and agreed
to move the party to
January and have the
Pouring of the Golds at it.
Jen will investigate a new
date with the TCC.
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Winemaking Tip #426: Start researching and planning your yeast and
fermentation approaches now before items start selling out so you’ll have it all
on hand when the grapes decide to mature earlier than you thought.
American Revolutionary Food Theme for the July
Meeting on 7/10/14 at Old Oak in Pasendena!
Hi!
It’s Monty and Linda Swayze here letting you know that we will be selling our
grapes again this summer (by the pound or by the ton).
We grow Grenache, Zinfandel, Alicante Bouschet, Tempranillo, Sauvignon Blanc,
and Semillon.
We will still be selling for $.50 per pound (minimum of 100 pounds) or $1,000 per
ton – you pick.
We are expecting a harvest even earlier than last year, but we’ll see.
We also provide crushing/destemming for the small additional fee of $.10 per
pound.
This coming harvest we will have a small quantity of cleaned and de-labeled
cases of bottles for $10 per case.
We can be reached through our email address:
swayzevines@verizon.net or by phone: (661) 724-2074. Please contact us to be
put on our brix update list.
Hope to see you (again?) this year.
33 MPH IS THE SPEED AT WHICH A CORK POPS OUT OF A
BOTTLE THAT IS STORED AT 64° F.
— SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN JAN 2014
Thanks Darwin for this tidbit.
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BOARD MEMBERS
PRESIDENT
Gregg Ogorzelec
VICE PRESIDENT
Jennifer Swank
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN
Dave Lustig
TREASURER
Stu Lenoff
ART DIRECTOR
Suzy Mandel Canter
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Suzy Mandel Canter
NEWSLETTER COPY EDITOR
Nancy Scott
WEBSITE MANAGER
Anne Bannon
SECRETARY
Elissa Rosenberg
A book by Lum Eisenman provides
beginning home winemakers with the
basic “how to” instructions as well as
providing an introduction to some of
the more technical aspects of
winemaking.
Lum is an experienced winemaker,
mentor, instructor, wine competition
judge and former vineyard owner who
has concentrated the technical
material in a few chapters, so readers
can easily ignore much of the
technical content until an interest
develops.
There is a link to this free book on-line
on the OCWS website under
Homewine, select Winemaking
Manual.
From the Orange
County Wine Society
newsletter:
Winemaker Manual by
Lum Eisenman
Most home winemaking books are
written like cookbooks that contain
winemaking recipes and step-by-step
directions, but little technical
information.
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The First Annual Bus Trip
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short distance away
Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:00 am ʹ 8:30 pm
Board the bus from the shop Tickets $90 pp includes
Round trip transportation
Museum tickets
Wine tasting at two stops
Continental breakfast
Picnic lunch
Dinner
1 Raffle Ticket
Space is limited so order your tickets now!
RSVP by 7/10 Gregg Smith eeclectics@aol.com
Mail payment to:
11247 Orville St., Culver City, CA 90230 2MDL¶V)XWXUH$9$
Preordered Additional Raffle Tickets $5 each or 5 for $20
Raffle Items to Include
15 gallon wine barrel
Top quality wines
More
Planned and coordinated by:
Gregg & Madeline Smith
DeeDee Mathews & Bruce Kasson
Peggy & Ric Wiles
Sell out expected so act now
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2014 High-End Old-World v New-World Wine
Taste-a-palooza!
After much planning and organizing, the Cellarmasters 2014 High-End Old-World vs NewWorld Wine Tasting is in the record books!
All 30 Cellarmasters who wanted to attend were accommodated, 26 wines were sampled
and evaluated, fantastic French hors d'oeuvres were devoured, a fabulous 4-string quartet
provided ambience, and many, many laughs were had by all!
The wines were paired by similar type, 1 Old World vs 1 similar New World, and they were
tasted blind, in random order, with the wines revealed at the conclusion.
It was fun trying to identify which wine of each pair was Old or New World, and when the
wines were revealed many Cellarmasters were surprised as to which wines they preferred!
The Wine Pairings:
1) Sparkling
Peters/Pierre Brut Blanc de Blanca Champagne Cuvee de Reserve (FR) NV
90-92 points, $55
vs
Schramsberg Brut Blanc de Blanc North Coast (CA) 2011
90-91 points, $29
2) Riesling
Wiemer Riesling Finger Lakes Dry Reserve (NY) 2010
90 points, $24
vs
Emrich-Schonleber Riesling Trocken “Mineral” (Germany) 2012
92 points, $29
3) Chardonnay
Boillot/Henri Bourgogne Blanc (FR) 2012
$30
vs
Domaine Serene Chardonnay Dundee Hills Cote Sud (OR) 2010
$50
4) Viognier
DuMol Viognier Russian River Valley Lia (CA) 2011
92 points, $54
Vs
Villard Condrieu “Les Terasses du Palat” (FR) 2011
91 points, $50
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5) Dolcetto
Chionetti Dolcetto do Doglani Briccolero (Italy) 2009
91 points, $20
Vs
Palmina Dolcetto Santa Barbara County (CA) 2012
90 points, $20
6) Grenache
Juicy Rebound Grenache Sonoma County (CA) 2011
$30
Vs
Piaugier Cotes du Rhone-Villages Sablet Les Brigueres (FR) 2010
89 points, $17
7) Red Rhone Blend
Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant Central Coast (CA) 2009
90 points, $32
Vs
Janasse Chateauneuf-du-Pape (FR) 2010
92 points, $37
8) Pinot Noir
Gros/Anne-Francoise Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits (FR) 2011
90 points, $40
Vs
Mt. Difficulty Pinot Noir Central Otago Bannockburn (New Zealand) 2010
90 points, $39
9) Nebbiolo
Palmina Nebbiolo Santa Ynez Valley Stolpman Vineyard (CA) 2007
92 points, $37
Vs
Bovio Baro9lo Rocchettevino (Italy) 2007
$50
10) Sangiovese
Felsina Chianti Classico (Italy) 2010
90-91 points, $20
Vs
Altamura Sangiovese Napa Valley (CA) 2009
91 points, $45
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11) Merlot
Ehlers Estate Merlot St. Helena Napa Valley (CA) 2011
$39
Vs
De Chambrun Lalande-de-Pomerol (FR) 2009
$45
12) Cabernet Sauvignon
Lafon-Rochet St-Estephe (FR) 1995
90 points, $80
Vs
Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (CA) 2011
90 points, $38
13) Syrah
Durand/Eric & Joel St-Joseph Les Coteaux (FR) 2009
90-92 points, $28
Vs
Samsara Syrah Sta. Rita Hills Turner Vineyard (CA) 2010
93-94 points, $40
Thanks to all the Cellarmasters who made this such a special day!
Andy Coradeschi
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Portrait Photo’s by Suzy Canter
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The fight over the Santa Monica Mountain
wine industry
Jed Kim | May 9th, 2014, 5:33am
THE FIGHT OVER THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN WINE INDUSTRY
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MANY VINEYARDS EXIST IN THE
MOUNTAINS. SOME ESTIMATE THERE ARE ABOUT 50. ABOUT HALF WOULD
CLOSE UNDER A NEW COASTAL LAND USE PLAN.
Please click on the below link to read the full
Story.
http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/05/09/44073/
the-fight-over-the-santa-monica-mountainwine-indu
Best,
Kris
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For your wine needs in 2014
Get your order in, before we sell out!
Mail, FAX or In Person at The Shop
Only, Sorry , no web/email orders
accepted Quantities of these superpremium varietals are very limited and
we sell out very fast: It’s first ordered,
first reserved, until sold out
Go to:
The opinions expressed herein are
those of the writers.
The CellarMasters newsletter
welcomes your letters and
comments. Our website:
www.CellarmastersLA.org.
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Come and enjoy
Camarillo Custom
Crush Winery on the
“Ventura County Wine
Trail”
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www.venturacountywinetrail.com/
The CellarMasters Home Wine Club is
a volunteer organization dedicated to
promoting the art and science of
home winemaking. We provide a
forum for the exchange of information
on winemaking methods and personal
experiences.
Monthly meetings are normally held
the first Thursday evening of the
month at the “Home Beer, Wine and
Cheese Making Shop” (our sponsor)
in Woodland Hills, California.
CellarMasters is the sole sponsor of
the annual U.S. Amateur Winemaking
Competition.
This is the official CellarMasters
newsletter. Annual subscriptions are
complimentary with CellarMasters
membership. We attempt to publish
monthly but harvest, bottling, and/or
purely educational wine-tasting may
well deter us.
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"The Bottle Shock
Open" ( www.bottleshockopen.com) has
replaced the state fair, which doesn't do
amateur wines anymore.
Details at: http://bottleshockopen.com/
rules-regulations-2/
Run by the previous directors of the state
competition.
Wines collected at Constellation, Lodi.
Must enter On-line.
The Shop is a collection point (due at The
Shop by Sunday the 13th. Pay The Shop
$15/6 pack to ship UPS and $10 for the
shipping carton, pro rated . No carton
charge if supplied by the entrant. Just pay
the UPS charge.
Include copy of entry form.
TWO 750 ml bottles (or 4 - 375ml) are
required for each wine you enter. All
wines become the property of The Bottle
Shock Open and none will be
returned. Entry fees are:
1 wine $20
2 wines $18
3 wines $18
4 wines $17
5 wines $16
6 wines $15
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Eli Locke (opening CellarSessions July 13th) is club member Traci Locke's son.
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Grape Sources so far - 2014
Home Wine Beer and Cheesemaking Shop – Chard, Cab
Sav, Merlot, Sangio, Syrah and Zin. http://
www.homebeerwinecheese.com/HARVEST%202014.htm
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Carl Hill - I have Merlot, Syrah, Sangiovese and Malbec in
Moorpark this year.
Depending on water this year price is going to be between
1300.00 and 1400.00 picked. average pounds over past
years has been 3000lbs for each varietal. Malbec produces
about 1000lbs.
If you are interested let me know and how many lbs, I will
continue to email you as the year goes on .
Let me know if you have any questions. Chill@vcccd.edu
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Swayze Vineyards – Grenache, Alicante Bouschet,
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Looking for assistance with Home Vineyard
in Thousand Oaks CA:
My name is David Hames and my father's
new home came with about 60 assorted
vines. We have been doing our best to take
care of them this season but none of us
have any experience. The only thing we are
using for guidance so far is a book called
"The Backyard Vintner." Some or our grapes
look amazing and some not so much. If
anyone would be willing to take a small
amount of their time to come and offer a
little guidance it would be greatly
appreciated. The house is right off of
Rancho Rd from the 101 freeway in
Thousand Oaks CA, basically right where
the 101 and the 23 freeways meet. If you are
interested, please feel free to reach out to
me. My name is David and my cell#
is 818-314-8515. If you prefer email, my
address isdhames@wwexusa.com.
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