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Tomorrow,
Wednesday,
March 19,
3:30-5:30 --
Adam Huss on
Hybrid
Winegrapes, at
Madson tasting
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Madson Wines
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Hybrid grapes
are likely to
play a
significant
role in the
future of wine
especially as
climate change
challenges
traditional
grape growing.
Hybrids are
more
environmentally
friendly,
disease-resistant,
and can handle
a wider range
of weather
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Please join us as <b>Adam Huss</b>,
winemaker and
winery owner,
<a href="https://www.centralaswine.com/" moz-do-not-send="true">Centralas
Wine</a>;
Host/Producer
of <a href="https://www.organicwinepodcast.com/" moz-do-not-send="true">Beyond
Organic Wine
Podcast</a>,
creator of
Crenshaw Cru
Polyculture
Winegarden in
Los Angeles
(perennial
polyculture
based on
permaculture
principles),
presents an
exploration of
hybrids and
leads us in a
tasting of
hybrid wines.
We will have
5-7 different
wines to
taste. </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
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We also have a
guest speaker,</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Adam Tolmach, Ojai Vineyards</b>,
who will tell
us about his
experience
growing and
making wine
from recent
hybrids that
have been
certified to
be resistant
to Pierce's
Disease.</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We will get to sample a white and
red he makes
from those
vines. </font><br>
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Since we are
providing the
wines to be
tasted there
is no need to
bring a bottle
to share this
time. If you
attend we
invite (and
encourage) you
to pay your
membership
dues for 2025,
if you haven't
yet. Although
not required
it will help
defray the
expenses of
this year's
meetings,
including the
speaker and
the wine for
this next one.
You can bring
a check or
cash to the
meeting. Or
pay using
Zelle to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:info@vascm.org" moz-do-not-send="true">info@vascm.org</a>.
And thank you
in advance.<br>
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<div align="left"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Location: Madson Wines tasting
room, 328
Ingalls St.,
Santa Cruz </b>Thank
you to Ken
Swegles and
Cole Thomas
for hosting.</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Regards,<br>
The VASCM
Board:<br>
- Mary Lindsay<br>
- Ken Swegles<br>
- Richard
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- Rick Clarke</font></div>
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