Update: Please bring your wine label (if you have one) for a LWGA label collection we are putting together.
Also, if you haven't paid your 2011-2012 dues, please bring your checkbook.
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Our next general membership meeting will be on Sunday, January 29th at 3pm.

It will be held at the historic Moraga Barn, 925 Country Club Drive in Moraga.

The map link to the meeting location: http://g.co/maps/jnvg3

Please bring a bottle of wine and an appetizer to share.

Our guest speaker is Shea A.J. Comfort who is a yeast expert and winemaker so it should be a very informative discussion.

Here's his bio:
* Long-time amateur brewer and mead maker

* 2000-2004: Helped start MoreWine! Over these four years did intensive fermentation research on yeast, oak, MLB, tannins and oxygen (up to 40 lots per season), created and taught an amateur winemaking program, educated the company staff and created a series of technical "how-to" manuals

* 2001 to the present: Contract winemaker for Lallemand creating yeast and MLB trials

* 2004-2006: Helped start-up Sterling Albert Winery (5,000 cases) as head winemaker

* 2007 to present: Consultant-Winemaker for Olin Wines

* 2010 to present: Consultant-Winemaker for Reliez Valley Vineyards

* 2007 to present: Started an independent winemaking consultation business: www.yeastwhisperer.com

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

LWGA Board