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WKWA MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
7:00 PM Thursday
May 5 2005
Meeting held at The Pasta House Co Restaurant in Paducah.
President Bradley Rankin M.D. opened the meeting at 7:15 with a toast.
Treasurer's report by Bob Long.
Webmaster Ralph Patey mentioned that there is a forum for open
discussion among members on the site. Jerry Hall is the current
featured member on the site.
Dr. Hall's vineyard tour on 4-30-05 was attended by 6 members.
Secretary Bob Hoppmann expressed his interest tonight on seeing Hall's
potential outlook for a commercial winery. Vice president Allen Dossey
mentioned his tasting room and equipment barn as being informative.
Spring Sampler is May 20-21 at Dolly McNutt Plaza in downtown Paducah.
WKWA will be manning Jim Bravard's wine tasting booth on Saturday from
10 am -7pm. Members are encouraged to help. We will have membership
packets about our group to hand out.
The Logo was approved and shirts will be ordered in time for Spring
Sampler. Dr. Rankin has prices and is taking orders.
Southern Illinois winery tour will be Saturday, July 9th. Bud Qualk is
in charge of bus or van procurement. Times will be determined at a
later date. Our goal is to visit 4-6 wineries with private tours
possible and (obviously) taste wine and enjoy WKWA fellowship.
Our guest speaker was Jim Bravard , owner/winemaker/operator of Bravard
Vineyard and Winery of Hopkinsville Ky. Jim's "whats going on in my
vineyard" style of interaction during his presentation was informative,
insiteful and downright on track. His topics started with weed killing
(weeds 2, Jim 0), since a lot of weeds warranted a lot of
conversation. Other topics were drainage, pesticides, soil
additives,fungus, diseases and insects. Blackrot is enemy #1. Dogs seem
to be a favorite to help with deer in your vineyard, but Puma poop and
pepper spray might be good too.... Many fertilizers were discussed, but
Jim says that the best fertilizer is the vineyardist's own "footprints
in the dirt". Good job Jim.
All wines being tasted and accounted for, DR. Rankin pulled names for
door prizes (two nice bottles of wine and two gift certificates to The
Pasta House Co) and bid us all adieu.
Meeting adjourned at 9:00
Submitted by Sec. Bob Hoppmann<> |
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