VASCM: Next Meeting & Summer BBQ Tomorrow, Aug. 17 - Fruit (un)Ripeness & Green Flavors, with Susan Ebeler, UC Davis]

[Mary Lindsay, Muns Vineyard]

A reminder that the next meeting of the Viticulture Assn. of the Santa 
Cruz Mountains is tomorrow, Tuesday Aug. 17. It will focus on the 
relationship of fruit ripeness at harvest to resulting flavors in wine, 
and specifically on green flavors. It will also be our annual summer bbq.

Next meeting: Tuesday, August 17, 2:00pm
Speaker:  Susan Ebeler, Professor & Chemist, Dept. of Enology & 
Viticulture, UC Davis
Where: Redwood Ridge Estate, 21435 Summit Rd. (directions below)

Susan Ebeler will talk about wine flavors relating to fruit ripeness (or 
unripeness) at harvest. And we will be tasting some samples of 'green' 
wine made from underripe fruit picked at different brix levels at last 
year's harvest.  You can see more about Susan Ebeler at
http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty.php?id=7 .

Also, Ron Mosley and Rick Anzalone will provide a Vine Talk about vineyard practices at this time of year.
They will talk about what they are currently seeing in the region and what we might do in the vineyard to promote ripening,
given the cool weather and slow season.

The meeting will be followed by our annual do-it-ourself bbq. As usual, 
please bring a bottle of wine to share.

We will need some volunteers at the bbq to help with grilling and 
putting out the food. 

We look forward to seeing you there.

The VASCM Board:
- Mary  Lindsay
- Rachel Ormes
- June Salsbury
- Pete Woodruff


Directions to Redwood Ridge Estate, 21435 Summit Rd., Los Gatos
>From Hwy. 17, turn west on Summit Road (in the direction of David Bruce 
and Byington)
Redwood Ridge is about 1.5 miles ahead on Summit Rd., on the right side