VASCM: SCM/CC appellations

[jrawlsky at cruzio.com]

> Central Coast to me is code for $10-15 wine, Hwy 101 comes to mind. I
suspect is the same for many.
John, BAD IDEA!!

Douglas Feinsod
SantaCruzVintageCycles.com     (and wine)
831-588-7975







Josh- I completely agree with you.
>
>
> Andrea Kyle
> Direct to Consumer/Office Manager
> Mount Eden Vineyards
> 22020 Mount Eden Rd
> Saratoga, CA 95070
> 408-867-5832
> 888-865-9463
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vascm-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:vascm-bounces at kkn.net] On Behalf Of
> Josh
> Beck
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:45 AM
> To: John Bargetto
> Cc: Santacruzmountains winegrowers (santacruzmountains at yahoogroups.com);
> Santacruzmountains winegrowers (vascm at kkn.net)
> Subject: Re: VASCM: SCM/CC appellations
>
> 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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