Thank you everyone who came out to the SDAWS meeting November 09, 2024, at Rancho San Martin Winery in Ramona. We about 20 people in attendance which turned out to be a good group for our Wine taste/sensory presentation by Dane Marolt. We tasted Dan Matheson’s Sangiovese paired with lemons, apples, salt, and a variety of chocolates. Our hosts at the winery shared their wonderful wines in an intimate setting that led to a lot of friendly conversation. On the business side, we put out a call for interest in a new President for SDAWS for 2025. We also discussed the new fee structure with AWS, which will be effective when each membership expires (new structure below). Each membership will receive an email from AWS automatically and then you will have a link to re-enroll. We brought up the need to have guest speakers at each event and/or have a planned activity. There seemed to be a large interest in a grape pruning class in February/March 2025 and maybe we can have this at Monarch Hill Vineyard in Escondido with Dan. To help gauge interest we talked about having a December 07, 11am pre-Christmas social meeting at Rob’s private vineyard in Ramona. If this is a meeting that you think that you would like to attend, please send an email to pt.ranchita@icloud.com no later than November 18, so we can make some plans around this potential event.

New AWS Membership Rates:

1- Year Individual – $59
3-Year Individual – $159

1-Year Household – $89
3-Year Household – $239

Professional – $199
Student – $25
Lifetime – $1,200