Dear Washington Winemakers,

Our Saturday October 15, 2011 Grape/Juice Distribution at Villa Rosa in Mitchellville, Maryland was a grand success.
First of all, I would like single out Jim Gearing for all his orchestration of the receipt and distribution process. Through Jim's efforts we have made a vast improvement to the distribution and accountability process. Jim spent many hours ensuring the success of the entire process.
Michael Colavito, our California distributor, deserves a "thank you", for his excellent service and loyalty to the Holy Rosary Church Washington Winemakers Association.

FRIDAY NIGHT SET UP TEAM
Hats Off to A Great Team Effort
The individuals listed below worked diligently Friday night setting up the distribution process that included off loading and storing the grapes.
Nick Ferrente, Jim Gearing, Mike Baccala, Bill Berl, Vince Marinucci, Oz (Osvaldo) Barsi, and Carlos Gonzalez. Very Special thanks and deepest appreciation to Mike Baccala. Mike spent the night in his truck providing security for the grapes and juice.

SATURDAY TEAM
Jim Gearing, Nick Ferrente, Cristina Vignola, Maria Villarubia. Cristina son and Maria's family helped out immeasurable. Jim Gearing conducted a complete inventory of the grape and and juice order on Friday and found everything we ordered was delivered.
We had a few errors in receiving and transcribing orders and we will have additional procedures next year to deal with those few problems. I Apologize to our members that were impacted by those several errors. There were two instances of "orders lost in mail", and 3 instances of order form errors.
This year we served 51 winemakers. We had winemakers coming in from Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and West Virginia and Northern and Southern Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Our next major event will be our annual wine tasting event at Holy Rosary Casa Italiana that will be held in March 2012.

Daniel L. Stabile, Ph.D
President, Washington Winemakers Association, Holy Rosary Catholic Church 703 507-7258

Winemakers at distribution center at Villa Rosa. Joe Ruzzi (Holy Rosary Church-Advisor), Nick Ferrante (Winemaster Advisor), Fr. Anthony Dal Bacon, Dr. Dan Stabile (Washington Winemakers President), and Cristina Vignola (Winemakers Secretary).