VASCM: SCM/CC appellations

[Josh Beck]

I feel that AVAs ought to be based on similarities in terroir. The
Santa Cruz Mountains is already a pretty large and quite diverse AVA,
but it generally features mountainous, rocky, steep sites. I don't
think it shares much in common with, say, Paso Roblems or Santa Ynez
Valley, and I don't think that inclusion of SCM in the already dilute
and pretty meaningless Central Coast designation would help either
AVA.

We currently bottle wines under Santa Cruz Mountains AVA and San Mateo
County AVA and I can't see a situation where we would rather label our
wines as central coast.

Cheers,

Josh Beck
Assistant Winemaker
http://www.rhysvineyards.com



On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM, John Bargetto <jbargetto at bargetto.com> wrote:
> Dear local winegrowers/winemakers
>
> At the SCMVA meeting last week, I presented a proposal that calls for the Central Coast vit area to include the SCM.  Presently they are separate areas.
>
> This would be a long term process (think years) of building consensus and then applying to TTB
>
> The enclosed doc fleshes out the reasoning.
>
> I am looking for a few good hearty people to join me on a committee to further explore this concept.
>
> If you are interested and/or want to give feedback at this early stage, please feel free.
>
> Best wishes for the Holiday season,
>
> John
>
> John E. Bargetto
> Director of Winemaking
> Bargetto Winery
> 831.475.2258 Ext.17
> jbargetto at bargetto.com
>
>
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