Posted February 14, 2008: Though this is the likely the wrong forum, I propose that the WW folks (as in, us) sponsor a RPM hosted historical tour of CA wine country. We could mix in tastings, with visiting the towns that have been part of its history, with evening sessions on the history of where we would be visiting the next day. Perhaps 3 days. We, of course, would pay all of RPM's expenses for the trip. Perhaps we could also convince Peter and WD to join us. Maybe this fall?
hosted by RPM
July 21 - July 23, 2008
This picture was taken during harvest between 1910 and 1913 at the Perelli-Minetti Winery, located South of Healdsburg. The three men in the foreground are, from left to right, three of the six Perelli-Minetti brothers: Carlo (rpm's grandfather), Antonio ("Tony") , and Giulio, who had been head winemaker at Italian Swiss Colony. Both Tony and Giulio were graduates of the Royal Institute of Viticulture and Enology in Conigleano, Italy, and were perhaps the first academically trained enologists in California. One of the children in the picture is rpm's cousin Mario Perelli-Minetti, who at 99 is still active in the wine industry with the Mario Perelli-Minetti Winery. by RPM
About the Trip by Woopdedoo
This trip started as an idea, but was made into a reality by RPM's willingness to take time to bring us into his world of his family's history of winemaking, coupled with his knowledge of which wineries might have the most historical significance, while embracing as many woot.wineries as possible. This was just the starting point. Much of the real work was done on our behalf behind the scenes by WD, who brought our vision of this tour to the various venues and convinced them to embrace this tour as one that would benefit the whole woot community - of which the wineries are an integral part. All of the tour wineries are going out of their way, both financially and in time spent, to make this a truly magical experience. On behalf of everyone on the trip - whether participating in person or vicariously - I want to give a hearty THANKS! to WD, the wineries, and of course RPM.
Field Notes from the Tour-ists
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