The 2007 Big Crush will be held on October 7th and 8th. The “Big Crush” offers great wine, food and fun at 29 Amador County wineries, including wines poured from barrel and bottle, delicious food, live music and a big raffle for prizes.

Perhaps it is too late... but if not I wanted to let you know about Fiddletown's Annual Fiddlers' Jam. The serving of local wines is an important aspect of our event. I have attached a copy of our ad placed in this months Sacramento Magazine.

Fun in your future!
Amador County Arts Council Concert at Montevina Winery
August 24th
Location: 20680 Shenandoah School Rd
Enjoy an evening under the stars and the music of "Over the Edge". Visit http://www.montevina.com for more details.

The AWA is trying to put together a program plan for the next two years and we need your input to the plan in order for the club to fulfill its Vision and Objectives. Please read the following and provide inputs by e-mail or mail or bring you inputs to the next general meeting. E-mail inputs should be sent to Larry Nutter at lnutter@volcano.net or mail at 14551 Surrey Pl Sutter Creek, Ca. 95685. E-mail and mail inputs should be received by Larry by 12 February. Our Program Plan will be updated yearly!

Please vote for our club officers by e-mail, mail, or in person at the next AWA meeting. E-mail and mail in ballots should be sent to Larry Nutter (lnutter@volcano.net) by February 12th.
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To the Members of Amador Winemakers

Barbara and I would like to thank everybody for making the 2006 AWA Christmas Party a big success. We have had a big number of written / phone responses that were really terrific. We counted as well as we could and were astounded to see that over 80 were in attendance. "THANK YOU ALL" !! Special thanks should go to the fine folks that donated many fine gifts for raffle / door prizes. Taste restaurant in Plymouth donated a $100.00 gift certificate, Patty Schultz donated a wonderful stained glass piece from her store in Drytown, Andrae’s Bakery, Montevina Winery $125.00 worth of items, Story, Villa Toscana, Villa Piazza, The Nutters chipped in some wonderful Champagne.

Hello All!

My wife (Deirdre) and I enjoyed meeting many of you at the Christmas party on Saturday.

Though I don't currently make wine, I do intend to plant a small vineyard (2-3 acres) over the next couple of years. We live in Fiddletown at about the 2000 foot level. At this point I'm thinking I'll plant half an acre each of four varietals.

This story is from the SF Chronicle. The original article can be found
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This story was in error in stating that grafted vines from the Original Grandpere Vineyard were planted in Renwood Winery's Grandpere Vineyard. In fact, vine cuttings were taken from the Original Grandpere Vineyard, self-rooted in a Renwood nursery for a year, then replanted and head-pruned in Renwood's Grandpere Vineyard.