Member Memo - Oct. 22, 2019

RSVP now...Annual Member Meeting

Vintners Inn, November 13th, 3:00-5:00

Sandra Hess will be our Keynote Speaker this year.
Todd O'Leary, VP Marketing & Communication for Sonoma County Tourism will also bring us up to speed on programs Tourism is creating.

Teaser... the menu for our reception...Arancini, Sweet Potato Soup Shooter, Rock Shrimp & Crab Cake, Moroccan Spiced Meatballs, Smoked Reuben Sliders...

Confirmed Vendors for the 5:00-6:00 reception/trade show: Press Democrat, Windsor Golf, Visit Santa Rosa, Pure Luxury, Rancho Mirage & VinDiego, Corkage, Safari West, Northbay Biz, Top Nest, Leap Solutions...more to come.

RSVP Here

Please share the link: Wine & Food Affair

2800 tickets sold / 1200 to go!

All hands on deck - start sharing.

NOW is the time to get posting, sending to your wine clubs and adding to your website calendars.

This is the #WFA19 tool kit with sample posts for you to share on social. Advance Sales END Oct. 28, with no tickets sold at the door, so we've got 7 days to go.

Customers are concerned about the power being turned off the event weekend. We MUST have a plan in place if that occurs. Who will be open (via generators)? If you haven't already responded to Debbie, please let her know now Debbie@WineRoad.com

We'll be there...

Feb 28-29, 2020

It would be great to see 10-12 of our member wineries there pouring wine. We'll create "Destination Wine Road". Click to download the details for this event. There is a Rare & Reserve Tasting on Friday night and Grand Tasting on Saturday. Wine Road will also be coordinating two seminars for trade and press on Friday morning. One on Sparkling wine and ..one, to be determined, based on who is attending. Wine Road will reimburse $175 for any winery attending the festival. Details and Registration HERE. Questions, contact the organizer, David Fraschetti

Recent Press (Aug - Oct)

Grape Expectations mentions multiple wineries - Scottsdale Arizona private jet-center publication

Sip and Savor on Northern Sonoma's Wine Road - 100,000 readers in Palm Springs

Lola Mendez, Wanderful.com: https://www.sheswanderful.com/2019/09/16/girls-trip-wine-country-beyond-napa/

Jenna Urben, The Urben Life Blog (Visited Wine Road 7/31/19): https://theurbenlife.com/2019/09/13/wine-tasting-in-downtown-healdsburg/

James & Heather Hills, Mantripping (Visited Wine Road August 2019)
https://www.mantripping.com/travel/geyserville-inn-sonoma-county-wine-country-hotel.html

https://www.mantripping.com/travel/wine-flies-free-from-sonoma-on-alaska-airlines.html

https://www.mantripping.com/travel/sonoma-wineries-guys-will-love-to-visit.html

Becca, The Gourmez: http://thegourmez.com/2019/01/08/a-winter-wineland-field-guide-for-field-blends/

Heather Cassell, The Bay Area Reporter: https://www.ebar.com/?280955

Alison Bailin, So Scottsdale (Sept. 2019, from visit June 2019): https://issuu.com/richmanmediagroup/docs/ss_sept19/84

Alison Bailin, Uptown Magazine (Sept. 2019, from visit June 2019): https://issuu.com/richmanmediagroup/docs/ut-0919/56

Wine Road is even mentioned in a review for a Volvo...apparently it's the best way to tour wine country. Check this out.

Thank You To Our Key Partners

for helping Wine Road continue to be a leader in wine tourism.

Please feel free to use these links with your social media postings. These businesses are supporting our efforts, and we want to support them.

Winter Wineland, sign-up... DONE.

The list of participating wineries will be posted by the end of the week. Believe it or not, we've had several customers already reaching out to ask, who's in. Inquiring minds!

Questions, please email our Event Manager, Debbie Osborn.

Tickets will go on sale Nov. 5th. If you have already signed up, you have until Dec. 4th to log back onto Eventbrite and update your actual program details.

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