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DECEMBER NEWS Event Promotes Yolo/Solano Terroir Roots to Wine association holds first Fresh Press Weekend W inters, Calif.—Roots to Wine, a nonprofit marketing and educational organization with 10 member wineries in northwest Yolo and northeast Solano counties, is dedicated to promoting the region's locally grown grapes and terroir as well as encouraging tourists to experience the area's rich agricultural heritage. The organization held its first Fresh Press Weekend passport event Oct. 12-13, with eight member wineries holding open houses for visitors to taste wines, observe winemaking operations and sample freshpressed juice and wine. Roots to Wine (R2W) was started in 2010 by founding members Corinne Martinez, co-owner of Berryessa Gap Vineyards in Winters, and Pam Welch, co-owner of Capay Valley Vineyards in Brooks, Calif. As Welch explained, "The Clarksburg area had an organization focused on its appellation in eastern Yolo County, but we halfpghorz.pdf 1 10/12/11 2:17 PM needed a way to promote the wineries in Putah Creek Winery partners Diego Barison and Jessica Chin Foo get ready to demonstrate pressing grapes with a basket press. the rest of Yolo County near Davis, Winters, the Capay Valley and Dunnigan Hills." R2W's goal is to have two association events per year, one in spring and one in fall to showcase members and their products. Chin Foo said, "For our first edition of Fresh Press we wanted to do something more than just wine tasting, so we incorporated an educational component in conjunction with the crush to allow visitors to taste freshly pressed and fermenting juice and tour wineries in operation." Fresh Press, promoted as "a colorful, slightly messy, sometimes sticky weekend of entertaining and educational wine experiences," lived up to winesandvines.com its billing as visitors Learn more: Search keywords had the opportunity "Fresh Press." to see, smell, taste and feel fresh juice and wine in the early stages of processing. R2W president Martinez said, "The concept of Fresh Press is a real journey in the wine history of our region through an initiation of wine pressing." Berryessa Gap Vineyards demonstrated the pressing of Barbera must, transferred from plastic fermentation bins into stainless steel basket presses, followed by the pressed wine being pumped into stainless steel tanks. —Jon Tourney Variety and Consistency. Two very important reasons to create Barrel Profiling. We understand a winemaker's inherent need for a wide variety of barrels that provide consistent results. Over the years we have spent time listening to our customers and partnering with them to provide the barrels they want to produce award winning wines. C M Y CM MY CY CMY OF BARREL PROFILING Quite simply, Barrel Profiling was developed to bring you the variety and consistency your wines deserve. This state-of-the-art technology ensures advanced control over the toasting of every single barrel we make. By combining this technology with oak meticulously sourced from our own mills, we produce a barrel that you can depend on time and time again. To learn more about THE INSIDE STORY, visit www.worldcooperage.com. K 707.255.5900 PRESENTED BY COOPERAGES 1912 NAPA facebook.com/worldcooperage Win es & Vin es D EC EM B ER 20 13 21