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Dear Members:
It’s Spring! The vines have new leaves and dreams of “What might be” for the fall
harvest are popping into heads. There are spring sales on wine kits and many of us are
looking for good sources of anything we can ferment. I’m as guilty of it as everyone
else. Yesterday I was eyeing the strawberries at Kroger, $1.50 per pound.
TVOS is your organization, I’m your President and we are your Board of Directors, but
we work for you! You are welcome at any board meeting. Our next board meeting is
at the end of the month, April 30th
at 11a.m., hosted by Papa Turney’s Barbeque.
Immediately following the meeting many of our members, and some potential
members, will be attending the Toast of Tennessee at Nashville Shores on the eastern
edge of Davidson County. I’m confident that there are other great wine festivals our
members would enjoy, but don’t know about. If you know of a wine festival near you
that you believe the rest of us would enjoy, please share it. If enough of us decide to
attend, we might qualify for a discounted rate.
The Summer Board Meeting will be held at Summer Fun Day on Saturday, July 23rd
, at
Sprout Springs Winery in Blaine, Tennessee. Please block out that date on your
calendar. In years past it has been a day of good wine and even better fellowship. This
year will be no exception. Alice and Chuck Belt are hosting us at their beautiful
winery. Take a moment to visit their website and look at the photos
(http://www.spoutspringestates.com/index.htm), their place is incredible.
I’m looking forward to buying some of their Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Requests for Proposals went out to three Nashville hotels last week for the 2017 Conference.
I’m looking at the weekend of Friday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12. The first set of
prices came in last night, and it was higher than we will want to pay. If you have a contact in
the hotel industry that might be willing to work with us, please email me. One of the issues
on pricing is number of persons attending the conference, the lower the number of people
registered for the conference the fewer people those costs are divided among and the greater
expense for each member. I need your help to create a program that inspires the maximum
number of members to register and attend the conference in 2017. We usually set up two
tracks of classes, a wine making / fruit growing track and a tasting / experiencing track.
Please email me ([email protected]) with courses that would inspire YOU to
attend the conference next year. I’m already researching speakers and I’ve been looking at
those chosen to present at the conference hosted by Wine Maker Magazine for inspiration on
our wine making track. For the tasting track I anticipate asking Chef Brian Cochrane to
present again.
My mind keeps coming back to something Jim Newton said a few years ago,
“If we have fun and invite folks to have fun with us, membership will take care of
itself.” So let’s do that! Let’s make wine, grow fruit, drink wine, laugh big, and share the joy that
this hobby brings!
Joe and Diane Bonomo
Randy Brown
Rickey Doyle
Aaron Gould
Robert Gunter
Scott Hefner
Rick Jelovsek
Nell Reid
Zach Spricer
Troy Wright
Board of Directors
President
Emmett Hunt 1002 Countrywood Road Hendersonville, TN 37075 423-319-2130 [email protected]
Vice-President
Caroline Gilmore
1795 Cedar Creek Road
Vanleer, TN 37181
615-783-2004
Treasurer
Carrie Johnson
114 Masters Rd.
Hilham, Tn 38568
(931) 310-2315
Secretary
Barbara Lewis
517 Engel Road
Loudon, TN 37774
(865) 660–4695
Director:
Greg Salyer
737 Gray Station Rd
Gray TN 37615
(423) 292-1638
Director:
Jim Newton
3217 Shamrock Street
Kingsport TN 37662
(423) 765-5992
Director & Historian
Michael Johnson
508 O’Neal Road
Livingston, TN 38570
(931) 319–8042
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Treasurer’s Report
TVOS scholarship fund 2/5/2016
7565.07 Additions:
interest 2/29/2016
$0.06
Balance before subtractions
$ 7,565.13
Subtractions: none
$0.00
Final Balance in Scholarship Fund 12/4/2015 $ 7,565.13
TVOS Regular Account
Balance of 02/05/2016
$ 5,826.18
Subtractions Debit
Additions: 2/8/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT
$1,415.00
2/12/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT
$1,410.00 2/16/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT
$365.00
2/26/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT
$145.00 2/26/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT $150.00
2/29/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT $450.00
2/29/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT $690.00
2/29/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT $1,783.00
3/2/2016 DEPOSIT DEPOSIT $485.00
Final Balance in TVOS account 3/2/2016 $ 12,719.18
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TVOS Board of Directors meeting February 6, 2016 Attendees: Chris Card, President Emmett Hunt, Vice President Barbara Lewis, Secretary Caroline Gilmore, Director Lisa Hunt, Membership Coordinator Tom Lewis, Nominating Chair coordinator Keith Gilmore Ali Lewis Smith I - Meeting was called to order by Chris Card , President , at Holiday Inn Opryland/Airport, 2200 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, Tennessee 37214, at 10:56am cST, February 6, 2016. II - Conflicts of Interest: None declared. III - Minutes from the previous Board meeting were read by Barbara Lewis, Secretary. A motion was made by Emmett Hunt to approve as read. Caroline Gilmore seconded and all approved. IV - Reports
A. Treasurer’s report was presented by Chris Card. The TVOS ending balance as of 2/05/2016 is $5,826.18 and the Scholarship ending balance as of 1/26/2016 is $7,565.07. A motion was made by Barbara Lewis to approve as read. Caroline Gilmore seconded and all approved. B. Membership Report: Lisa Hunt reported that a member had paid too much for his membership fees. The board ask that the member be contacted and ask if he wants to be reimbursed or just pay for two years. There are 116 members.
V - Old Business A. Committees 1. Scholarship: We only received information on one student from University of Tennessee. Her name is Erika Svenkeson and she is a Jr. Bill Nash will send her Application and the Committee’s recommendation to the Board for review. 2. Wine competition was completed on January 30, 2016. There were 150 entries, down About 10%from last year. 3. Nominating Chair Tom Lewis Presented the board with new candidates, Michael Johnson and Greg Salyer for board of directors to replace Chris Card and Jeff Galyon. We will be looking for volunteers to chair the Scholarship committee so Bill and Carolyn
Nash can replace the Harrisons in managing the Wine Competition. We will need a volunteer to replace Tom Lewis as Nominating Committee Chair and another volunteer to coordinate our outside advertising such as fliers, on-line postings and print media.
4. Homer Blitch Award: The award winner has been selected and will be announced at the
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Banquet.
B. VAB update: There has been a bill entered this legislative session to directly amend the VAB law. The changes are to expand the Board by two seats – one to be occupied by an appointee from the Tennessee House of Representatives and the other for someone from the Tennessee State Senate. Chris believes the change could improve visibility and
effectiveness of the Board.
C. Conference update: 1. Chris Card stated that it is a little slow in receiving conference registration and hotel reservations. He has asked the hotel to extend our block guarantee time. 2. The Lawn and Garden Show Excursion is being cancelled for lack of interest. 3. Snacks will be provided for the Hospitality room for both nights.
VI - New Business A. The Board voted to send Beverly Spurgeon Flowers and a get well card. Chris Card will place the order. VII - Adjournment Meeting was adjourned 12:21pm. Next meeting to be held 1:00 pm March 5 at the TVOS
Conference.
Emmett Hunt: President
Caroline Gilmore: Vice President
Carrie Johnson: Treasurer
Barbara Lewis: Secretary
Jim Newton: Director
Michal Johnson: Director and Historian
Greg Salyer: Director
Bill & Caroline Nash: Wine Competition Coordinator
Chris Card: Scholarship Chair
Lisa Hunt: Membership Coordinator
Keisha Card: Media Promotion Coordinator
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Ad space is very inexpensive and allows you to reach hundreds of grape growers and winemakers in one place.
Please contact Lisa Lowe @ [email protected] for more info.
Please ignore the WINEMAKER MAGAZINE renewal form
that you will receive in the mail.
TVOS will send in the renewals for all current members.
Below is the membership renewal form.
Thanks!
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MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO
Tennessee Viticultural &Oenological Society (T.V.O.S)
Return to:
Carrie Johnson Treasurer
114 Masters Road
Hilman TN 38568
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Submitted by: Emmett Hunt
Great with a bold dry red , Malbec, Cab-Sav or Merlot
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CHEERS!!
