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The Good Stuff – Puccioni Vineyards

In this episode of The Good Stuff presented by the Sonoma County Winegrowers, hosts Virginie Boone and Karissa Kruse talk with Glenn & Laurie Proctor, owners of Puccioni Vineyards.

Puccioni Vineyards, located in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, has been family-owned since 1904, when Angelo Puccioni, an Italian immigrant, purchased the land. After arriving in the United States aboard the boat Roma in 1889, Angelo worked at Italian Swiss Colony before eventually settling in Dry Creek Valley. He bought Puccioni Ranch and planted the first vines that same year. By 1911, the family had cleared and planted forty acres using a mule, completing seven years of hard work. In 1919, Angelo established the original Puccioni Winery, which operated through Prohibition under a government license to produce sacramental wine. The family also sold grapes to Italian families in San Francisco for home winemaking. Zinfandel has been grown on the property since its first planting in 1904, and today the vineyard is farmed by the 3rd and 4th generations of the family.

The vineyard’s legacy includes the use of a mule for plowing until 1968, making the Puccionis the last farmers in Dry Creek to use one commercially. Glenn Proctor, Angelo's great-grandson, learned to work the vineyard with a mule at just four years old. When the family transitioned to a tractor, Glenn’s grandfather attached the old walking plow to the new John Deere tractor to maintain tradition.

Today, Glenn farms old vine Zinfandel and other varieties, produces Puccioni Vineyards wines, and is a partner at the Ciatti Company, the world’s largest broker of bulk wine and grapes. Puccioni Vineyards focuses on crafting distinctive Zinfandel and Petite Sirah from their historic vines, reflecting the land’s history and character in every bottle.

Ciatti Company, founded in 1971, is the world’s largest international bulk wine broker, connecting buyers and sellers of bulk wine, grapes, juice concentrate, and spirits. Leveraging deep market expertise and a vast network, Ciatti provides clients with market intelligence, inventory management, and ethical service to help navigate the global wine industry and make informed decisions. Glenn Proctor is a partner and broker at the Ciatti Company. He plays a key role in managing client relationships, providing market insights, and helping buyers and sellers navigate the bulk wine and grape markets.

And finally, Virginie and Karissa share their Tuesday Night wine picks!

 

At The Table – Dry Creek Peach

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Host Clark Wolf talks with Brian Sullivan & Gayle Okaumura Sullivan, owners of Dry Creek Peach, about farming peaches, interdependence, finding homes for the fruit, effects of the pandemic, the farm stand and Measure J.

Dry Creek Peach is located in the heart of the Dry Creek Valley of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California. Surrounded by world-renown vineyards, we are the last remaining fruit farm (1,000 trees) in the valley and the only dedicated, certified organic peach farm in the county. The farm takes advantage of the mineral-rich soil fed by Dry Creek and Winter Creek and the ideal Mediterranean growing climate of Northern California wine country.

Owners since 2000, Brian Sullivan and Gayle Okumura Sullivan dedicated the farm to organic stone fruit; broadened the product line to include peach jam, cobbler mix, and other products; introduced Dry Creek Peaches to customers and partners including Chez Panisse, Kokkari, Canyon Market and Bryan’s; and re-opened the farm stand in the summer.

Dry Creek Peach has been featured in House & Garden, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Edible Marin & Wine Country, Savor Wine Country, Made Local, the Press Democrat, the Healdsburg Tribune, Healdsburg Living, and many other publications.

 

Raise the Roof with Letitia Hanke – BC Engineering with Marcel Delagnes

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In today’s episode, Letitia Hanke, CEO of ARS Roofing and Founder and Executive Director of The LIME Foundation opens the show with a special message for Election Day, Lime Day & Indigenous People's Month!

Letitia also shares tips for your roof for the Fall and Winter:

1 – Clean Your Roof  Your roof, gutters, and downspouts should be cleaned once to twice per year.

2 – Trim Overhanging Trees Trees can scrape your roof and damage it, and branches can also fall and damage your roof.

3 – Install Gutter Guards Keep water flowing with clear gutters.

4 – Look for Signs of Algae and Moss A clean roof is a stronger roof.

5 – Inspect Your Attic Have someone inspect your attic for water stains or signs of leaks.

In the second half of the show, Letitia chats with Marcel Delagnes of BC Engineering Group. They talk about roofing issues during the Winter season, the youth movement in the engineering world, including the NextGen Trades Academy. In addition, the two talk about SB9, wastewater & septic systems, as well as networking out and about it the world.

You can email Macel directly at md@bcengineeringgroup.com

 

PREPARING FOR FALL AND WINTER…DISCLOSURE….WEEKLY NUMBERS…VOTE

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PREPARING HOUSE FOR WINTER MONTHS

DISCLOSURES

WEEKLY NUMBERS AND HOT SHEET

READ ABOUT PROP 33

https://www.car.org/-/media/CAR/Documents/Industry-360/PDF/Political-Advocacy/Prop-33/Fact-Sheet.pdf

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